Amazon Chief Engineer 

United States, Indiana 

391145877

The Data Center Chief Engineer (CE) is responsible for ensuring that all electrical, mechanical, and fire/life safety equipment within the data center is operating at peak efficiency. This involves planned preventative maintenance of equipment, daily corrective work, and emergency response. The CE serves as an expert technical resource interacting with onsite Engineering Operations Technicians (EOT) and any third party vendors. They are expected to be a singular focal point for all facility operations within a given data center and to support AWS.Key job responsibilities- Establish performance benchmarks, conduct analyses, and prepare reports on all aspects of the critical facility operations and maintenance
- Responsible for the on-site management of shift technicians, senior shift technicians, sub-contractors and vendors
- Oversee operation and management of routine and emergency services on a variety of critical systems such as: switchgear, generators, UPS systems, power distribution equipment, chillers, cooling towers, computer room air handlers, building monitoring systems, etc
- Data Center capacity planning and reporting
- May assist in the design and build out of new facilities
- Responsible for asset and inventory management
- Respond to out of hours emergency calls – first level escalation point for Data Center facilities related issues / failures
- Primary oncall shift rotation- Training and development of EOTs including night shift personnel.
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- Technical (Military/Trade School) training or degree in a relevant field (for example: electrical, mechanical).
- 3+ years of electrical or mechanical experience.
- 3+ years of data center or mission critical facilities (example: hospital, military facility, public safety facility, etc.) experience.

- 4+ years of Data Center Engineering Experience.
- Associates or Bachelor’s Degree.
- Experience leading a team.