Amazon Water Solutions Manager AWS EMEA Energy & Team 

Ireland, Dublin 

789326505

Amazon has an opening for a Water Solutions Manager (WSM) to support scaling and growth across our Data Centre network. The WSM drives the water supply strategy and discharge requirements for new sites. Responsibilities include management of design consultants, contractual drafting, develop infrastructure requirements and solutions, budgets, and proposed project schedules.
The WSM will work to influence onsite design solutions to ensure that water chemistry, treatment and infrastructure are appropriate for on-site needs. This requires multidisciplinary support to design engineering, construction, operations, and maintenance for our global fleet of data centres. You will define both prescriptive and performance-based design approaches to help define, design, detail, and document the various water needs that our facilities require to ensure safe drinking waters for site staff and water treatment plant sufficiency for industrial use and discharge compliance with environmental regulators.AWS Infrastructure Services (AIS)
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 job responsibilities
• Water feasibility and due diligence to determine off site supply and discharge infrastructure; design review for onsite water management.
• Creation of project scope, business case and infrastructure requirements, develop contract and draft documentation, request for proposals, and capital requests.
• Project management for capital water infrastructure projects encompassing consultant management for site solution development and strategy formulation, solution design and implementation.
• Assume ownership of project scope, timeline, and budgets for capital water infrastructure projects ensuring seamless coordination from conception to completion.
• Support continuous process improvement through leading workflow updates, documenting & implementing lessons learned and sharing knowledge across delivery teams to ensure EMEA wide efficiency improvements.
• Regularly report to senior leadership on status of key project metrics vs. commitment of your projects.
• Create detailed planning packs to build scalable and future proof off-site infrastructure.
• Deep understanding of water infrastructure construction process across EMEA region.
• Program management, risk mitigation and reporting status reviews to management and internal customers.
A day in the life
• Work with third party design vendors to review concept designs and designs in progress to ensure they meet established design standards, local code requirements, and any other requirements of the Authorities Having Jurisdiction (AHJs).
• Ensure that prior to PFHO the water systems have been disinfected to national and statutory requirements, water meters are installed commissioned and calibrated correctly, water treatment plant is commissioned and delivering required outputs (flow&quality)
• Main maintain discharges below the discharge permit conditions.
• Coordinating with construction, commissioning, and risk management teams to answer requests for information and value engineering queries.
• Prepare early stage water related “Owners Requirements” documentation and work with Procurement teams to create a mechanism via RFQ for Early Contractor Involvement (ECI) in the Specialist Water Contractor (SWC) scope.
Diverse Experiences
Amazon values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.Why AWSWork/Life BalanceInclusive Team CultureMentorship and Career Growth
We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

• Bachelor’s Degree and 5-12+ years of water resources, treatment, infrastructure management, and feasibility projects.
• Experience in stakeholder management including regulators, water utilities, environmental agencies, health departments, and contractors.
• Ability to assess early-stage feasibility and develop an investment business case proposal to secure internal funding for offsite water reinforcement projects to secure site water supply and discharges.
• Experience in construction management and/or program management in the water and environmental infrastructure industry.
• Comprehensive knowledge of water and environmental sectors, including their interfaces, coupled with design and delivery experience collaborating with multiple telecom construction contractors and vendors.
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex project priorities and dependencies.
• Proficiency with MS Office and project management tools.
• Exceptional analytical, quantitative, communication, and presentation skills.

• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
• Experience in the management of complex technology infrastructure projects.
• Experience with and deep understanding of multiple project management methodologies.
• Excellent multi-tasking and prioritisation skills.
• Wide experience in contractual and procurement methodologies (procurement, D&B, DBO etc.) aligned with water utilities, environmental agencies (in EU) or 3rd party contractors.
• Experience of delivering water infrastructure projects with multiple stakeholders across multiple locations in Europe, Middle East & Africa.
• Fluency in a second European language e,g. German, French, Italian, Spanish.