Manager of Construction, MLZ Data Center Construction

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.

As our Data Center Manager of Construction (CM MGR), 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.
You will:
• 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.

At Amazon, we are all Owners and leverage unique opportunities presented to us by owning everything from the design review to construction bidding, execution, and final hand-off to our customers. We develop innovative data centers for our Customers.

Key job responsibilities
• 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 of Work (SOW) and Request for Proposals (RFP).
• 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 civil, structural, electrical and mechanical designs for new or optimization of existing data centers.
• Be a leader within the group, and within internal and external data center support teams.

A day in the life
Manage the day to day responsibilities of the CM team, engage with other internal AWS managers and team members. New Carlisle, Indiana will be the permanent reporting location.

About the team
Diverse Experiences
Amazon values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn't followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don't let it stop you from applying.

Why AWS
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world's most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating - that's why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.

Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there's nothing we can't achieve in the cloud.

Inclusive Team Culture
Here at AWS, it's in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.

Mentorship and Career Growth
We're continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth's Best Employer. That's why you'll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS • Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Construction Management, or an equivalent engineering science plus 10 years of relevant construction experience, OR 14 years of relevant construction experience in lieu of a degree.
• 5+ years of experience directly hiring, promoting, disciplining, and developing teams, managing, mentoring, leading, and coaching teams of construction professionals.
• 6+ years of experience in construction management of large, complex projects involving large-scale mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) plants.
• 6+ years of general contractor and vendor management experience (request for proposals, bidding, change orders, quality control, and RFI and submittal tracking) associated with construction and project execution.
• 5+ years of experience managing construction of complex electrical and mechanical engineering systems, including large scale power distribution or generation, and cooling systems.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS • MS in Construction Management or Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Civil, Structural). And experience designing data centers or critical MEP infrastructure
• 8+ Yrs. Directly managing, mentoring, leading, and coaching teams of construction professionals
• 10+ Yrs. Exp. Project Management and Vendor Management
• 5+ Yrs. Exp. In Data Center system-level architecture and electrical engineering principals
• 5+ Yrs. Exp. In Data Center system-level architecture and mechanical engineering principals

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