Senior Construction Project Manager, EMEA Data Center Construction

The EMEA Construction team is looking for a Senior Pre-Construction Manager to 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. If you like to develop new concepts through exploration, design, testing and into deployment/mass production, we’d like to meet you. Your work will help to drive standards in this essential part of our delivery process.

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.
• Conduct negotiations with general contractors and evaluate bids/proposals with detail and accuracy.

A day in the life
•Review civil, electrical and mechanical designs to create construction project scope for requests for proposal and variations.
•Lead negotiations with general contractors and internal procurement partners and evaluate bids/proposals/claims with detail and accuracy.
•Record and report key construction/commercial metrics, including internal schedule, cost and budget reporting and forecasting
•Lead on analysis and resolution of claims and major variations
•Provide leadership within the group as well as within internal and external teams that support the data center, work collaboratively to mentor, support and develop more junior team members

About the team
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. Our Pre-Construction Managers develop new concepts through exploration, design, testing and into deployment/mass production. They create and release high quality, consistent documentation for processes, standards and procedures.

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.

AWS Infrastructure Services (AIS)
AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we’re the people who keep the cloud running. 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. We work on the most challenging problems, with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain — and we’re looking for talented people who want to help.

You’ll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You’ll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And you’ll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.

Diverse Experiences
Amazon values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.

Why AWS
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.
Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.
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 embracing our uniqueness.
Mentorship and Career Growth
We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. 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.

In order to help our team better understand your experience, please ensure that your resume includes detailed information on:
*the industries you've supported and the project scale, in as much detail as you are comfortable providing
*your specific role and responsibility within your project(s)
*the scope of your responsibilities

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

· 7+ years in construction site management.
· 5+ years of experience in conducting negotiations with general contractors and evaluate bids/proposals with detail and accuracy.
· 5+ years of experience in mission critical facilities (design, pre-construction, scheduling, construction and commissioning), or equivalent.
· Bachelor's degree in Construction Project Management, Architecture, Engineering, related field or equivalent trade certification.
· Fluency in English and Italian languages
· Knowledge of building codes and regulations including Life Safety, BOCA, NFPA, NEC, and IOSH or equivalent.
· Knowledge of best practice industry safety, quality standards and local safety regulations with experience performing the role of a client within those regulations.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

· Professional certification, such as CCM (certified construction manager), AC (associate constructor), or CPC (certified professional constructor)
· Detailed knowledge of critical data center equipment (Generators, Uninterruptible Power Supplies, Switchgear, Transformers, Power Feeders, Chillers, Plumbing, Fire Detection/Suppression, Air Handling Units, Computer Room Air Handling/Conditioning Units, UPS, CRAH, CRAC).
· Detailed knowledge of electric engineering principles
· Detailed knowledge of mechanical engineering principles
· Detailed knowledge of civil engineering principles

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