Amazon

Data Center Controls Engineer, Shreveport, TX

Amazon$90K — $120K *
Technical Services
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or related field, OR 10+ years of relevant controls experience without a degree.
  • 5+ years of industrial controls experience in critical environments like data centers or pharmaceutical settings.
  • 4+ years of project or vendor management experience related to construction and project execution.
  • Experience with HVAC and electrical SCADA systems and common industrial communication protocols (MQTT, BACnet, MODBUS).
  • Demonstrated ability to produce and interpret engineering documentation and electrical/mechanical diagrams.

Responsibilities

  • Manage design and implementation of building management and electrical power systems for AWS data centers.
  • Ensure adherence to scope of work (SOW) and technical specifications during deployment.
  • Review MEP drawings and provide feedback to optimize controls performance.
  • Develop bills of materials (BOM) for automation systems.
  • Oversee and coordinate stakeholder requirements and manage prioritization under tight timelines.

Benefits

  • Work with a team of experts in a cutting-edge data center environment.
  • Opportunities for professional growth and learning in advanced automation technologies.
  • Engage in global travel, contributing to international projects.
  • Be involved in innovative process development within AWS's automation controls space.
Full Job Description
As part of the AWS Controls Team, you will work with highly motivated experts and innovators in the data center industry. You will be responsible for innovating, deploying, optimizing, and maintaining the automation systems within the data centers. Automation systems consist of building management system (BMS) and electrical power monitoring system (EPMS). Using Amazon leadership principles, you will develop new processes and standards while innovating in the controls space.

The ideal candidate will possess a construction management, mechanical, electrical or technology background that enables them to undertake the challenges of sophisticated controls platforms and a demonstrated ability to think broadly and strategically in aligning building controls and automation with the larger objectives of the business.

This role requires valid driver's license and travel domestically and internationally at least 25% of the time.

Key job responsibilities
• Manage scope of Building Management System (BMS) and Electrical Power Monitoring System (EPMS) for construction of AWS data centers.
• Ensure data center controls are deployed in accordance with scope of work (SOW) and specifications.
• Review and provide feedback on mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) drawings.
• Develop controls bill of material (BOM).
• Manage multiple stakeholder deliverables, requirements and navigate difficult situations.
• Work under tight project timelines.
• Financially manage both construction and service contracts.
• Act in a project sponsor/lead capacity.
• Provide vendor management.
• Develop scope of work for site improvement projects.
• Provide technical assistance and support to internal customers during life cycle of the data center.
• Perform controls root cause analysis for service of controls for AWS data centers.
• Schedule and supervise Quarterly maintenance for BMS and EPMS.
• Review controls sequence of operation and provide feedback to design.
• Participate in a global on-call schedule.
• Grow in technical ability by learning a multitude of different automation platforms.
• Develop building automation controls drawings and wiring diagrams.
• Size controls valves and damper actuators and select controls devices.
• Develop and modify control logic programming.
• Develop and modify graphical user interface.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field

- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or a related field plus 5+ years of relevant controls experience, OR 10+ years of relevant controls experience in lieu of a degree.

- 5+ years with industrial controls in critical environment (data center, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, oil & gas, petrochemical, laboratory, power, water etc.)

- 4+ years of general project or vendor management experience (request for proposals, bidding, change orders, quality control, and RFI and submittal tracking) associated with construction and project execution.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Master's degree

- Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field

- Experience designing, configuring, programming, installing, troubleshooting or servicing HVAC Controls or Electrical SCADA systems application specific controllers, software and networks.

- Experiencing using common industrial communication protocols (MQTT, BACnet and/or MODBUS).

- Demonstrated understanding of engineering documentation, electrical and mechanical diagrams, and standard operating procedures.

- Ability to manage multiple stakeholder deliverables, requirements, and navigate difficult situations.

- Experience designing data centers or critical MEP infrastructure

- Registered as a Professional Engineer (PE), or certified Project Management Professional (PMP).

- Prior AWS/Amazon experience

- 4+ Yr. Military Service

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