Commissioning Engineer, AWS Commissioning

Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides a highly reliable, scalable, low‑cost infrastructure platform in the cloud that powers hundreds of thousands of businesses in 190 countries around the world. To meet the growing demand for AWS cloud computing capacity in EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) we are now looking for a Commissioning Engineer to join the team.

Are you experienced in Critical Infrastructure Commissioning? As a Data Center Commissioning Engineer (CxE), you will be part of a highly creative, efficient team tasked with tackling fascinating and challenging problems building and supporting the operations of AWS‑owned data centres, Hybrid Colo's, Single Tenant Colo and Multi‑Tenant Colo builds. The AWS Commissioning team (ACx) understands, evaluates, defines and manages the expectations of construction quality in accordance to engineering designs to meet the customer requirements.

Key job responsibilities

• Medium and low voltage power systems
• Generators
• UPS
• HVAC
• Chilled Water Systems
• Building Management systems (BMS)
• Electrical Power Monitoring Systems (EPMS)
• Testing and balancing
• Pumps and Hydronic systems

The CxE shall provide multi‑discipline input into the scheduling, test script development, designing, and planning of projects. In addition, the CxE will be required to review component submittal packages, lead Factory Witness Testing (FWT), perform system‑level and integrated system testing. During commissioning, the CxE will continuously audit activities to ensure compliance with environmental, quality and safety requirements. Additionally, the individual will be responsible for comprehensive weekly reporting of status of all ongoing projects and lessons learned to continually improve the quality of our program. This position will include coverage of multiple inflight projects.

A day in the life

• Developing commissioning standards.
• Reviewing, commenting on, and creating commissioning scripts L1‑L5.
• Organise and attend meetings highlighting AWS requirements and tracking overall build and commissioning progress and blockers.
• Performing site walks to identify installation and testing deficiencies and maintain observation logs.
• Manage on‑site 3rd‑party commissioning vendors to ensure coverage of all Cx‑activities.
• Gather, organise, and review design and commissioning documentation.
• Work with AWS partner teams to resolve coordination and delivery issues and report on project health and completion.

About the team

The AWS Data Center Commissioning Team (ACx) is a wholly independent business within the DCGS organization. This team of veteran professional Electrical Engineers, Mechanical Engineers, Controls Engineers, Architectural Engineers, Project Managers, Operators and seasoned Amazonians are uniquely positioned to provide deeply detailed engineering and operational review and testing of equipment designs, operational functionality and construction practices. We are focused on ensuring the rapid delivery of a quality product while maintaining full transparency, recording metrics of manufacturer/contractor/equipment issues pre‑PFHO, and identifying opportunities for all our peers and customers.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience carrying design concepts through exploration, development, and into deployment or mass production

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