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Amazon Controls Design Engineer - Data Center , Design Engineering in Dublin, Ireland
Description
At Amazon, we're working to be the most customer-centric company on earth. To get there, we need talented, bright, and driven people. This is your chance to make history by joining a company whose potential has no limits.
The AWS Data Center Global Services team is looking for an individual to contribute to the Controls & Technology organization by joining the Controls Design Engineering team (CDE). The CDE primary responsibility is to track, document, communicate and enhance global data center design standards with a focus on control, automation and electrical power monitoring systems.
What we offer:
Amazon offers a fast paced, fun, and exciting work environment. We continue to grow at exponential rates and are looking for individuals that can support our speed to market, enjoy a challenge, and have a desire for professional growth and continuous learning experiences. Amazon’s work environment is unique in every aspect and offers an exceptional opportunity for the right candidate.
The CDE team provides Building Management System (BMS) and Electrical Power Monitoring System (EPMS) design coordination globally. The team’s goal is to deliver consistent standards for data center controls systems, as well as overall mechanical and electrical design practices. Due to the critical nature and complexity of designing, installing, and maintaining a BMS/EPMS, the CDE team is the primary owner of the associated specification, points list, Basis of Design and scope documents within a large infrastructure engineering team.
The CDE team is a single point of contact for multiple internal and external customers, uniting the efforts associated with:
New construction builds
Legacy site enhancement projects
Data center service projects
In a continual effort to enhance the controls systems, the CDE team collaborates through design review, drives consistent standards, and collects feedback data to arrive at unified documented solutions. Due to the efforts of maintaining, updating, and distributing BMS/EPMS standards, the CDE engineer will drive significant reductions in change order expense, scope gaps between contractors, construction schedule delays, single-sourced vendor pricing, and reduced vendor project management and engineering labor costs.
In this role you will:
Have deep knowledge of building operations, mechanical plant strategies, BMS/EPMS programming concepts, control diagrams, industrial HVAC, electrical line-ups, one line diagrams, and complex environmental and electrical concepts.
Manage Data center redundancy, mechanical failure strategies, energy and water conservation best-case practices and data reporting analytics.
Operate in high security critical environments while maximizing productivity.
Innovate of new solutions to support initiative, team, and company goals.
Lead and facilitate collaboration with multiple teams including construction, programmers, MEP/ACS engineers, and team managers as necessary to accomplish initiative goals.
Create, maintain, and disseminate specification documents that pertain to global projects.
Create, maintain, and disseminate project specific scope of work (SOW) documents including global design standards. Personally coordinate with each regional project manager to review and finalize each projects SOW.
Vendor selection, bid review,RFI support and coordination.
Central point of contact for multiple internal and external groups regarding BMS/EPMS controls standards. Manage and prioritize requests for information on new construction builds,existing site facilities support and legacy site enhancement projects.
Interacte with AWS cloud services and other applications in order to present, archive and analyze accumulated data.
Travel globally when needed to manage and/or support project initiatives.
Anticipate roadblocks and risks while providing escalation management.
A day in the life
About the team
You will work with our internal BIM Design Services Team, Internal Design Engineering teams and external consultants to innovate and drive standards during the design stage of projects, leveraging all aspects of the Model capability to help consultants deliver efficient coordinated designs to IFC stage.
AWS Infrastructure Services (AIS)
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.
About AWS
Diverse Experiences
AWS 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 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.
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Work/Life Balance
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Basic Qualifications
Has utilized or generated Mechanical, Electrical Plumbing (MEP) drawings and design engineering documents focused on data center or critical environments projects.
Has designed or contributed to the design of Controls and Monitoring solution projects.
5 years’ experience driving large-scale enterprise data center or critical environment projects.
Project management experience focused on data center or critical environments projects. Demonstrates large scale coordinated efforts with multiple project stakeholders.
Preferred Qualifications
B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Technology, or related engineering degrees as well as five (5) years of related experience in professional Environments. Exhibit ability to acquire hard data across technical organizations, assemble and maintain hard data metrics to communicate, project and evaluate outcomes.
Project management, organization and problem solving skills with a drive for results and the ability to handle multiple tasks including experience in developing operational optimization plans based on data analysis.
Experience with the use and programming of software in building management systems (Schneider, Siemens, Tridium, Trend preferred) along with Experience with the use and programming of electrical power monitoring systems (Schneider, Eaton preferred).
Knowledge of Data Center Facilities Infrastructure and operation (PDU, UPS, Generators, etc…)
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