Construction Project Manager , EMEA Construction (Substations) in London

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 would 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.

The role will be based in London, United Kingdom.

• 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.
• 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.

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• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience carrying new design concepts through exploration, development, and into deployment or mass production.
• Experience in MS Excel, Word, and Windows Operating Systems.

• Experience in project management in data centers or comparable critical infrastructure.
• Experience in Data Center Engineering Operations, with a deep understanding of electrical and mechanical data center infrastructure.

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