Mechanical Colocation Regional Engineer, Amazon

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Senior and Expert level
Berlin
Amazon

The largest online retailer and technology provider

Job no longer available

Amazon

The largest online retailer and technology provider

1001+ employees

B2CB2BMarketplaceCloud ComputingeCommerce

Job no longer available

Salary not provided
Senior and Expert level
Berlin

1001+ employees

B2CB2BMarketplaceCloud ComputingeCommerce

Company mission

Amazon aims to be Earth’s most customer centric company. Their mission is to continually raise the bar of the customer experience by using the internet and technology to help consumers find, discover and buy anything, and empower businesses and content creators to maximise their success.

Role

Who you are

  • The Data Center Colo Engineering team is looking for a passionate, results-oriented, inventive Mechanical Field Engineers
  • Possess Strong Engineering Judgement and are able to provide recommendations despite uncertainty
  • Are detail and data oriented
  • Have experience managing engineering projects and consultants
  • Build trust and relationships with different stakeholders (e.g., Operations, Commissioning, Construction and Design)
  • Be inclined to get into the field to see things up close
  • Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, or 5+ years of relevant mechanical engineering experience
  • Cumulative 7+ years of experience with industrial or commercial engineering

Desirable

  • 5+ years of experience directly related to data center design and in depth understanding of related critical equipment
  • Basic understanding of both mechanical and electrical equipment/design related to data centers (Including but not limited to: variable frequency drives, chillers [air-cooled and water-cooled], pumps, cooling towers, heat exchangers, CRAHs, air economizers, etc)
  • Knowledge of building codes and regulations for your region
  • Direct experience with the design, construction, operation, or maintenance of mission critical facilities, especially data centers
  • Experience as resident engineer or hands-on (in the field) design consultant

What the job involves

  • 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
  • As a Mechanical Colo Regional Engineer, you will drive Mechanical Engineering services, construction and implementation of enterprise data centers, which meet quality and performance levels across the globe
  • You will work directly with our Design Engineering Stakeholders, Construction, Operations, and Commissioning teams regionally and globally
  • You will be leading projects to fit out the data centers we support to meet ever-evolving customer needs as we continue expanding our fleet to hyper-scale
  • The Mechanical Colo Regional Engineer will be the engineering representative on behalf of the Data Center Field Engineering Team responsible for the successful delivery of projects
  • You will assist in Data Center site selection, planning, development
  • You will evaluate different mechanical systems and make a data driven decision about a suitable solution based on our guidelines
  • Work with colo vendors to review the design for new Data Centers in your region, including design input, submittal review and incorporating AWS products to ensure the design is meeting AWS expectations
  • Act as resident engineer during new colo construction projects. Support construction, commissioning, and handover
  • Troubleshoot, conduct Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and create Corrective Action (CA) documentation for site/equipment failures
  • Directly support operational issues with ad-hoc training, complex operating procedure reviews, including essential equipment, and event support
  • Provide technical support to the design for existing data center upgrades and design-solutions, which add capacity, improve availability, and increase efficiency
  • Supporting operating partners to lead, review, and approve designs for existing co-location (colo) data center upgrades which improve availability/efficiency
  • Interface with operating partners, data center design engineering team, server hardware team, environmental health and safety team to promote standards that maintain consistency and reliability in services delivered by operating partners
  • Work on concurrent projects, sometimes in multiple geographical regions
  • Initiate and lead engineering site audits within leased or colo data centers. Produce reports outlining risks with recommended mitigations and remediation's
  • Lead complex root cause analysis for equipment failures
  • Develop solutions and execute plans on complex projects
  • Each day you will interact with different teams responsible for all aspects of the data centers
  • You will prioritize your activities to support data center capacity availability and safety focusing on the actions that are most impactful
  • You will have the opportunity to work on projects locally and globally

Our take

Amazon is the world's largest online retailer, and is well-known for its disruption of well-established industries. The company is present in numerous verticals, including cloud computing with Amazon Web Services, AI with its range of Alexa devices and a global marketplace more commonly referred to as 'the everything store'. Acquisitions include Ring, Twitch, Whole Foods Market, and IMDb.

More recently, Amazon has been focused on leading the "third wave in digital advertising". Many businesses are now shifting ad dollars to retailers, which before would have been spent with online media platforms. Amazon's seen great success in the space, with its revenue from advertising now higher than its Amazon Prime membership scheme, audiobooks and digital music combined. This growth is particularly impressive considering its digital ad rivals (like Snap, Alphabet, and Meta) have suffered declines due to wider macroeconomic factors and Apple's iOS privacy changes.

Despite its dominant market position, Amazon will continue to be challenged over the next decade, including sustaining AWS's cloud dominance in the face of Google and Microsoft. On top of this, the company's e-commerce division is facing profitability problems despite its 2023 post-IPO debt funding of 8 billion. It will need to find new ways to stay above their competitors.

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Company benefits

  • Employees have opportunities to own Amazon stock, participate in 401(k) plans with company match, and enroll in paid life and accident insurance
  • Financial counseling and estate planning services are also available, plus paid short-term and long-term disability if needed
  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage to all our regular full-time employees, regardless of their level, tenure, or position
  • Amazon employees have free access to a network of more than 2 million caregivers, including nannies, babysitters and special-needs caretakers
  • Employees receive discounts on certain day care centers, and Amazon provides a variety of free resources for parents of children with autism, ADHD and developmental disabilities
  • Adoption assistance for qualified domestic and international adoption expenses including attorney fees, court costs, and travel
  • Leave Share program allows employees to give six weeks of paid parental leave to a spouse or partner who isn’t eligible for parental leave from their employer

Company values

  • Customer obsession rather than competitor focus
  • Passion for invention
  • Commitment to operational excellence
  • Long-term thinking

Company HQ

South Lake Union, Seattle, WA

Leadership

Jeff Bezos

(Founder & Executive Chairman)

Jeff is an American business magnate, media proprietor, and investor. As well as founding Amazon, Jeff founded Blue Origin, an aerospace manufacturer and sub-orbital spaceflight services company and also owns The Washington Post.

Andy Jassy

(President & CEO)

Joined Amazon as a Marketing Manager in 1997. Developed AWS with Jeff Bezos, and became CEO of Amazon in 2021.

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