Job ID: 10531252 | Amazon Corporate Services Pty Ltd
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.
Stakeholder Scope
- New construction builds (Leased/Owned, Build-to-Suit, and Colocation facilities)
- Legacy site enhancement and retrofit projects
- Data center support projects
- Special initiatives and innovation projects
You will drive significant cost reductions by minimizing change orders, eliminating scope gaps between contractors, reducing construction schedule delays, optimizing vendor pricing, and decreasing project management and engineering labor costs through standardization and clear documentation.
Technical Leadership & Standards Development
- Develop and maintain deep expertise in building operations, mechanical plant strategies, BMS/EPMS programming concepts,
control diagrams, industrial HVAC systems, electrical lineups, one-line diagrams, and complex environmental and electrical concepts
- Apply knowledge of data center redundancy, mechanical failure strategies, Single Point of Failure (SPOF) analysis, energy and water conservation best practices, and data reporting analytics
- Create, maintain, and disseminate specification documents and Basis of Design standards for global projects
- Develop and maintain project-specific Scope of Work (SOW) documents incorporating global design standards
- Drive innovation of new solutions to support team initiatives and company goals
Collaboration & Stakeholder Management
- Serve as the central point of contact for multiple internal and external groups regarding BMS/EPMS controls standards
- Lead and facilitate collaboration with construction teams, controls programmers, MEP/ACS engineers, Design Engineering, Colocation Regional Engineering (CRE), and project managers to accomplish initiative goals
- Coordinate personally with regional project managers to review and finalize project SOWs
- Manage and prioritize requests for information across current construction builds, existing facility support, and legacy site enhancement projects
Vendor & Procurement Management
- Lead vendor selection processes, bid reviews,
and RFI support and coordination
- Evaluate and approve Modbus Device Templates (MDT) for electrical meters and control devices
- Review vendor submittals and technical documentation for compliance with AWS standards
Operations & Support
- Operate successfully in high-security, mission-critical environments while maximizing productivity and maintaining safety standards
- Interact with AWS cloud services and applications to present, archive, and analyze accumulated control system data
- Participate in on-call rotations to support the global data center control system infrastructure
- Anticipate roadblocks and risks while providing escalation management and resolution
- Travel globally as needed to manage and support project initiatives
Continuous Improvement
- Collaborate through design reviews to drive consistent standards across all delivery methods (Leased/Owned, Build-to-Suit, Colocation)
- Collect feedback data and lessons learned to arrive at unified, documented solutions
- Support risk identification and mitigation efforts during site assessments and project lifecycle phases
Key job responsibilities
Our Controls Design Engineers:
- Are controls subject matter experts (SMEs) with their knowledge of building operations, electrical generation and distribution equipment (i.e. generators, UPS etc.), mechanical plant and strategies (i.e. AHUs, chillers etc.), BMS/EPMS programming concepts, control diagrams, industrial HVAC, electrical line-ups, one-line diagrams, and complex environmental and electrical concepts
- Create, maintain, and disseminate project specific scope of work (SOW) docume
📌 Controls Design Engineer, Controls Design Engineering (Sydney)
🏢 Amazon
📍 Sydney