Data Center Controls & Procurement Lead in Sydney

The Controls Deployment Coordinators (CDC) position is part of a larger, highly creative and driven team dedicated to deploying our continuously evolving Amazon data center facilities. As a CDC, you will be responsible for providing contract support, procurement and financial support, guidance and recommendations to the project delivery team to ensure cost management and analysis across a portfolio of fast-paced projects. Here, success is measured against the possible, not the probable.

As a CDC, you will be involved in the full life cycle of construction projects working with highly motivated experts from design, construction, procurement, finance and legal teams to deliver efficient and innovative data centers. You will help drive multimillion dollar projects and initiatives utilizing Amazon Leadership principles including frugality and insist on the highest standards. At Amazon, we leverage unique opportunities presented to us and are diverse, creative, team-oriented professionals working daily to develop data centers that are changing the face of data facilities.

Success as a Controls Coordinator is measured by:

• Understanding the entire construction and deployment lifecycle, the data center design types, the different vendors and systems, and how these components impact the purchasing for these deployments.
• Providing Capital Appropriation Request (CAR) Inputs to Construction Technical Program Managers (TPMs) based on awarded or previously awarded designs and systems.
• Providing corresponding Operational Planning (OP1/2) inputs to Finance Managers against this historic work.
• Compiling and submitting Work Order and Change Order requests, ensuring the correct technical documents are included in the contract that the Legal Team drafts.
• Submitting Purchase Requests with the necessary funding and vendor information to generate the Purchase Orders required to complete work.
• Managing Supervisory Controls and Direct Automation (SCADA) rack forecasts and ordering.
• Actively partnering with Controls Engineers, Controls Managers, Finance, Legal, and Procurement to complete these key deliverables.
• Applying critical thinking to make quality judgments that drive for results.
• Effectively communicating to multiple stakeholders on a global level.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations: Sydney, NSW, AU.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor degree in Construction Management, Cost Controls, accounting or applicable degree.
• Minimum 5 years construction contract management and/or construction related accounting.
• Demonstrated ability creating budgets and forecasts from historical data.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work both independently and in a team environment.
• Excellent organizational and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to identify data center system-level architecture.
• Windows Power User skill set, Microsoft Office Suite power user.
• Experience creating or improving large impact processes and/or procedures.
• Demonstrated ability to interpret contract terms, conditions and exhibits as applicable to project requirements.