The Global Engineering Strategy team (GES) is looking for a results-oriented, inventive senior geotechnical engineer to drive front end geotechnical engineering for new owned and leased site developments.
You will lead the geotechnical engineering due diligence and design ready geotechnical efforts for new and expanding regions, while maintaining the highest performance standards and utilizing innovation to reduce budgets and increase efficiency.
You will will sit within the Design Engineering team of the broader Data Center Engineering (DCE) organization. You will work with our Real Estate, Risk and Resiliency, Environmental, Pre-Construction and related partner teams on global design strategy implementation.
You will assist in data center site selection, review of due diligence reports, lead geotechnical investigations and preliminary engineering and play a pivotal role in the delivery of data center designs.
Our Geotechnical Engineers:
o Are strong leaders who can prioritize well, communicate clearly, and have a consistent track record of delivery.
o Provide creative engineering balanced with high quality and customer focus.
o Work as part of a team to accomplish our goals.
o Perform technical design engineering diligence for global regions.
o Thrive in a fast-paced environment.
o Lead project teams through ambiguity.
o Understand the best practices for data center project delivery.
o Have extensive experience within the arena of domestic and international data center delivery.
The Senior Geotechnical Engineer responsibilities include:
o Collaborating with internal stakeholders during the due diligence and pre-design phases to oversee the process and ensure design requirements are considered.
o Collaborating with internal teams to gather data to ensure pre-requisites for start of design stage are met.
o Leading due diligence and pre-design geotechnical investigations, managing internal partners and your external vendor consultants, ensuring design ready geotechnical deliverables are completed and handed over for successful design execution.
o Rollout strategy of new data center design types and intercepts that impact geotechnical investigations and engineering.
o Provide engineering design decisions to the partner teams for strategic planning and region selection.
o Collaborate with other DCE teams developing new data center infrastructure products, and design execution team disciplines such as civil engineering, structural engineering and architects to assess how our various design types, BOD and products can be deployed for a certain site development project.
o Ability to work on concurrent projects in multiple geographical regions.
o Escalate issues as required and communicate clearly and effectively at the appropriate level of detail with people from a wide range of technical abilities, backgrounds and levels of leadership.
Travel will occasionally be necessary but shouldn't be more than 25%.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 6+ years of industrial or commercial engineering in mission critical facilities including but not limited to: data centers, power generation or oil and gas facilities experience
- Professional Engineering or Architectural License
- 10+ years of professional experience in geotechnical site characterization, design and construction, and project management.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Oversight and management of a variety of subsurface investigation programs
- Planning and execution of geotechnical laboratory testing regimes.
- Performing design calculations for pavements, shallow and deep foundations, retaining walls, temporary and permanent support for excavation.
- Performing settlement analysis, ground improvement analyses, slope stability analyses.
- Preparing engineering reports and construction specifications.
- Performing construction oversight.
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, Herndon - 136,600.00 - 184,800.00 USD annually
