Commissioning Engineer, AMER-East ACx; AWS

Overview

Job  | Amazon Data Services, Inc.

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. We support all AWS data centers and the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on challenging problems with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain.

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 deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. You’ll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.

Are you experienced in Critical Infrastructure Commissioning and looking for a fast paced environment to work in? As a Data Center Commissioning Engineer (CxE), you will be part of a highly creative, efficient team tasked with tackling fascinating and challenging problems building and supporting the operations of Amazon-owned data centers. The Amazon Commissioning team (ACx) defines and manages expectations of construction quality in accordance with engineering designs to meet customer requirements.

The CxE is responsible for supporting vendors, contractors, and other teams involved in the construction and commissioning of various systems such as:

• Medium and low voltage power systems
• Generators
• UPS
• HVAC (Air Handlers / Exhaust Fans / VFD)
• Chilled Water Systems
• Building Management systems (BMS)
• Electrical Power Monitoring Systems (EPMS)
• Testing and balancing
• Pumps and Hydronic systems

As the Commissioning Engineer (CxE), you will provide testing and validation oversight of AWS data center electrical and mechanical infrastructure. This includes, but is not limited to, review of design documents and equipment submittals, leading Factory Witness Testing (FWT), and managing third-party commissioning vendors in the performance of onsite pre-functional, functional, and integrated systems testing. You will own your projects’ successes, deep-dive to resolve technical issues, and have bias for action to address schedule impacts and onsite coordination.

You will share lessons learned to support team growth and program improvements.

You will have the opportunity to provide multi-discipline input into scheduling, test script development, designing, and planning of projects. During commissioning, you will continuously audit

Cx vendors’ activities to ensure compliance with environmental, quality, and safety requirements. Following the AWS project reporting format, you will be responsible for regular reporting of commissioning progress and metrics of assigned projects to your Regional Commissioning Manager. You may lead several projects simultaneously to meet milestones and deliver data center capacity, while managing the project budget as approved by Finance.

On a typical project, the CxE works across AWS engineering, capacity delivery, operations, and contractor teams to coordinate site activities, prioritize tasks, and ensure each issue has a clear path to resolution. The CxE manages the project commissioning vendor whose primary scope is to execute functional tests, identify issues, determine criticality, propose solutions, and document findings. If project turnover is at risk, the CxE escalates to the appropriate stakeholders.

Upon project completion, the CxE communicates lessons learned to help peers on similar projects and participates in initiatives that drive improvement to the commissioning program.

The AWS Data Center Commissioning Team (ACx) is a wholly independent business within the DCGS organization. This team includes Electrical Engineers, Mechanical Engineers, Controls Engineers, Project Managers, and Operators focused on detailed engineering and operational review and testing of equipment designs, operational functionality, and construction practices. The team aims to ensure rapid delivery of a quality…