Amazon

Sr. Construction Manager, Data Center Construction

Amazon$139K — $208K *
Real Estate & Construction
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience in construction management or program management of large-scale projects involving mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems.
  • Proficient in managing both cost and schedule aspects of construction projects, particularly for critical infrastructure.
  • Bachelor's degree in engineering or relevant field, or at least 10 years of experience in construction/project management.
  • Experience with electrical and mechanical systems critical to data center operations, such as transformers and chillers.
  • Knowledge of environmental compliance and permitting processes, including CWA 404.

Responsibilities

  • Own and manage project scope, quality, schedule, and budget for data center construction.
  • Collaborate with various teams, ensuring cohesive construction efforts that meet customer needs.
  • Act as a leader and primary point of contact on the construction site, working directly with contractors.
  • Conduct negotiations and manage construction bids, proposals, and evaluations from start to finish.
  • Oversee the construction project management process including documentation and quality checks.
  • Analyze construction metrics and provide regular progress reports to management and team members.
  • Drive initiatives aimed at enhancing construction efficiency and resilience in data center facilities.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health insurance options including medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • 401(k) matching plan to support retirement savings.
  • Paid time off and parental leave for better work-life balance.
  • Flexible spending accounts for healthcare expenses.
  • Support for adoption and surrogacy reimbursement.
Full Job Description
As our Data Center Construction Manager, you will be a part of a diverse, upbeat, and creative team tasked with solving fascinating problems constructing Amazon Data Centers. Our data centers are industry-leading examples of energy efficient and cost-effective designs.

This position requires that the candidate selected be a US Citizen.

Key job 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, as, interacting with construction trades.
• Be 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 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 enginnering or equivalent, or 10+ 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 understanding electrical and mechanical systems involved in critical data center operations including systems such as feeders, transformers, generators, switch gear, UPS systems, ATS units, PDU units, chillers, pumps, or air handling units

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, VA, Culpeper - 139,300.00 - 208,000.00 USD annually

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Amazon Careers

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