Water Infrastructure Manager, AWS Water Team West Region/LATAM

You will deliver water sustainability projects for AWS Infrastructure in US West regions and LATAM, as you execute on the delivery of multiple water infrastructure development projects, monitor operational efficiency metrics, and build in system resiliency after project hand-off to regional operations teams. You will also be the central point of contact for all issues pertaining to water and wastewater treatment and disinfection systems and for managing healthy relationships with utilities. If you understand water-cooled infrastructure in building operations, are interested in innovation in the water sector, and understand the feasibility of construction under various designs, you are a probably a good fit

This role will be supporting our US West Region/Latin America and will require fluency in English and Portuguese.

Key job responsibilities

• Plan and implement water and wastewater infrastructure projects that support water delivery to data centers
• Managing utility system contracts and connection agreements for domestic, fire, and cooling water supply
• Engineering, implementing and monitoring water treatment projects, developing scalable designs for regional deployment
• Conducting root cause analysis and implementing corrective actions for water systems
• Coordinating with local utilities to ensure compliance with federal, state, and municipal requirements
• Tracking system reliability and maintaining water supply resiliency for data center cooling
• Developing and implementing water sustainability initiatives
• Overseeing installation, testing, and maintenance of water treatment equipment
• Collaborating with internal teams (engineering, operations, real estate, EHS) to develop solutions in areas with limited infrastructure
• Up to 25% travel as needed for project execution where authorized.

About the team

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.

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• 4+ 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
• Bachelor's Degree in Chemical/Environmental Engineering, Civil Engineering or Water Resources Planning
• 5+ years building relationships with utilities and negotiating contractual and commercial terms related to water and wastewater capacity and infrastructure development
• 5+ years of project or program management experience with skills to balance multiple priorities in a fast scaling environment, and experience working with water chemistry and conventional/membrane water treatment technologies for industrial applications, specially data centers
• 5+ years reading and interpreting construction drawings and equipment specifications and ability to carry design concepts through exploration, development, and into deployment/scalable implementation.
• Fluent in English and Portuguese

• Advanced degree in Chemical/Environmental/Civil Engineering or Water Resources /Infrastructure Planning
• Experience reading and interpreting construction drawings and equipment specifications and able to carry design concepts through exploration, development, and deployment/scalable implementation
• 8+ years of direct experience with the construction, operation, or maintenance of water treatment equipment fleet management.
• Experience with fast track design/build projects and or multiple significant upgrade projects
• 8+ years working with mechanical/plumbing systems related to data centers or similar buildings that use water infrastructure such as pumps, cooling towers, evaporative media, heat exchangers, air handling units, or air economizers
• 8+ years of project-related experience working with local or state government agencies, utilities, site development due diligence and/or permitting entities

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