The successful candidate will be responsible for partnering with our design consultants and internal customers to standardize our structured cabling and server room designs to accelerate delivery and lower cost across our portfolio of building launches. This role requires an experienced professional with a background in structured cabling and has experience of generating designs as well as providing effective oversight. The Design Engineer/Project Manager is expected to collaborate effectively with internal stakeholders and external vendors to drive best practices and establish tools, and standards consistent with large corporate deployments. The candidate will be required to have more than a cabling background. It is expected they will also have a strong IT background with knowledge of other facets of an IT network, such as networking, WiFi, AV, Security, PDU, UPS and Smart Building technologies. Your experience will help us to drive continuous improvement and development for our infrastructure. As a member of this global team, you will engage with key stakeholders and vendors across various disciplines to ensure the ICT infrastructure is compliant with Amazon & Industry standards and ready for commencement of building occupation. You are the right person for this job if you have a solid end user focus and a passion for producing high-quality deliverables. You must be a self-starter and a critical thinker to deliver results with a curiosity and drive for learning. You must demonstrate the ability to efficiently plan and prioritize deliverables and resources across multiple projects and working groups. This position requires you to manage stakeholder expectations, budgets, schedules and scope.
Key job responsibilities
- Collaborate with internal stakeholder teams to select Design Consultants & Low Voltage Contractors
- Identify and implement design opportunities to lower the cost to serve
- Review Request for Pricing and renegotiation of bids
- Implement a vendor agnostic approach to design & implementation by setting the tolerances
- Update budget tracking tools
- Refine the current infrastructure design material in line with best practice
- Implement design best practice and standards to deliver construction ready designs
- Coordinate supply chain forecasts
- Flexibility to work with stakeholders in different time zones
- Review Design Consultant weekly progress reports and host update meetings
- Identify risks on critical path and provide resolution
- Support Vendor Manager with QBR by providing operational metrics
- Main POC for all internal customers for escalations, questions or recommendations of all aspects of the structured cabling and containment pathways
- Travel 20% to time to meet with stakeholders, vendors and visit project locations
- Training of LVCs and Design Consultants on Amazon specifications and standards
- Attending progress/room ready meetings in person or online and collaborate with QAQC team
- Participate in the infrastructure life-cycle planning and design to align cabling roadmaps
- Timely and concise communication (both written/verbally) with key stakeholders
- Develop, track, and report project metrics as necessary
Experience and qualifications
- Experience in MS Excel, Word, and Windows Operating Systems
- Experience in project management
- Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and effective communication abilities, or experience working with customers with a passion for delivering exceptional service
- Experience managing multiple projects, prioritizing, planning, and managing time
- Experience communicating with customers, technical, regulatory, business teams, and management to collect requirements, describe product features, and technical designs
- BICSI Certification or internationally recognized equivalent
- 5+ Years’ experience in delivery and coordinating corporate office fit outs from design concept through to deployment/construction and close out
- 5+ years Information and Communications Technology (ICT) design experience
- 5+ years of working experience with Audio Visual, WiFi, fiber optic components, copper cabling, and interconnect products, technologies, and standards
- Experience reading and interpreting construction specifications and drawings for all domains
- Project Management Professional (PMP) or equivalent certification
- Registered Communications Distribution Designer Certificate (RCDD)
- Certified Network Infrastructure Technician (CNIT)
- Certified Network Infrastructure Design Professional (CNIDP)
- Certified Telecommunications Project Management (CTPM)
- Experience of Revit, Auto-CAD, Bluebeam or other Computer Aided Design Tools
Amazon Cabling Infrastructure & Technology is a growing and innovative global team that designs and implements ICT infrastructure to support Amazon’s portfolio of corporate offices. Operational excellence is at the forefront of our approach, raising the bar across all aspects of the project delivery process to provide our customers with a seamless IT delivery experience.
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