Senior Geotechnical Engineer
Amazon
Senior Geotechnical Engineer
Amazon
Sells products online and rents cloud computing
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 Global Engineering Strategy team (GES) is looking for a results-oriented, inventive senior geotechnical engineer to drive front end geotechnical engineering for new owned and leased site developments.
You will lead the geotechnical engineering due diligence and design ready geotechnical efforts for new and expanding regions, while maintaining the highest performance standards and utilizing innovation to reduce budgets and increase efficiency.
You will will sit within the Design Engineering team of the broader Data Center Engineering (DCE) organization. You will work with our Real Estate, Risk and Resiliency, Environmental, Pre-Construction and related partner teams on global design strategy implementation.
You will assist in data center site selection, review of due diligence reports, lead geotechnical investigations and preliminary engineering and play a pivotal role in the delivery of data center designs.
Our Geotechnical Engineers:
o Are strong leaders who can prioritize well, communicate clearly, and have a consistent track record of delivery.
o Provide creative engineering balanced with high quality and customer focus.
o Work as part of a team to accomplish our goals.
o Perform technical design engineering diligence for global regions.
o Thrive in a fast-paced environment.
o Lead project teams through ambiguity.
o Understand the best practices for data center project delivery.
o Have extensive experience within the arena of domestic and international data center delivery.
The Senior Geotechnical Engineer responsibilities include:
o Collaborating with internal stakeholders during the due diligence and pre-design phases to oversee the process and ensure design requirements are considered.
o Collaborating with internal teams to gather data to ensure pre-requisites for start of design stage are met.
o Leading due diligence and pre-design geotechnical investigations, managing internal partners and your external vendor consultants, ensuring design ready geotechnical deliverables are completed and handed over for successful design execution.
o Rollout strategy of new data center design types and intercepts that impact geotechnical investigations and engineering.
o Provide engineering design decisions to the partner teams for strategic planning and region selection.
o Collaborate with other DCE teams developing new data center infrastructure products, and design execution team disciplines such as civil engineering, structural engineering and architects to assess how our various design types, BOD and products can be deployed for a certain site development project.
o Ability to work on concurrent projects in multiple geographical regions.
o Escalate issues as required and communicate clearly and effectively at the appropriate level of detail with people from a wide range of technical abilities, backgrounds and levels of leadership.
Travel will occasionally be necessary but shouldn’t be more than 25%.
About the team
Why AWS
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Diverse Experiences
o Amazon values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.
Work/Life Balance
o We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.
Inclusive Team Culture
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Mentorship and Career Growth
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- 6+ years of industrial or commercial engineering in mission critical facilities including but not limited to: data centers, power generation or oil and gas facilities experience
- 10+ years of professional experience in geotechnical site characterization, design and construction, and project management.
- Professional Engineering or Architectural License
- Oversight and management of a variety of subsurface investigation programs
- Planning and execution of geotechnical laboratory testing regimes.
- Performing design calculations for pavements, shallow and deep foundations, retaining walls, temporary and permanent support for excavation.
- Performing settlement analysis, ground improvement analyses, slope stability analyses.
- Preparing engineering reports and construction specifications.
- Performing construction oversight.
Acknowledgement of country:
In the spirit of reconciliation Amazon acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.
IDE statement:
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
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