Amazon
Pre-Construction Manager, AMER West Data Center Construction
$111K–$186K
Austin, TX +2 · Manager · Full-time · Posted Sep 15, 2026
- Location
- Austin, TX
Seattle, WA
Dallas, TX - Experience
- 5+ years of project management in data centers or comparable critical infrastructure experience (preferred); no years specified for basic qualifications.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field.
About the job
Coordinates pre-construction planning for new data center sites, guiding budgets, schedules, constructability, bids, and partner teams from site planning through design handoff.
What you'll do
- Review constructability and build phasing, and communicate site requirements that affect schedule, cost, and delivery.
- Negotiate with land sellers, developers, and contractors; evaluate bids and manage vendors providing preconstruction services.
- Define construction scopes and requests for proposals, support contracting documents, and prepare project handoffs and lessons learned.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field.
- Experience carrying new design concepts through exploration, development, and into deployment or mass production.
- Experience in MS Excel, Word, and Windows Operating Systems.
- Experience with power management and power monitoring systems.
Nice to have
- 5+ years of project management in data centers or comparable critical infrastructure experience.
- Knowledge of critical data center equipment, engineering documentation, building codes, or construction specifications and drawings.
Pay
111,300.00 - 186,100.00 USD annually (base salary), Austin; 111,300.00 - 186,100.00 USD annually (base salary), Dallas; 111,300.00 - 186,100.00 USD annually (base salary), Seattle
Tools
MS Excel, Word, Windows Operating Systems, Generators, Uninterruptible Power Supplies, Switchgear, Transformers, Chillers
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