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Amazon Sr Construction Project Manager Substations EMEA 
Spain, Aragon, Zaragoza 
500483667

10.06.2024
DESCRIPTION

As a Construction Project Manager for HV Substations you will be a part of highly creative, efficient team tasked with tackling fascinating and challenging problems building and supporting the operation of HV substations that power our cloud business. This technical role requires a high level of judgement in utility management. AWS Substation Project Managers are part of a fast-paced team delivering HV substations for our Customers. Leveraging knowledge of electrical engineering, our Project Manager will autonomously lead and advise HV substation construction projects at scale.The position can be based in Dublin, Ireland or Zaragoza, Spain.Key job responsibilities
The Construction Manager will be responsible for:
- This will include the ownership of the project scope, timeline, and budget.
- Direct interface with construction general contractors during the 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.
- Capital requests/financial analysis of construction work including change orders, purchase orders, and invoicing.
- Construction submittal review.
- Construction project quality control including the creation of a commissioning plan and support of the commissioning process.- Drive teams to perform troubleshooting and root-cause failure analysis associated with equipment or electrical failures.- Travel to HV Substation sites for engineering evaluations, electrical systems audits, mechanical system reviews, start-up testing, and full commissioning, as required.Zaragoza, ESP


BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Construction Management or an equivalent engineering science OR 4+ years of related construction management experience in lieu of a degree.
- 7+ years of recent experience in construction management of large, complex projects involving large-scale mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) plants.
- Understand electrical engineering principles including breaker coordination studies and switch-gear sequence of operation.
- Understand mechanical engineering principles for cooling systems.
- General contractor and vendor management experience (request for proposals, bidding, change orders) associated with construction and project execution.