Commissioning Area Manager, AMER-East ACx

Job ID: 3134724 | Amazon Web Services, Inc.

Are you experienced in Critical Infrastructure Commissioning Management and looking for a fast paced environment to work in? The Commissioning Manager is responsible for managing a team of Commissioning Engineers (CxE), who run commissioning projects by coordinating with vendors, contractors, and other teams involved in the construction and commissioning of various systems such as:

• Medium and low voltage power systems
• Generators
• UPS
• HVAC (Air Handlers / Exhaust Fans / VFD)
• Chilled Water Systems
• Building Management systems (BMS)
• Electrical Power Monitoring Systems (EPMS)
• Testing and balancing
• Pumps and Hydronic systems

The Commissioning Manager shall ensure all projects in their assigned area are appropriately staffed, deliver on time and achieve bar-raising quality. Occasionally provide multi-discipline input into the scheduling, test script development, designing, and planning of projects. In addition, they will occasionally be required to review component submittal packages, lead Factory Witness Testing (FWT), perform system level and integrated system testing. During commissioning they will continuously audit activities to ensure compliance with environmental, quality, and safety requirements. Additionally, the individual will be responsible for comprehensive weekly reporting of status of all ongoing projects and lessons learned to continually improve the quality of our program.

This position will include coverage of multiple inflight projects and quick timelines.

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. We support all AWS data centers and all 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.

Key Responsibilities

• Hire and on-board new team members through coaching and/or other orientation practices and career development of team to meet business demands.
• Understand the current capabilities of automation tools and confirm they are being utilized to the full benefit of the department and project.
• Provide Monthly business review reports to influence and/or support business decisions.
• Monitor the commissioning team's performance in turning over the critical infrastructure systems and sub-systems.
• Enhance skills, performance and development of all employees by sponsoring and promoting completion of training programs so that adherence to operations guidelines and specifications is ensured and work of the highest quality prevails.
• Maintain safe and healthy work environment by following and enforcing established project procedures relating to safety, work permitting work order systems; adhere to legal requirements.
• Ability to build effective relationships with customer, engineering, construction, and vendor personnel.

Physical Requirements

• Walk job sites in uneven terrain.
• Occasionally work shifts longer than eight hours in duration with potential for night and weekends.
• Perform physical tasks throughout the day without becoming overly tired.
• Ability to manipulate small wires and objects easily.

Location & Travel Requirements

• Ability to commute and work in Herndon, Virginia.
• Ability and willingness to travel domestically and internationally for up to 50% of the year. Typical travel is 15%.
• Required to provide personal transportation for meetings and job visits away from the office; reimbursed.
• US Citizenship is required.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or an equivalent engineering science OR 10+ years of related commissioning experience in lieu of a degree.
• 10+ years’ experience directly leading, managing, mentoring, and coaching, construction, engineering design, and/or commissioning professionals.
• 10+ years hiring, promoting, and developing teams of professional engineering staff.
• 8+ years of vendor management experience (request for proposals, bidding, change orders, quality control, RFI/submittal tracking) associated with commissioning and/or project execution.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge and experience with large scale mechanical and electrical systems and mechanical infrastructure principles for cooling systems.
• Understand electrical infrastructure principles for electrical distribution systems.
• Experience directly related to the design or construction of data centers.
• Experience with large scale technical operations or large-scale data centers.
• Ability to define data center system-level architecture, specify/document performance and equipment requirements, create/communicate conceptual designs, and create/maintain project documentation.
• Ability and willingness to find creative and innovative solutions to reduce costs and duration with no impact on quality and reliability.

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