Melbourne Construction Lead, Data Centre

10+ years’ relevant construction experience
- 5+ years of experience of hiring, directly managing, mentoring, leading, and coaching construction management professionals.
- 5+ years of general contractor and vendor management experience associated with construction and project execution

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we’re the people who keep the cloud running. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging problems, with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain — and we’re looking for talented people who want to help.

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.

The Manager of Construction is a strategically significant role on the Data Center Construction team dedicated to leading, mentoring, and coaching our team of skilled Construction Managers. You will hire & lead a diverse and creative team solving fascinating problems constructing Amazon Data Centers. You will manage a team of professional construction project managers and the regional construction program delivering data center capacity to support Amazon’s growth in Melbourne.

Our Data Center Construction team owns and drives the construction life cycle from pre-construction, through procurement, to managing the onsite construction work. The manager will be expected to dive deep and know construction management; inspire and think big about the construction management program; and support, grow, and nurture the team delivering efficient and sophisticated electrical and mechanical systems to our customers.

Key job responsibilities
- Provide oversight across multiple sites including developing managing and reporting on safety, quality scope, schedule and budget ensuring predictable delivery within the business cost and schedule expectations
- Hiring, coaching and developing a team of Construction Managers & Project Engineers
- Strategic and tactical management of construction capacity delivery within Melbourne
- Communicate and provide guidance to Finance during the development and execution of capital budgets.
- Coordinate with various teams supporting the data center development and launch.
- Develop and manage metrics quantifying performance within their region.
- Coordinate with Business Development on land and facility acquisition.
- Manage the safety, cost, and quality of the data center deliverable.

About the team
Diverse Experiences

Why AWS
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.

Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.

Inclusive Team Culture
Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.

Mentorship 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.

Melbourne, VIC, AUS
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Construction Management, or an equivalent engineering science
- Experience directly related to design or construction of data centres
- Understanding of large-scale power systems and electrical engineering practices
- Knowledge of building codes and regulations including Life Safety and OSHA
- Ability to define data center system-level architecture, specify/document performance and equipment requirements, create/communicate conceptual designs, and create/maintain project documentation.

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