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Construction Manager, GES Southwest Design & Construction

Amazon, California, Missouri, United States, 65018

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Amazon opened its virtual doors in 1995 and strives to be the world’s most customer-centric company, where customers can find and discover anything they might want to buy online.

The North American Design and Construction team is looking for an experienced Construction Manager that will be a key part of the Operations team. This includes responsibility for project managing new building planning, design and construction. This will include the extension of existing facilities and any new sites. The Construction Manager will play an integral role in the development and implementation of the North American facility network infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities

Overseeing construction engineering, planning, and design for the North American facility network infrastructure and other new or expansion projects.

Responsible for project support on new fulfillment network buildings and additional capacity requirements within existing North American Fulfillment Centers, Deliver Stations, or Sort Centers.

Lead construction scope review and development with internal operational customers, and facilitate engineering and design efforts on new and remodel projects.

Oversee and facilitate execution of expansion, tenant improvement (TI), and engineering deployment for new facilities within the fulfillment network.

Provide technical direction in accordance to North American Customer Fulfillment (NACF) design parameters.

Negotiate terms of contracts with General Contractors and trade contractors.

Ensure that contracts are fit for purpose, cost effective and incorporate appropriate Service Level Agreements.

Provide overall site management, coordination, planning, and coordination of subcontractors.

Facilitate and team with other internal stakeholders regarding engineering buildouts, IT readiness, and turnover to operational groups.

Partner with teams tasked with transition of base building management and oversight of all turnover documentation.

Coach and guide all project teams (developers, design engineers, general contractors, sub-contractors, internal stakeholders) throughout the full project lifecycle.

Ensure that contracted resources deliver work to meet duration and quality targets, addressing and ensuring the correction of under‑performance issues.

Audit contractors to check that the skills and competences of contract labor are appropriate to need and they are fit to undertake the work on which they will be deployed.

Inform contractors of projected changes in resource or work demand so that they can take appropriate action.

Learn and utilize the information systems necessary for effective scheduling and recording of contract work.

Support contractors’ work and help them to achieve higher performance level.

Oversee more than one project in various locations simultaneously.

Review designs for conformance to current building specifications.

Comprehensive budget tracking, forecasting, and management of assigned expansion, remodel, and new build projects.

Receipt, review, and analysis of all proposed cost and time change requests as presented by external project teams.

Review and guide internally requested changes for validity, impact, and ensure timely and cost sensitive incorporation once approved.

Lead and/or assist in negotiations with appropriate authority having jurisdiction (AHJ) entities as required.

Positive, clear, concise, and transparent cross‑team communication for all aspects of project delivery.

The role will include upwards of 60% travel to all North America locations.

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Architecture, Structural, Civil, Mechanical or Electrical Engineering.

5+ years of construction or project management experience.

5+ years of project management disciplines including scope, schedule, budget, quality, along with risk and critical‑path management experience.

4+ years of multi‑million dollar contract negotiation experience.

Preferred Qualifications

Master's degree in Construction Management, Architecture, Structural, Civil, Mechanical or Electrical Engineering.

Experience communicating with customers, technical, regulatory, business teams, and management to collect requirements, describe product features, and technical designs.

Experience in construction or project management.

Experience in facilities management.

5+ years of design, construction or program management in mission‑critical facilities experience.

Benefits

Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage.

Maternity and Parental Leave Options.

Paid Time Off (PTO).

401(k) Plan.

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

Job ID: A3112254

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