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Amazon Quality Assurance Engineer, DC Design Engineering in Seattle, Washington
Description
The purpose of this role is to oversee and perform quality assurance and quality control reviews, track, and manage design drawings, specifications and documents prepared during the engineering design process in order to ensure regulatory, legal, and security compliance. You will work alongside internal partner teams such as Engineering, Power and Cooling (PAC), Security, Controls, and Commissioning to build Data Centers that directly support our customers to resolve quality and process issues. You will also communicate with external stakeholder design consultants.
To be a successful Amazon Data Center Document
The Quality Engineer, need to have a positive attitude, knowledge of the commercial industry design and construction process, experience reviewing technical and contractual documentation, and strong communication skills. You will deep dive documentation for completeness, update and create procedures to optimize workflows, ensure data accuracy and look for improvement opportunities.
The Quality Engineer will manage the intake of design consultant documentation and data, review documentation for quality compliance and completeness, and update stakeholders with progress of the final workflow documentation processing. The Quality Engineer should expect high volumes for documentation, and will need to exercise strong judgement on how to communicate and engage stakeholders through various tools.
Effective May 15, 2017, logical access to the AWS GovCloud region will be restricted to Amazon employees who are U.S. Citizens. (GovCloud may NOT be accessed from outside of the United States)". This role will directly support GovCloud information and requires U.S. citizenship.
AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we’re the people who keep the cloud running. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging problems, with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain — and we’re looking for talented people who want to help.
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.
Key job responsibilities
o Independently manage one or multiple project clusters’ documentation and administers the workflows where you engage with the correct stakeholders across the organization to raise the bar in the quality and the coherence of the content of the package provided. Perform quality review of technical documentation for accuracy and contract compliance.
o Serves as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for other Quality Engineers process clarifications needs and decision making as required.
o Provide coordination and guidance of all engineering and architectural specifications, design drawings, and permit submittals for projects.
o Support the design managers to prepare complete and accurate documentation at various design phases and during construction handoff, including but not limited to drawings, specifications, bill of materials, calculations, etc.
o Manages project archiving, tracking, processing and filing activities, assist in naming standard, versioning schema, etc.
o Provides training initiatives for our internal and external partners, and provide tactical support.
o Prepare ad hoc reports on project’s progress, Key Performance Indicators (KPI) and progress tracking.
o Manages and executes the vision and goals for the team. Independently works on process improvement initiative and new mechanism development efforts and sees these to completion including among others: requirements gatherings, paper writing and presentation, approval, technical system development, UAT, implementation, training, user support and data analysis.
o Collaborate with technical teams in a fast-paced environment with showed ability to edit and raise the bar on high-quality technical documentation
o System Analyst/Configuration Owner of Smartsheet and other systems development as required.
o Responsible for leading and driving process improvements (short-term wins) as well as process design / redesign (long-term wins) efforts
o Manage a portfolio of projects in an assigned region
o Manage the business metrics reporting process and support ad hoc reporting requests
o Own design, development, and maintenance of ongoing metrics, reports, analyses, dashboards, and support ad hoc reporting requests
o Maintain confidentiality around sensitive documentation
o Attend team meetings and communicate updates or requirements
o Conduct audits to ensure processes are being followed
o Up to 25% travel may be required
About the team
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.
Amazon values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.
Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.
We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Seattle, WA, USA
Basic Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in engineering, or architecture, or 4+ years’ experience as a project engineer for large commercial design and construction projects
4+years of experience in the design or construction industry
2+ year SQL, Phyton or data analytics experience.
Preferred Qualifications
o Experience working with collaborative management systems
o Attention-to-detail including proven ability to manage multiple, competing priorities simultaneously
o Experience in Salesforce, BIM, Procore, SharePoint is a plus. Experience with design and/or construction management software including Autodesk BIM360, Bluebeam, and Procore
o Knowledge of the scope and design/construction life cycle sequencing of project schedules
o Experience with managing documents in various types of office software
o Engineering Data Center Experience
o Organizational, analytical, and writing skills, to include solid experience in writing functional and technical specifications
o Able to read and interpret specifications and drawings for all disciplines
o Meets/exceeds Amazon’s leadership principles requirements for this role
o Meets/exceeds Amazon’s functional/technical depth and complexity for this role
Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $87,800/year in our lowest geographic market up to $210,800/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.