Senior Project Manager, EMEA Construction (Power & Water)
Job Summary
You will provide oversight across all disciplines - civil mechanical process controls and environmental - ensuring our water systems meet demanding performance cost and schedule targets. You will navigate complex regulatory and permitting landscapes (including EIA permitting and local water authority approvals) while driving construction safety and quality standards on site.
At Amazon we own the full infrastructure stack - from substation to server to cooling tower. That ownership creates unique opportunities to integrate water infrastructure with power and mechanical systems in ways traditional utilities cannot. You will work at that intersection collaborating with electrical mechanical and commissioning teams to deliver some of the most sophisticated utility infrastructure in the world.
We are a diverse fast-paced team of engineers and managers who solve complex problems daily for our customers. If you thrive on technical challenge and operational ownership this role is for you.
Key job responsibilities
- Construction project management and oversight of construction related activities as they relate to water infrastructure projects in EMEA.
- The role involves travel up to 40% of the time.
- This will include the ownership of the project scope timeline and budget.
- Direct interface with construction general contractors during the bidding award execution and project closeout/punch list phases.
- Work with general contractors and vendors to deliver efficient and high quality project turn-overs in line with electrical utility requirements.
- Lead negotiations with general contractors and evaluate bids/proposals with detail and accuracy.
- Creation of construction project scope and request for proposals.
- Capital requests/financial analysis of construction work including change orders purchase orders and invoicing.
- Construction submittal review.
- Construction project quality assurance including support of the commissioning process.
- Recording and reporting key construction metrics to team members and management.
- Drive teams to perform troubleshooting and root-cause failure analysis associated with equipment or electrical failures.
- Be a leader within the group as well as within internal and external teams that support the data center.
- Travel to data centre sites for engineering evaluations water systems audits mechanical system reviews start-up testing and full commissioning as required.
- Bachelors degree Construction Management or an equivalent engineering science Electrical Engineering Mechanical Engineering Civil Engineering.
- 7 years of recent experience in construction management of large complex projects involving large-scale mechanical electrical and plumbing (MEP) plants.
- Understand mechanical and civil engineering principles for water systems.
- General contractor and vendor management experience (request for proposals bidding change orders) associated with construction and project execution.
- Experience directly related to the design and construction of water infrastructure or large scale mechanical and electrical plants.
- Experience with large scale technical operations mission-critical mechanical/water infrastructure or large-scale compute farms.
- Experience dealing with location-specific water utility providers.
- Experience of risk and change management through procurement delivery and handover of design and build projects.
- Experience of leading contract and commercial negotiations and administration of design and build projects.
- Experience of monitoring contract dates and deliverables to keep project on track and help mitigate any potential issues before they develop into significant problems.
- Able to effectively communicate with team members senior management and leadership across organisation to keep all relevant stakeholders up to date with important contract information.
- Experience in negotiating easements/wayleaves with land owners utilities etc.
- Value engineering: Proven ability to reduce costs through creative solutions with no impact on quality and reliability (new designs technology or construction methods).
- Experience in construction and commissioning of Water Infrastructure projects.
- Certifications such as Project Management Professional (PMP) LEED and/or Certified Construction Manager (CCM).
- Possess clear written and verbal communication skills and ability to use data to justify conclusions
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Senior IC
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