Director, Construction Management

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. The EMEA Data Center Construction team is looking for a Pre-Construction Manager to serve as the primary liaison between Real Estate, Design Engineering, Construction and other critical partner teams during initial planning, conceptual design and design development; Our Pre-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 and will create and release high quality, consistent documentation for processes, standards and procedures. 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, specifications and general requirements to describe all the elements of a construction project and working within a broad design and construction infrastructure environment, then this could be your role! Each day you will represent AWS in ensuring the on time and in budget execution of Amazon projects, while strategically improving its processes, costs, quality H&S, and sustainability performance.

• You will be leading and mentoring large cross-functional teams as an expert technical and project management resource to complete construction projects and skillfully motivate and focus people of all levels to deliver.
• You will drive significant communication across departments, to front line and executive level managers while serving as an authority on project issues.
• You will leverage your experience and tools to understand where gaps exist in project plans and propose solutions.
• Daily tasks may be comprised of site validation, due diligence and risk analysis, design management, contract/lease and cost negotiations, stakeholder and vendor management.
• You will act as the primary escalation point for the evaluation of the feasibility of potential future projects and pre-development actions.
• You will lead negotiations with general contractors and internal procurement partners and evaluate bids/proposals/claims with detail and accuracy, reporting key construction/commercial metrics, including schedule, cost and budget.
• You will review and provide input into global standards and data center template designs.
• You will independently support, overview and manage complex, cross-functional Data Center projects from site selection, permitting and contract execution, and keep project stakeholders informed to contribute to the performance of the team, building trust and respect in all working relationships.
• You will work with internal/external teams including real estate, design engineering, construction, finance, architects, engineers, permitting agencies, developers and landlords to secure resources, scope infrastructure builds, set priorities, milestones and drive results through clearing blockers, making decisions, leading and influencing.
• You will evaluate Due Diligences, schedule tracking, and identify and solve factors that may impede a successful permitted project hand-over to Amazon stakeholders.

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. 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. You’ll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. Each day you will represent AWS in ensuring the on time and in budget execution of Amazon projects, while strategically improving its processes, costs, quality H&S, and sustainability performance.

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• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field
• Experience in MS Excel, Word, and Windows Operating Systems
• Experience with power management and power monitoring systems
• Knowledge of critical data center equipment
• Experience in project management in data centers or comparable critical infrastructure
• Experience in Data Center Engineering Operations, with a deep understanding of electrical and mechanical data center infrastructure
• Experience reading and interpreting construction specifications and drawings for all domains

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Salary: EUR 60750 - 74250 per year