The Data Center Construction Cost Control (CCC) team is part of a larger, highly creative and passionate team dedicated to deploying our continuously evolving Amazon data center facilities.
As a Sr. Construction Cost Engineer, you will be responsible for providing cost support, guidance, and recommendations to the Data Centre project delivery team to ensure cost management across a portfolio of fast-paced construction projects. You will be involved in the full life cycle of construction projects while working with motivated experts from design, construction, procurement, finance, and legal teams to deliver efficient and innovative data centers.
You will help drive multimillion-dollar projects utilizing Amazon's key values including frugality and insist on the highest standards across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. This role is located in Zaragoza, Spain.
Key Job Responsibilities
1. Engaging and managing third-party Quantity Surveyors.
2. Validating construction cost estimates at various stages of design.
3. Working seamlessly with multi-disciplinary teams, both internal and external.
4. Communicating cost control goals to all stakeholders effectively.
5. Identifying Value Engineering opportunities in the design and quantifying the savings.
6. Identifying project risks and the financial cost impacts associated with them and communicating to the broader team.
7. Updating repository for historical data.
8. Defining and tracking cost performance metrics and leading monthly cost reporting.
9. Analyzing and providing timely feedback on vendor proposals using AWS benchmark data.
10. Creating accurate bid leveling documents.
11. Validating the final award amount and scope based on contract documents.
12. Implementing, maintaining, and executing all cost control, change management, progress, and performance reporting.
13. Validating construction change cost impacts.
14. Ensuring vendor invoices are accurate and timely.
15. Supporting the construction team with project close-out and final payments.
16. Delivering results for multiple projects with competing priorities on a consistent basis.
A Day in the Life
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 the Team
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Why AWS
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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
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Mentorship and Career Growth
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Minimum Requirements
1. 8+ years of experience in construction cost control, with specific knowledge of electrical, mechanical or CSA cost elements.
2. Experience communicating estimate strategy to construction and non-construction professionals.
3. Experience with Data Center or other mission-critical construction environments.
4. Experience with estimating software such as CostX, Cubit, Onscreen takeoff, Timberline, and Bluebeam.
5. Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Quantity Surveying, Civil, Mechanical or Electrical Engineering or related field.
6. Experience reviewing and justifying budgets and estimates.
7. Excellent organizational and problem-solving skills.
8. Ability and willingness to find creative and innovative solutions to reduce costs with no impact on quality and reliability.
9. Experience on Data Centre or Life science type projects.
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