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Sr Construction Project Manager, EMEA Construction (Substations)
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Description
Amazon's High Voltage (HV) infrastructure assets are industry leading examples of highly efficient, resilient, and sophisticated electrical systems. We are the global team responsible for building the HV infrastructure that powers Amazon's cloud business.
As a Construction Project Manager you will be part of a highly creative, efficient team tasked with tackling fascinating and challenging problems building and delivering HV infrastructure projects at scale. If you like to leverage engineering knowledge and judgement in construction projects, we’d like to meet you.
The Construction Project Manager is ultimately responsible for the oversight and review of all disciplines including civil, electrical, mechanical, controls, and architectural. The Construction Project Manager will be a leader within cross-functional teams and drive delivery of your assigned projects through the execution stage.
At Amazon we leverage unique opportunities presented to us by owning everything from the substation, to the server, and back to the cooling systems. We are diverse, upbeat, creative, team of engineers and managers working on a daily basis to develop innovative data centers for our Customers.
The role will be based in Zaragoza - Spain.
Responsibilities
* The role will involve construction project management and oversight of construction related activities as they relate to new substation and transmission line projects in Spain. This will include ownership of project scope, timeline, and budget.
* Direct interface with construction general contractors during 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.
* Construction submittal review.
* Oversee construction quality control including creation of a commissioning plan and support of commissioning process.
* Be a leader within internal and external teams that support the project execution.
* Concurrently managing multiple projects.
* Recording and reporting key metrics to team members and senior management.
* Financial analysis of construction work including change orders, purchase orders, and invoicing.
* 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.
* Coordinate with real estate team negotiating easements with land owners, utilities, etc.
* Oversee general contractors engagement with AHJs for permits and public domain access.
* Value engineering: reduce costs through creative solutions with no impact on quality and reliability (new designs, technology, or construction methods).
* Travel to sites for leadership walk downs, audits, inspections, start-up testing, and full commissioning.
* Travel to other sites in the EMEA region up to 40% of time.
Basic Qualifications
* 7+ years of recent experience in construction management of large, complex projects involving large-scale mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) plants.
* Demonstrated understanding of electrical engineering principles including breaker coordination studies and switchgear sequence of operation.
* Demonstrated understanding of high voltage principles for power systems.
* Demonstrated 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 HV substations or large scale mechanical and electrical plants.
Preferred Qualifications
* Experience with large scale technical operations, mission-critical mechanical / electrical infrastructure, or large-scale compute farms.
* Experience dealing with location-specific electrical 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.
* Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Construction Management or an equivalent engineering science OR 4+ years of related construction management experience in lieu of a degree.
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Company - Amazon Data Services Spain, S.L.
Job ID : A
Seniority level
* Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Project Management, Information Technology, and Product Management
* Industries
* IT Services and IT Consulting
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