Construction Manager, Amazon

DESCRIPTION As the GES Construction Manager, you are a customer obsessed leader in the Amazon construction process. In this role, you will be integral in implementing the facility network infrastructure, including sortation centers, delivery stations, and auxiliary buildings supporting those facilities. The construction projects may include new builds, retrofits, and expansions. You will be required to perform detailed deep dive reviews of job budgets and schedules identifying and resolving any discrepancies, including contractor bid packages. You will partner with internal customers and external stakeholders to earn their trust and engage as a team to deliver results. You will be charged to ensure information is being communicated to internal and external stakeholders in an effective and timely manner. Some key competencies of this position include; insisting on the highest standards, ensuring that contracted resources deliver work meeting duration and quality targets, coaching all project teams (developers, design engineers, contractors), thinking big (seeking better ways to serve your customers), influencing internal stakeholders while holding them accountable for their actions, ensuring all job internal and external team members are on point and maintaining schedules and budgets, inventing and simplifying innovative solutions that allow for improved processes and results, and overseeing more than one project in various locations simultaneously. This opportunity combines construction engineering, planning, project management, facilities management, and contract management.


This role requires up to 60% regional travel and availability to work from a corporate office when not traveling. Candidates should either live near or be willing to relocate within a reasonable commuting distance of the office. Relocation assistance may be provided.


Key job responsibilities

• Supervising the implementation and management of Amazon’s safety programs and standards with the entire internal and external project team.
• Manage a project, problem resolution or effort
• Ensure that the skills and competencies of contract labor are appropriate to need and fit to undertake the work.
• Operate independently in the assigned region, interacting with leadership and stakeholders to resolve issues.
• Comprehensive budget and schedule tracking and forecasting are fundamental responsibilities. Striving for frugality and accomplishing more with less while identifying and solving factors that may impede a successful project hand-over to Amazon stakeholders.
• Interfacing and coordinating with the authorities that have jurisdiction (AHJ) on the project to ensure regulatory compliance and smooth job execution.
• Advise on the impact of change on time, cost and permitting.
• Maintaining internal and external stakeholders up to date on all pertinent information through comprehensive and timely communication.
  

A day in the life
Each day you will act as owner to ensure the safe on-time and in-budget execution of Amazon construction projects. Daily tasks may be comprised of site management, coordinating with contractors on projected changes and project status, ensuring contractors are meeting their contractual obligations, seeking sustainable environmentally friendly solutions throughout the construction process while implementing Amazon’s building environmentally friendly practices, and utilizing the Amazon information systems to record and update scheduling, budget, and other key developments. You may be negotiating terms of contracts with contractors all the while driving contractors to meet or exceed agreed-to schedules and budgets. Additionally, you will represent Amazon’s interests in weekly architect, owner and contractor (AOC) meetings providing input on root causes and corrective action.


About the team
At Amazon, we are all Owners and leverage unique opportunities presented to us by owning everything through design review, construction bidding, construction execution, and final hand-off to our customers. We are a diverse, upbeat, creative, team of engineers and managers working daily to develop the innovative physical assets our Customers expect and striving to be the Earth’s best employer.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Construction Management, Engineering, or a related field
• Experience as an Architect, Engineer, Construction Manager, Development Manager, Owner's project management representative or in other Commercial Development and Construction related disciplines
• Experience with AutoCAD and/or Building Information Modeling (BIM), as well as scheduling software (Primavera, MS Project, or similar)
• Experience conducting financial business case analysis and translating information into useful formats to draw conclusions

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience operating within at least two disciplines within the construction industry, such as Contracting, Owners Representation, Architecture, Design and Engineering, Commercial Development, analysis and control of construction costs or similar
• Experience in project and program management
• Project Management accreditation (PMP, CMAA, or similar)

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


Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.


Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.


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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at

USA, AZ, Tempe - 77,400.00 - 135,400.00 USD annually
USA, CA, San Francisco - 89,000.00 - 155,800.00 USD annually
USA, CA, Santa Monica - 77,400.00 - 135,400.00 USD annually
USA, WA, Bellevue - 82,700.00 - 135,400.00 USD annually