Manager of Construction, West

Job description

DESCRIPTION

The Manager of Construction, US West is a strategically significant role in the Americas Construction team dedicated to leading, mentoring, and coaching our team of skilled Construction Managers building data centers. You will manage a fast-moving, intelligent team of professionals and the regional construction program delivering data center capacity to support Amazon's growth in the Western United States and potential sites in South America. Our Data Center Construction team owns and drives the construction life cycle from constructability, proposal development, bid analysis, award, to managing the on site construction work.

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.

At Amazon, we are a diverse, driven, and creative team of engineers and leaders working constantly to innovate and construct data centers that are changing the face of data center construction for our Customers.

The Manager of Construction will be responsible for:
- Hire and develop new Construction Managers. Coach, mentor, and lead a large Construction Management team.
- 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.

In addition this individual must possess the following abilities:
- 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 management in a high-level review.

Desired profile

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Construction Management or an equivalent engineering science.
- 5+ years of recent experience directly managing, mentoring, leading, and coaching construction management, engineering design, procurement, controls, and/or commissioning professionals.
- 3+ years directly managing construction of large, complex projects involving large-scale mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) plants.
- General contractor and vendor management experience (request for proposals, bidding, change orders) associated with construction and project execution.
- Understand electrical engineering best practices including breaker coordination studies, switch gear sequence of operation, and NEC code.
- Understand mechanical engineering principles for cooling systems.
- 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.