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Amazon

Sells products online and rents cloud computing

Commissioning Engineer - Retro

Building Services EngineeringPosted on Oct 23
Full-timeHerndon, VA, USAIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field is required.
  • At least 4 years of commissioning experience is required.
  • At least 5 years of experience in engineering, installation, or startup/commissioning of electrical and mechanical systems is required.
  • Knowledge of Microsoft Office, including Outlook, Word, and Excel, is required.
  • Experience in industrial or commercial engineering in mission-critical facilities, including data centers, power generation, or oil and gas facilities, is required.
  • Experience researching new designs, technologies, and construction methods for data center equipment and facilities is required.

Responsibilities

  • Support vendors, contractors, and other teams involved in the construction and commissioning of data center systems, including medium- and low-voltage power systems, generators, uninterruptible power supplies, heating, ventilation, and air conditioning equipment, chilled-water systems, building management systems, electrical power monitoring systems, testing and balancing, pumps, and hydronic systems.
  • Provide testing and validation oversight of data center electrical and mechanical infrastructure, including reviewing design documents and equipment submittals, leading Factory Witness Testing, and managing third-party commissioning vendors performing onsite pre-functional, functional, and integrated systems testing.
  • Resolve technical issues and address schedule impacts and onsite coordination demands.
  • Share lessons learned to support team growth and program improvements.
  • Provide multidisciplinary input into project scheduling, test-script development, design, and planning.
  • Audit commissioning vendors’ activities to ensure compliance with environmental, quality, and safety requirements.
  • Report commissioning progress and project metrics regularly to the Regional Commissioning Manager using the AWS project reporting format.
  • Lead several projects simultaneously to achieve key milestones and deliver data center capacity, while managing project budgets as approved by Finance.
  • Coordinate site activities across AWS engineering, capacity delivery, operations, and contractor teams; prioritize tasks and ensure each issue has a clear path to resolution.
  • Oversee the commissioning vendor executing functional tests, identifying issues, determining criticality, proposing solutions, and documenting findings.
  • Escalate to appropriate stakeholders when project turnover is at risk.
  • Communicate lessons learned upon project completion and participate in initiatives that improve the commissioning program.

Desired Qualifications

  • A Professional Engineer license is preferred.
  • Experience with regional building codes and regulations is preferred.
  • Experience carrying design concepts through exploration and development into deployment or mass production is preferred.
  • Experience reading, interpreting, and creating construction drawings, specifications, and submittal documents is preferred.

About the Company

Amazon

Sells products online and rents cloud computing

Amazon runs the largest online store in the United States and rents cloud computing to businesses and governments through Amazon Web Services. AWS pioneered renting computing power over the internet, and Amazon built its own delivery network to get orders to customers quickly. Shoppers buy from Amazon and from independent sellers on its store, and Prime members pay a subscription for fast free shipping, streaming video and music, and other perks. AWS rents out computing power, storage, databases, and AI tools so companies can run software without owning servers, and Amazon also makes Kindle e-readers and Echo speakers with the Alexa assistant. Jeff Bezos founded Amazon in 1994, and it is based in Seattle, Washington.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Seattle, WA
Founded
1994

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