Senior Data Center Pre-Construction Lead

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 139,000 - 208,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Data Services, Inc. in Seattle, WA is seeking a Sr Pre-Construction Manager to lead Pre-Construction program execution across the nation for multiple campuses.

You will coordinate with Real Estate, Design Engineering, Due Diligence and other partners to forecast schedules, budgets, and constructability guidance from planning through design development. The role requires extensive practical construction experience with bidding, contracting, and engineering of mission-critical facilities.

Qualifications

• Experience in construction management or construction program management of large, complex projects involving large-scale mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) plants.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering.
• Experience in construction of data center delivery (design, commissioning and construction), mission critical facilities, or equivalent industrial/manufacturing facility builds.

Responsibilities

• Be Amazon’s construction representative on multiple data centers building and capital improvement construction project sites from Due Diligence Phase through hand-off to Construction Management.
• Direct interface with construction general contractors during the construction bidding and award.
• Create construction project Scope of Work (SOW) and Request for Proposals (RFP).
• Conduct negotiations with general contractors and evaluate bids and proposals with detail and accuracy.
• Manage and drive cost, schedule, and quality while managing construction contractors and vendors.
• Perform pre-construction project management activities, including management of documents, submittals, RFIs, change orders, invoices, quality, scope, and schedule.
• Drive construction teams to troubleshoot and perform root-cause failure analysis on equipment failures.
• Support capital request creation.
• Analyze and report construction progress and financials.
• Record and report key construction metrics to team members and management.
• Contribute to construction initiatives aimed at improving construction efficiency and increasing data center resiliency.
• Provide constructability reviews for civil, structural, electrical and mechanical designs for new or optimization of existing data centers.
• Be a leader within the group, and within internal and external data center support teams.

Skills

Construction management

MEP systems

Project coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Job description

Amazon Data Services, Inc. in Seattle, WA is seeking a Sr Pre-Construction Manager to lead Pre-Construction program execution across the nation for multiple campuses.

You will coordinate with Real Estate, Design Engineering, Due Diligence and other partners to forecast schedules, budgets, and constructability guidance from planning through design development. The role requires extensive practical construction experience with bidding, contracting, and engineering of mission-critical facilities.