Sr Construction Manager, Amazon Data Services, Inc.

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Key job responsibilities
Define and develop large scale technical strategies across multiple team boundaries that are coordinated with internal and external stakeholders to drive AWS objectives. They define strategies where the problem may be ambiguous and are able to deliver with complete independence when necessary. They use their strong expertise and high judgement to distill diverse inputs from customers and stakeholders to set a vision and design the right long-term solutions.
Solve significantly complex or systemic problems by originating and delivering innovative and simplified technical and commercial solutions that are scalable. Their solutions account for technical problems relevant to other infrastructure and partner teams. These solutions are in form of technical papers direct product feedback delivered agreements revised vendor contracts new Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) updates to existing SOPs and Policies.
Develop scalable and repeatable technical solutions that enable AWS to scale. They leverage their SME to identify root causes to business-critical technical issues formulate a strategy and propose solutions to address root causes (e.g. design changed single point of failure regulatory changes etc.) present and communicate proposed resolution to both technical & non-technical leadership. They are considered go-to experts among their peers and stakeholders for their specific technical area and present to leadership via Operating Plan reviews and technical strategy doc reads.
Force multiply by creating scalable mechanisms methodologies and best practices that can be adopted across the organization and integrate into multiple systems to provide new functionality and strategies for capacity delivery.
The primary escalation point for their specific area of expertise and tie-break tough technical / business issues with the right resources. They evaluate proposals deals from the broader team on their technical and commercial merit and make tough calls on short vs long term trade-offs. Act as an approver for major commercial deals and technical policies before they are sent to L8 approvals.
Play a significant role in mentoring and developing others and educating the larger community on best practices and strategies. They provide promo assessments for members within and outside of their organization. They participate heavily in hiring.
Mobilize in critical projects where on-site SME level effort is determined as required due to new region complexities first-of-kind deployments or projects at severe risk that cant be mitigated with in-place resources.


A day in the life
AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design planning delivery and operation of all AWS global other words were 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 were looking for talented people who want to help.
Youll join a diverse team of software hardware and network engineers supply chain specialists security experts operations managers and other vital roles. Youll 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 youll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.


- Experience in construction management or construction program management of large complex projects involving large-scale mechanical electrical and plumbing (MEP) plants
- 6 years of work in data centers with an emphasis on building and equipment operation experience
- Experience as a general contractor and in vendor management (request for proposals bidding change orders quality control RFI/submittal tracking) associated with construction and project execution
- Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering Electrical Engineering Construction Management or an equivalent engineering science 7 years of related construction management experience OR 11 years of relevant experience in lieu of a degree.

- Experience developing and implementing environmental compliance programs including regulated waste water and air regulations in accordance with applicable laws
- Experience in project control (cost or schedule or both) and formulating construction programmes especially for infrastructure and mission critical projects both on-site and in preconstruction environments

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience qualifications and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical dental vision prescription Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans EAP Mental Health Support Medical Advice Line Flexible Spending Accounts Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage) 401(k) matching paid time off and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at VA Herndon - 139300.00 - 208000.00 USD annually