Sr. Construction Manager, MLZ Data Center Construction

Allentown, Pennsylvania


Employer: Amazon
Industry: Facilities, Maintenance, \u0026 Real Estate
Salary: Competitive
Job type: Full-Time

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.

As our Data Center Construction Manager (CM)], 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.

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.

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 celebrating our uniqueness.

Mentorship & Career Growth

We have a career path for you no matter what stage you're in when you start here. As we strive to become Earth's Best Employer, we know we must continuously raise our performance bar. 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.

Work/Life Balance

We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home. Finding purpose and fulfillment is essential across all aspects of our lives, which is why flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there's nothing we can't achieve in the cloud.

Key job responsibilities

• \tOwn project scope, quality, schedule, and budget for construction of new builds or general capital projects.

• \tOwn construction project management and oversight of construction related activities.

• \tWork alongside partner teams such as Operations, Networking, Controls, Security, and Commissioning to build Data Centers that directly support our Customers.

• \tBe a leader in your specific discipline (construction management, building services, architectural, electrical or mechanical engineering).

• \tRepresent Amazon's owner's representative on construction sites daily, as, interacting with construction trades.

• \tBe Amazon's construction representative on multiple data centers building and capital improvement construction project sites from construction start through hand-off to operations.

• \tDirect interface with construction general contractors during the construction bidding, award, execution, punch-list, and closeout phases.

• \tCreate construction project scope and request for proposals.

• \tConduct negotiations with general contractors and evaluate bids and proposals with detail and accuracy.

• \tManage and drive cost, schedule, and quality while managing construction contractors and vendors.

• \tPerform construction project management activities, including management of documents, submittals, RFIs, change orders, invoices, quality, scope, and schedule.

• \tDrive construction teams to troubleshoot and perform root-cause failure analysis on equipment failures.

• \tSupport commissioning and integrated system testing and oversight.

• \tSupport operations of installed facilities, including review of procedures, best practices, and maintenance initiatives.

• \tSupport capital request creation.

• \tAnalyze and report construction progress and financials.

• \tRecord and report key construction metrics to team members and management.

• \tContribute to construction initiatives aimed at improving construction efficiency and increasing data center resiliency.

• \tProvide constructability reviews for electrical and mechanical designs for new or optimization of existing data centers.

About the team

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.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Allentown, PA, USA

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• \tBachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Construction Management, or an equivalent engineering science plus 7+ years of relevant construction experience, OR 11+ years of relevant construction experience in lieu of a degree.

• \t6+ years of experience in construction management of large, complex projects involving large-scale mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) plants.

• \t6+ 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.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• \tMS in Construction Management or Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Civil, Structural)

• \t10+ Yrs. Exp in Construction Management of large-scale projects\t

• \t10+ Yrs. Exp. Project Management and Vendor Management\t

• \t5+ Yrs. Exp. In Data Center system-level architecture and electrical engineering principals\t

• \t5+ Yrs. Exp. In Data Center system-level architecture and mechanical engineering principals\t

• \tExperience designing data centers or critical MEP infrastructure\t

• \tCertified as a Professional Engineer (PE), LEED, or Certified Construction Manager (CCM)\t

• \tPrior AWS/Amazon experience\t

• \t5+ Yr. Military Service

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.

Created: 2024-05-02
Reference: 2564788
Country: United States
State: Pennsylvania
City: Allentown
ZIP: 18105

About Amazon

Founded in: 1994
Number of Employees: 1600000


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