col-wideJob Description:
Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Construction Management or an equivalent engineering science OR 4+ years of related construction management experience in lieu of a degree.
5+ years hiring, promoting, disciplining, and developing teams of professional construction/engineering staffs.
4+ years of general contractor and vendor experience (request for proposals, bidding, change orders, quality control, RFI/submittal tracking) associated with construction and project execution.
4+ years of experience directly constructing electrical engineering systems including large scale power distribution/generation gear and constructing mechanical engineering systems including cooling systems.
As a Data Center Senior Construction Manager you will be a part of a creative, efficient team tasked with tackling fascinating and challenging problems building and supporting the operations of Amazon data centers. Amazon Construction Managers are part of a fast-paced team delivering data centers for our Customers. Our data centers are industry leading examples of energy efficient, cost effective designs. The Data Center Senior Construction Manager is ultimately responsible for the oversight and review of all disciplines including civil, structural, architectural electrical, mechanical, controls and commissioning. The Construction Manager will administer all construction contracts and lease contracts ensuring full compliance including all commercial elements.
Our Data Center Construction team owns and drives the construction life cycle from constructibility, proposal development, bid analysis, award, to managing the onsite construction work. We don't anticipate any regular travel to other locations, the role will be solely based in Frankfurt.
The manager will be expected to dive deep and know construction management; inspire and think big about the construction management program; and support, grow, and nurture the team delivering efficient and sophisticated electrical and mechanical systems to our Customers.
Key job responsibilities
**The Sr. Construction Manager will be responsible for**:
Hire and develop new Construction Managers.
Strategic and tactical management of construction capacity delivery within their region.
Communicate and provide guidance to Finance during the development and execution of capital budgets.
Coordinate with various teams supporting the data center development and launch.
Develop and manage metrics quantifying performance within their region.
Coordinate with Business Development on land and facility acquisition.
Manage the safety, cost, and quality of the data center deliverable.
**Our Snr Construction Managers**:
Ability to lead, motivate, and train subordinates.
Ability and willingness to think creatively and build innovative solutions to reduce cost and duration with no impact on quality and reliability.
Ability to perform complex business case analysis to justify the project scope and present the justification to in a high-level review.
5+ years experience in construction of mission critical facilities
Experience directly related to the design or construction of data centers.
Understand electrical engineering best practices including breaker coordination studies, switch gear sequence of operation, and NEC code.
Understand mechanical engineering principles for cooling systems.
Experience with large scale technical operations or large-scale compute farms.
Knowledge of building codes and regulations including Life Safety, BOCA, NFPA, NEC, and OSHA.
Ability to define data center system-level architecture, specify/document performance and equipment requirements, create/communicate conceptual designs, and create/maintain project documentation.
Ability and willingness to find creative and innovative solutions to reduce costs and duration with no impact on quality and reliability.
Perform business case analysis to justify project scope and financial position for management review
Knowledge and experience with large scale power systems.
Possess clear written and verbal communication skills and ability to use data to justify conclusion