Regional Document Controller

Position Overview

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 Data Center Colocation Engineering Team is the engineering owner for the lifecycle of AWS’s colocation data center sites.

As the Regional Document Controller, you will support the quality assurance reviews, track, and manage design drawings, specifications and documents prepared during the engineering design process. This includes supporting and managing the delivery and quality of documentation from internal and external vendors. You will also communicate with external stakeholder design consultants.

Key Attributes

  • Strong communication skills, both written and verbally.
  • Support multi-disciplinary, highly technical engineering and program teams.
  • Work in a complex engineering environment with complex projects/programs.
  • Have an understanding of the data center critical environment.
  • Will be adept at identifying and communicating upcoming risks related to documentation SLA that could impact project delivery.
  • Have a strong sense of organization, communication and team building skills that foster robust working relationships for both internal and external stakeholders.

Key Job Responsibilities

  • Manage simultaneous projects’ engineering drawings, specifications, and documents and run the workflows where you engage with the correct stakeholders across the organization to raise the bar in the quality and the coherence of the content of the package provided.
  • Perform quality review of technical documentation for accuracy and contract compliance.
  • Perform quality assurance and engineering quality control reviews for all design drawings, prior to submission to Construction for builds.
  • Provide coordination of all engineering and architectural specifications, design drawings, and permit submittals for projects.
  • Support the Engineering Managers and Regional Engineers to prepare complete and accurate documentation at various design phases and during construction hand off, including but not limited to drawings, specifications, bill of materials, calculations, etc.
  • Manage project archiving, tracking, processing and filing activities, assist in naming standard, versioning schema, etc.
  • Interface with Engineering teams and business partners to promote standards that maintain consistency and reliability in work-products delivered. Standardize inputs/outputs globally.
  • Learn and understand the AWS data center lifecycle specific to Colocation sites and Engineering, globally.
  • Provide direct support to Colocation Engineering teams including trainings.
  • Up to 25% travel may be required.

Basic Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Construction Management, Engineering, or a related field.
  • 4+ years’ experience as a project engineer for commercial construction projects.
  • Demonstrable experience with managing documents in various types of office software including Autodesk BIM360, Bluebeam, and Procore.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience in Salesforce, BIM, Procore, SharePoint and working with collaborative management systems.
  • Engineering Data Center Experience.
  • Knowledge of the scope and design/construction life cycle sequencing of project schedules.

Legal and Equality Statement

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Compensation

USA, AZ, Mesa - 116,800.00 - 160,000.00 USD annually

USA, AZ, TEMPE - 116,800.00 - 160,000.00 USD annually

USA, CA, Mountain View - 134,300.00 - 185,000.00 USD annually

USA, TX, Dallas - 116,800.00 - 160,000.00 USD annually

USA, VA, Herndon - 116,800.00 - 160,000.00 USD annually

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