Senior Pre-Construction Manager, EMEA Pre-Construction
Job ID: 2825595 | Amazon Data Services Spain, S.L.
Amazon's Data Centers are industry leading examples of innovation in the areas of security, safety, space utilization, efficiency, and cost effectiveness.
We are the global team responsible for the construction of the Amazon owned sites.
The EMEA Data Center Construction team is looking for a Senior Pre-Construction Manager to serve as the primary liaison between Real Estate, Design Engineering, Construction and other critical partner teams during initial planning, conceptual design and design development; providing cost, schedule, and constructibility guidance.
Our goal is to find the candidate that has highly developed critical facility pre-construction knowledge coupled with extensive practical construction experience to drive standards in this essential part of our delivery process.
Key Job Responsibilities Represent AWS in ensuring the on-time and in-budget execution of Amazon projects, while strategically improving its processes, costs, quality, health & safety, and sustainability performance.Lead and mentor large cross-functional teams as an expert technical and project management resource to complete construction projects.Drive significant communication across departments, to front line and executive level managers while serving as an authority on project issues.Leverage your experience and tools to understand where gaps exist in project plans and propose solutions.Negotiate terms of contracts with developers, contractors, and consultants representing AWS' interests.Act as the primary escalation point for the evaluation of the feasibility of potential future projects and pre-development actions.Lead negotiations with general contractors and internal procurement partners and evaluate bids, proposals, and claims with detail and accuracy.Review and provide input into global standards and data center template designs.Support, overview, and manage complex, cross-functional Data Center projects from site selection, permitting, and contract execution.Keep the scope progress under control by driving crisp and timely decisions, identifying and clearing blockers, and escalating appropriately.Work with internal/external teams including real estate, design engineering, construction, finance, architects, engineers, permitting agencies, developers, and landlords to secure resources and drive results.Evaluate due diligence, schedule tracking, and identify and solve factors that may impede a successful permitted project handover.Insist on the highest standards from self and others and drive accountability for results.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS 5+ years in construction site management.7+ years of experience in conducting negotiations with general contractors and evaluating bids/proposals with detail and accuracy.7+ years of experience in mission critical facilities (design, pre-construction, scheduling, construction, and commissioning), or equivalent.Knowledge of best practice industry safety, quality standards, and local safety regulations.Professional fluency in Spanish and English languages.PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS Professional certification, such as CCM, PMP, AC, or CPC.Knowledge of critical data center equipment (Generators, UPS, Switch-gear, Transformers, etc.
).Knowledge of civil, electric, and mechanical engineering principles.Bachelor's degree in Construction Project Management, Architecture, Engineering, or related field.Amazon is an equal opportunities employer.
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