Amazon Web Services (AWS) · 4 hours ago
Commissioning Engineer, AMER-Central ACx
Hamlet, NC
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$117K/yr - $160K/yr
5+ years expAmazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a Data Center Commissioning Engineer (CxE) to join their team. The CxE will provide testing and validation oversight of AWS data center electrical and mechanical infrastructure, managing third-party commissioning vendors and ensuring compliance with environmental, quality, and safety requirements.
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Responsibilities
Provide testing and validation oversight of AWS data center electrical and mechanical infrastructure
Review design documents, lead Factory Witness Testing (FWT), and manage third-party commissioning vendors in the performance of onsite pre-functional, functional, and integrated systems testing
Take ownership of their projects’ successes by diving deep to resolve technical issues and having bias for action to address everchanging schedule and coordination demands onsite
Continuously audit activities to ensure compliance with environmental, quality, and safety requirements
Provide multi-discipline input into the scheduling, test script development, designing, and planning of projects
Review component submittal packages, lead Factory Witness Testing (FWT), perform system level and integrated system testing
Communicate lessons learned to help peers on similar projects in flight and participate in initiatives that drive improvement to the commissioning program
Qualification
Required
5+ years of engineering, installation, or startup/commissioning of electrical and mechanical systems experience
Knowledge of Microsoft Office including Outlook, Word, and Excel
Experience in industrial or commercial engineering in mission critical facilities including but not limited to: data centers, power generation or oil and gas facilities
Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering, or 5+ years of relevant discipline work experience
Understand the design concept and intent by reviewing mechanical or electrical design documentation, including drawings, specifications, vendor submittals and sequences of operations and provide feedback on the same in accordance with Amazon standards for basis of design
Ability to relocate to the Charlotte/Hamlet, NC area
Ability and willingness to travel domestic and internationally for up to 80% of the year
Required to provide personal transportation for meetings and job visits away from the office; reimbursed
Walk job sites in uneven terrain
Work at heights and from ladders
Regularly walk, use hands and fingers, reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl
Lift and/or move up to 49 pounds; and participate in group lifts for 50 pounds or more
Carry objects weighing up to 49 pounds for short distances
Work shifts longer than eight hours in duration with potential for night and weekends
Perform physical tasks throughout the day without becoming overly tired
Ability to manipulate small wires and objects easily
Work in a noisy environment
Work in environments that are colder or hotter than a normal office environment
Preferred
Experience reading, interpreting, and creating construction drawings, specifications, and submittal documents
Experience understanding electrical and mechanical systems involved in critical data center operations including systems such as feeders, transformers, generators, switch gear, UPS systems, ATS units, PDU units, chillers, pumps, or air handling units
Experience developing and executing test procedures for mechanical or electrical systems/components based on design intent and approved equipment submittals
Strong communication skills, detail oriented, highly organized, and able to work in high stress environments to maintain calm and respectful interaction with multiple teams
Benefits
Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
401(k) matching
Paid time off
Parental leave
Company
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Launched in 2006, Amazon Web Services (AWS) began exposing key infrastructure services to businesses in the form of web services -- now widely known as cloud computing.
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