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Job Description
Seeking a Sr. Construction Cost Engineer to provide cost support and guidance to the Sub-Station project delivery team, ensuring cost management across fast-paced construction projects.
The role involves working with a highly creative and passionate team to deploy Amazon's continuously evolving data center facilities, driving multimillion-dollar projects across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.
Key Responsibilities
- Engage and manage third-party Quantity Surveyors.
- Validate construction cost estimates at various stages of design.
- Work seamlessly with multi-disciplinary teams, both internal and external.
- Communicate cost control goals to all stakeholders effectively.
- Identify Value Engineering opportunities in the design and quantify the savings.
- Identify project risks and the financial cost impacts associated with them and communicate to the broader team.
- Update repository for historical data.
- Define and track cost performance metrics and lead monthly cost reporting.
- Analyze and provide timely feedback of vendor proposals using AWS benchmark data.
- Create accurate bid leveling documents.
- Validate the final award amount and scope based on contract documents.
- Implement, maintain, and execute all cost control, change management, progress, and performance reporting.
- Validate construction change cost impacts.
- Ensure vendor invoices are accurate and timely.
- Support the construction team with project close-out and final payments.
- Deliver results for multiple projects with competing priorities on a consistent basis.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Quantity Surveying, Civil, Mechanical, or Electrical Engineering or related field.
- 8+ years of experience in construction cost control, with specific knowledge of electrical, mechanical, or CSA cost elements.
- Experience with Data Center or other mission-critical construction environments.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience reviewing and justifying budgets and estimates.
- Experience communicating estimate strategy to construction and non-construction professionals.
- Excellent organizational and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to create and maintain documentation.
- Experience with estimating software such as Cost X, Cubit, Onscreen takeoff, Timberline, and Bluebeam.
- Ability and willingness to think outside of the box to find creative and innovative solutions to reduce costs with no impact on quality and reliability.
- Experience on Sub-Station and/or Energy Infrastructure Projects.