Principal Construction Manager, Amazon Data Services, Inc.

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Construction Management, or an equivalent engineering science plus 10 years of relevant construction experience, OR 15 years of relevant construction experience in lieu of a degree.

10 years of experience supporting large, complex construction projects, specifically related to electrical scope. Must have the ability to analyze electrical systems and provide recommended solutions and improvements to challenges faced in the field.

We are seeking an experienced Principal Construction Manager with extensive electrical expertise to join our growing team. The ideal candidate will show direct involvement in complex construction projects while bringing specialized knowledge in electrical systems, code compliance, and safety protocols, including electrical innovation, a strong understanding of NEC regulations, and the ability to review and interpret electrical drawings and specifications.

**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.

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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 can’t 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 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.

MS in Construction Management or Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Civil, Structural).

15 Yrs. Exp in Construction Management of large-scale projects plus 15 Yrs. Exp. Project Management and Vendor Management along with 8 Yrs. Exp. In Data Center system-level architecture and electrical engineering principals.

Experience designing data centers or critical electrical infrastructure and certified as a Professional Engineer (PE), LEED, or Certified Construction Manager (CCM).

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