Construction Cost Engineer, AMER Cost Control
4 months ago
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.
The AWS AMER Cost Control team is seeking a passionate and motivated construction cost engineer to support a portfolio of Data Center Construction projects in North and South America. The ideal candidate is innovative, analytical and knowledgeable of the global construction market, the core systems integral to the construction of data centers, and their associated costs. You should have a bias toward automation and a track record of creating benchmarks and metrics to support efficient and effective cost controls. You pay attention to detail and solve problems at their root. You have experience working with remote teams and ability to communicate effectively with both construction and non-construction professionals. At Amazon we leverage unique opportunities presented to us and are diverse, creative, team oriented professionals working on a daily basis to develop data centers that are changing the face of data facilities.
Key job responsibilities
Success as a Construction Cost Engineer is measured by:
- Utilizing tools and templates for bid analysis and cost management
- Engaging and managing third party Quantity Surveyor vendors Working seamlessly with multi-disciplinary teams, both internal and external on a global scale
- Communicating cost control goals to all stakeholders effectively
- Identify Value Engineering opportunities in the design and quantify the savings
- Identify project risks and the financial cost impacts associated and communicate to the broader team
- Updating repository for historical data
- Defining and tracking cost performance metrics
- Analyzing and providing timely feedback of Construction vendor proposals using AWS benchmark data
- Creating accurate bid leveling documents
- Providing cost analysis of schedule and design variations
- Validating the final award amount and scope based on contract documents including schedule
- Implementing, maintaining and executing all cost control, change management, progress and performance reporting
- Validating change cost impacts
- Ensuring vendor invoices are accurate and timely
- Supporting the construction team with project close-out and final payments
- Delivering results for multiple projects with competing priorities on a consistent basis
Travel may be required up to 30%, including international travel.
About the team
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 Construction Management, Quantity Surveying, Civil, Mechanical or Electrical Engineering or related field.- 5+ years of experience in construction cost control, with specific knowledge of electrical, mechanical or ASC cost elements.
- 2+ years of experience with Data Center or other mission critical construction environments
- 2+ years of experience as a program manager
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience reviewing and justifying budgets- Experience communicating estimate strategy to construction and non-construction professionals
- Excellent organizational and problem-solving skills. - Ability to create and maintain documentation
- Experience with estimating software such as CostX, Cubit, Onscreen takeoff, Timberline and Bluebeam
- Ability and willingness to think outside of the box to find creative and innovative solutions to reduce costs with no impact on quality and reliability.
- MS Office Suite power user
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