Description
Amazon's Data Centers are industry-leading examples of innovation in security, safety, space utilisation, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness.
The EMEA Data Center Construction team is looking for a Senior Pre-Construction Manager to serve as the primary liaison between Real Estate, Design Engineering, Construction, and other critical partner teams during initial planning, conceptual design, and design development; providing cost, schedule, and constructibility guidance.
As a Senior Pre-Construction Manager, you will support the development and implementation of design standards across regional construction programs and create and release high-quality, consistent documentation for processes, standards, and procedures.
Key responsibilities:
- Review and provide input into global standards and data center template designs.
- Independently support, oversee, and manage complex, cross-functional Data Center projects from site selection, permitting, and contract execution.
- Keep project stakeholders informed and contribute to the performance of the team, building trust and respect in all working relationships.
- Drive crisp and timely decisions, identify and clear blockers, and escalate appropriately.
- Work with internal/external teams, including real estate, design engineering, construction, finance, architects, engineers, permitting agencies, developers, and landlords.
- Conduct negotiations with general contractors and evaluate bids/proposals, participating in pricing reviews for scope inclusions/exclusions.
- Evaluate Due Diligences, schedule tracking, and identify and solve factors that may impede a successful permitted project hand-over to Amazon stakeholders.
- Insist on the highest standards from yourself and others, driving accountability for results, leading externals, and potentially internals, including coaching and/or disciplinary actions, as needed.
A day in the life: Each day, you will represent AWS in ensuring the on-time and in-budget execution of Amazon projects, while strategically improving its processes, costs, quality, H&S, and sustainability performance.
You will lead and mentor large cross-functional teams as an expert technical and project management resource to complete construction projects and skillfully motivate and focus people of all levels to deliver.
You will drive significant communication across departments, to front-line and executive-level managers, while serving as an authority on project issues.
You will leverage your experience and tools to understand where gaps exist in project plans and propose solutions.
You will be understanding and negotiating terms of contracts with developers, contractors, and consultants, representing AWS' interests.
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering
- Speak, write, and read fluently in French and English with respect to complex technical instructions and concepts
- Experience in verbal and written communication for executive-level leaders
- 7+ years of experience in conducting negotiations with general contractors and evaluating bids/proposals with detail and accuracy
- 7+ years of experience in mission-critical facilities (design, pre-construction, scheduling, construction, and commissioning), or equivalent
- 5+ years in construction site management
- 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, PMP, AC, or CPC
- Detailed knowledge of critical data center equipment
- Detailed knowledge of electric engineering principles
- Detailed knowledge of mechanical engineering principles
- Detailed knowledge of civil engineering principles
- Additional knowledge of other languages will be appreciated