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Location

Herndon, VA | United States

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Job description

DESCRIPTION

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a Senior Structural Engineer to become part of a Data Center Engineering team. This engineer is responsible for the structural infrastructure strategy and continuous product innovation and development to support our rapidly expanding global data center footprint. AWS Data Centers are a major component of worldwide cloud-computing infrastructure and are industry leading examples of critical facilities.
Engineers at Amazon work to design resilient, cost effective data center structural systems. As engineers at Amazon we are responsible for achieving a world class uptime for our customers. We justify and communicate the technical decisions we make to Senior Management and work hard to drive continuous advancements and improvements with our designs. As an engineer at Amazon you have the ability to drive change and define/design the systems our customers rely on.
We are looking for an engineer with hands on mission critical data center structural design and implementation experience. If you have experience innovating new structural system approaches, master planning building structural systems, and understand the constructability of varying designs you may be a good fit.
Amazon offers a fast paced, fun, and exciting work environment. We continue to grow at exponential rates and are looking for individuals that can support our speed to market, enjoy a challenge, and have a desire for continued professional growth. Amazon’s work environment is unique in every aspect and offers an exceptional opportunity for the right candidate.
At Amazon team work is absolutely necessary for us to accomplish our goals. You must be able to work within a team and depend on others to accomplish the required work. As a structural engineer at Amazon you will be working with other internal groups as well as external groups including local jurisdictions, manufacturers, developers, and vendors.
If you are a creative, smart and driven individual that enjoys working with complex problems we want YOU! At Amazon you will be responsible for working on multi-million dollar designs that support our array of businesses and wide variety of customers. Great ideas are encouraged and supported. Ingenuity is the main mechanism which supports our focus on quality, speed, and cost.

Key job responsibilities
- Work with the other design and engineering professionals on concepts, build, and retrofit projects.

- Create, review and release data center Structural improvements and architectural designs.

- Provide relevant feedback into Basis of Design, prototype design, and template specifications for structural systems.

- Serve as a technical advisor for AWS DC design projects including; review of foundation and structural systems, evaluating superstructure design options, performing seismic studies and assessing structural calculation assumptions.

- Create, review and release architectural/civil/structural design RFPs.

- Manage our external architectural/civil/structural design consultants.

- Coordinate with internal and external MEP/C/S design engineers.

- Lead initiatives aimed at improving cost, quality, schedule, and consistency.

- Work on multiple data center build and capital improvement projects simultaneously.

- Travel for site assessments, consultant selection activities, internal design meetings, construction review, interface with AHJs, design consultants, quantity surveyors, and building owners.

- Anticipated travel not to exceed 30%.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Austin, TX, USA | Columbus, OH, USA | Herndon, VA, USA | Seattle, WA, USA

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- Accredited Bachelor’s degree in structural engineering.
- Ideally +7 years structural engineering experience on large industrial, warehouse, hospitals and commercial projects.
- Solid working proficient in related structural design software such as CSI and Bently Structural package or equivalent.
- Solid working proficient with AutoCAD, Revit, Bluebeam, Navisworks, sketch up and MS Office Suite.
- Proficiency in building codes, regulations, and standards including local and international standards.
- Experience in performing and reviewing seismic studies and calculations

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