Job title: Sr. Pre-Construction Manager, ADC Pre Construction – Data Center Construction
Company: Amazon
Job description: Here at AWS, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We have ten employee-led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings, and we host annual and ongoing learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences. Amazon’s culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 14 Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust.
At Amazon, we’re working to be the most customer-centric company on earth. To get there, we need exceptionally talented, bright, and driven people. If you’d like to help us build the place to find and buy anything online, this is your chance to make history.
Amazon’s Data Centers are industry leading examples of innovation in the areas of security, safety, space utilization, efficiency, and cost effectiveness. We are the global team responsible for the construction of the Amazon owned sites. Our Construction Managers are on the forefront of creating and delivering the most innovative products to our customers; and are known for changing the face of cloud computing. As a Pre-Construction Manager you will support the development and implementation of design standards across regional construction programs. This role will serve as the primary liaison between Real Estate, Design Engineering and other critical partner teams during initial planning, conceptual design, schematics progress, and design development; providing cost, schedule, and constructability guidance. Our goal is to find the candidate that has highly developed critical facility pre-construction knowledge coupled with extensive practical construction experience to drive standards in this essential part of our delivery process. If you have experience driving global pre-construction standards, bid documents including the plans, specifications and general requirements to describe all the elements of a construction project and working within a broad design and construction infrastructure environment, then you could be the right candidate.
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
– Drive practical constructability standards in design documentation.
– Perform constructability reviews of electrical and mechanical designs associated with the construction of new data centers or optimization of existing data centers.
– Act as the point of escalation for complex constructability issues.
– Provide input into global standards and data center template designs.
– Perform civil, structural, electrical and build phasing evaluations for potential sites.
– Conduct negotiations with general contractors and evaluate bids/proposals with detail and accuracy.
– Determine and communicate site requirements that could impact schedule, cost, delivery of the work and integration of site with surrounding properties.
– Create construction GC scope and request for proposals.
– Manage GC as they deliver preconstruction services during the design phase.
– Review bid summaries, schedules and milestones, labor pricing, and perform subcontractor evaluations.
– Up to 50% travel will be required
– US Citizenship Required
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Denver, CO, USA | Herndon, VA, USA | Hilliard, OH, USA | New Albany, OH, USA
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS – Bachelor’s Degree in Construction Management, Civil, Structural, Mechanical or Electrical Engineering or 15+ years of relevant experience.
– Must be 10+ years of experience in data center delivery (design, commissioning and construction), mission critical facilities or equivalent.
– Must be comfortable with 25%-50% travel, sometimes unplanned.
– Experience of end to end project delivery.
– Ability to develop new concepts through exploration, design, testing and into deployment/mass production.
– Proven track record in creating and releasing high quality, consistent documentation for processes, standards and procedures.
– US Citizenship is required
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS – Masters of Science Degree in Engineering or Construction related discipline.
– Certifications such as Professional Engineer (PE), LEED, and/or Certified Construction Manager (CCM).
– Experience directly related to the design or construction of data centers/critical infrastructure or large scale mechanical and electrical plants.
– Experience of working with large data center providers in multiple regions.
– Large infrastructure project experience.
– Vendor management experience.
– Sustainable design experience.
– Knowledge of building codes and regulations including Life Safety, BOCA, NFPA, NEC, and OSHA.
– Experience in controls and commissioning of large scale projects.
– Experience with power management and power monitoring systems.
– Meets/exceeds Amazon’s leadership principles requirements for this role
– Meets/exceeds Amazon’s functional/technical depth and complexity for this role.
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.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $111,400/year in our lowest geographic market up to $239,300/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
Expected salary: $111400 per year
Location: Denver, CO
Job date: Tue, 27 Feb 2024 05:26:36 GMT
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