Construction Manager, Remote to Local Building Solutions and Engineering Team, North America, WW Engineering & Innovation

Do you want to be part of an organization that is on the leading edge for operations, supply chain, and fulfillment design? The Rapid and Rural Logistics team is looking for a proven technical leader with extensive experience planning and managing the execution of large scale construction programs. As the R2L (Remote to Local) Construction Manager (CM), you will work with broad set of stakeholders including Real Estate, Operations, Design, Launch, Startup, Delivery Experience, Legal and Retail to take the fulfillment center design from concept through the hand off to Operations. This position requires a firm understanding of engineering, planning, program management, contract administration and operations.

Travel required 60%

This position may be based out of any corporate Amazon facility within Washington, Texas, Colorado or Arizona.

Key job responsibilities

Lead the Request for Proposals (RFP) process and vetting qualified contractor proposals, assemble bid submissions and foster the selection of the design build contractors

Coordinate with the designers, building teams, cost estimators to establish proper project budget, scope and schedule.

Assist in obtaining the information and decisions needed from Amazon which are required to complete the construction drawings.

Manage approvals and permissions needed from the building Landlords

Act as a facilitator of information required for by internal Amazon functional teams (IT, Safety, Loss Prevention, Food Safety, Operations)

Perform duties as the primary Amazon representative on permitting required with authorities having jurisdiction

The Construction Manager will monitor and assist with all utility integrations such as phone service, electrical power, water, sewer

Schedule: The Construction Manager will be the principle schedule auditor on behalf of Amazon, monitor site production, determine target milestones, track and communicate progress

Develop capital appropriation requests and manage fiduciary responsibility for approved budgets

Perform site visits on a periodic basis to confirm schedule progress, attend contractor meetings and act as the single point of contact for Amazon for the general contractor partners

Review the contractor’s buyout, subcontracting, material purchase schedule and long lead orders.

Coordinate with the Amazon launch/startup teams regarding schedule and phased area turnover to insure coordination with all stakeholder functions

Audit the contractors punch list completion progress and manage on behalf of Amazon

The Construction Manager will direct the contractor through the document turnover and close out process

Coordinate with Amazon property management to transition the building facilities to their care

Lead continuous improvement and lessons learned efforts to improve standards, reduce costs and expedite timelines for construction programs