Water Strategy Engineer, AWS Water Team

Amazon; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 80,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a pioneering team at a forward-thinking company focused on water stewardship and sustainability efforts in the AWS Water industry. As a Water Strategy Engineer, you will lead large-scale, complex water infrastructure projects, collaborating with diverse stakeholders to enhance AWS's water supply strategies. This role offers the opportunity to influence critical water projects, negotiate contracts, and drive innovative solutions that align with AWS's sustainability goals. If you are a self-starter with a strong background in project management and a passion for water infrastructure, this position is your chance to make a significant impact in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of project-related experience with government agencies and utilities.
• Experience managing multiple projects and cultivating stakeholder relationships.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute water supply strategy for AWS data centers.
• Manage water projects to ensure commitments and cost savings are met.

Skills

Project Management

Communication Skills

Problem-Solving

Relationship Building

Analytical Skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Economics/Planning/Engineering/Business

Job description

Job ID: 2883588 | Amazon Web Services, Inc.

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we’re the people who keep the cloud running. 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 — and we’re looking for talented people who want to help.

You’ll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You’ll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And you’ll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.

Do you have the passion to work in the AWS Water industry with a focus on water stewardship and sustainability efforts? Do you have the industry background, technical depth, and business development skills needed to help further establish AWS as the leader in the water industry?

Amazon is seeking a self-starter to join the AWS Water team in pioneering the future for data center water supply in how AWS delivers water projects and partners with water utilities/companies across the United States. In this role, you will manage multiple, large scale and technically complex water infrastructure projects across multiple geographies by facilitating close collaboration between both internal and external stakeholders. Internally, responsibilities include large portfolio project management, reporting status, risks, mitigations and successes to leadership, as well as influencing multiple cross-functional partner teams in the overall data center water delivery business process.

Externally, this role takes ownership of managing utility relationships, and contracting with the utility and/or Owner’s Engineer. The individual will be part of an integrated team to implement a fast scaling portfolio of water infrastructure projects that meets and exceeds AWS’ water program requirements, ultimately delivering projects on time, with tangible reliability and cost-saving results.

The ideal candidate will have both a business and a technology background with demonstrated experience working with utilities and earning customer trust.

Key job responsibilities

The Water Strategy Engineer will be responsible for the following:

1. Support the development and execution of our water supply and infrastructure strategy for AWS data centers in multiple parts of the Americas.
2. Work collaboratively with Amazon Infrastructure teams to support the development of strategic water sourcing opportunities for large-scale, multi-year development projects.
3. Develop and negotiate terms for water and wastewater supply contracts with public and private utilities.
4. Analyze trends and regulations in the water space to proactively identify opportunities that benefit AWS or the datacenter industry.
5. Work with utility regulators to develop policies and guidelines that enable broader AWS strategies and objectives that support growth and development and water sustainability programming.
6. Manage water projects against plans and objectives to ensure commitments are met, delivering against cost savings goals.
7. Be a passionate self-starter.
8. Work on concurrent projects in multiple geographical regions.
9. Up to 30% travel requirements for project planning/delivery.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- Bachelor's Degree (BA/BS) required - Economics/Planning/Engineering/Business

- 8+ years of project-related experience working with local or state government agencies, utilities, land entitlement or site development due diligence, and permitting entities.

- 5+ years' work experience managing multiple simultaneous projects requiring frequent communication, organization, time management, and problem-solving skills and ability to recommend actionable decisions with limited/uncertain data.

- 5+ years cultivating strong relationships with diverse set of internal and externals stakeholders and ability to communicate key messages to leadership.

- Experience building relationships and working with industry stakeholders, such as utilities and regional planning agencies.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- 5+ years of Commercial Real Estate, zoning, and/or land entitlement expertise with a focus in water infrastructure.

- Basic understanding of mechanical cooling systems and/or datacenter industry designs.

- Proven ability to evaluate new water markets, utility tariffs, policies, water contracts, or evaluating new water sourcing opportunities and technologies.

- Familiarity with water sustainability programs, water forecasting and scheduling, or developing alternative sources of water supply for industrial cooling purposes.

- 10+ years of direct experience with planning, design, construction, operation, or maintenance of water infrastructure management across different regions.

- Knowledge of water and wastewater regulations in multiple east coast states.

- Analytical mindset that can identify gaps in requirements during project development, predict performance, and have the ability to provide recommendations on a short notice and with limited information.

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