Sr. Construction Manager, Data Center Construction (AWS)

Amazon; Canton (MS); On-site; USD 125,400 - 187,300; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Data Services, Inc. seeks a Sr. Construction Manager to lead construction of new data center builds and capital projects in Canton, MS.

You will own scope, schedule, budget, and quality while coordinating with cross-functional teams to deliver reliable infrastructure for AWS customers. The role requires extensive experience in data center delivery, large-scale electrical and cooling systems, and management of complex programs.

Qualifications

• Experience in design, commissioning, and construction of data center delivery or mission-critical facilities.
• Experience building electrical and mechanical systems including large-scale power distribution and cooling systems.
• Experience managing large, complex projects with mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) plants.

Responsibilities

• Own project scope, quality, schedule, and budget for construction of new builds or capital projects.
• Oversee construction management and related activities.
• Collaborate with Operations, Networking, Controls, Security, and Commissioning to build data centers.
• Represent the owner on construction sites and interface with general contractors.
• Manage cost, schedule, and quality while coordinating contractors and vendors.
• Drive root-cause analyses and support testing and commissioning activities.
• Analyze and report construction progress and financials.

Skills

Construction management

Data center delivery

Project cost control

MEP systems experience

Electrical/Mechanical engineering

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Mechanical Engineering

Tools

MS Project

Primavera

AutoCAD

Job description

Sr. Construction Manager, Data Center Construction

Job ID: 3165173 | Amazon Data Services, Inc.

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging problems with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain. We’re looking for talented people who want to help.

Key Responsibilities

• Own project scope, quality, schedule, and budget for construction of new builds or general capital projects.
• Own construction project management and oversight of construction related activities.
• Work alongside partner teams such as Operations, Networking, Controls, Security, and Commissioning to build Data Centers that directly support our Customers.
• Be a leader in your specific discipline (construction management, building services, architectural, electrical or mechanical engineering).
• Represent Amazon’s owner’s representative on construction sites daily, interacting with construction trades.
• Act as Amazon’s construction representative on multiple data centers building and capital improvement construction project sites from construction start through hand-off to operations.
• Direct interface with construction general contractors during the construction bidding, award, execution, punch-list, and closeout phases.
• Create construction project scope and request for proposals.
• 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 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 commissioning and integrated system testing and oversight.
• Support operations of installed facilities, including review of procedures, best practices, and maintenance initiatives.
• 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 electrical and mechanical designs for new or optimization of existing data centers.

Basic Qualifications

• Experience in construction of data center delivery (design, commissioning and construction), mission critical facilities, or equivalent industrial/manufacturing facility builds.
• Experience constructing electrical engineering systems including large scale power distribution/generation gear and mechanical engineering systems including cooling systems.
• Experience in construction management or construction program management of large, complex projects involving large-scale mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) plants.
• Experience in project control (cost or schedule, or both) and formulating construction programmes, especially for infrastructure and mission critical projects both on-site and in preconstruction environments.
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field, or 5+ years of construction or project management experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience delivering multi-media environmental due diligence, permitting, and compliance projects with specific expertise in CWA 404 and NPDES permitting, groundwater protection, wastewater discharge, and natural and cultural resource evaluations.
• Experience in Project Controls Standards subject matter, including Estimating, Cost Management, Cost Forecasting, Schedule Management, Progress Measurement, Change Management, Risk Management, WBS/CBS/SBS, Cash-Flow (VOWD), and Benchmarking.
• Experience in environmental compliance and permitting, waste management, contractual, regulatory, and liability assessments, environmental permit evaluations and applications, EIAs and water discharge requirements.
• Experience developing and implementing environmental compliance programs including regulated waste, water, and air regulations in accordance with applicable laws.
• University degree in Engineering.

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information.

USA, MS, Canton - 125,400.00 - 187,300.00 USD annually