Controls Manager, Latin America

At Amazon, we're working to be the most customer-centric company on earth. To get there, we need exceptionally talented, bright, and driven people.

If you'd like to help us build the place to find and buy anything online, this is your chance to make history.

The Data Center Capacity Delivery team is looking for exceptional individuals to join our organization as a Controls Manager, responsible for the building management systems and electrical power monitoring system (BMS / EPMS) deployment and service within Amazon data centers.

If you are passionate about the Customer Experience, think and act globally and have the ability to contribute to major new innovations in the area of building controls and automation this is the challenge you are looking for!

The ideal candidate will have experience managing a team of highly technically skilled individuals. The candidate will possess industrial Controls System experience, project management, mechanical, electrical or technology background that enables him / her to undertake the challenges of sophisticated controls platforms and a demonstrated ability to think broadly and strategically in aligning building controls and automation with the larger objectives of the business.

Key job responsibilities

• Manage remote teams in Latin America
• Travel required : up to 50% travel to job sites across Latin American countries to support construction and data center product delivery.

Must have valid passport, be able to obtain visas, and be able to meet travel, entry, and re-entry requirements for travel between destination countries.

• Develop, implement and track team goals. Reporting to stakeholders and leadership.
• Experienced interviewer, able to develop launch plans for new hires, and identify team needs.
• Experienced in installation, programming, and troubleshooting of BMS / EPMS systems and / or industrial controls systems.
• Strong writing skills, able to articulate thoughts clearly and concisely
• Understanding of : electrical diagrams, control diagrams, building operations, control circuits, industrial HVAC.
• Ability to ascertain customer needs to help develop project scope and specifications.
• Ability to manage project engineering to determine scope of work relative to the design intent of the customer needs.
• Ability to read and interpret specifications. Implementing specifications as they apply the work environment.
• Experience in development of drawings for control panels, power distribution, junction boxes. Included in the drawings are the general arrangement, internal layout, schematics and interconnection and wire diagrams.
• Experience developing logic diagrams in the International Automation format for complex logic devices such as Programmable Logical Controller and Distributed Control System.
• Experience performing inspections, testing, and commissioning of the facility systems.
• Provide technical assistance as needed to internal customers.
• Coordinate project work internally within the department and externally with other departments to ensure on-time completion of projects within budget.

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

Sao Paulo, SP, BRA

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

B.S. in Electrical, Mechanical, or other related engineering degrees as well as 10+ years Controls related experience; or Associates degree and 12+ years of Controls related experience;

or High School diploma with 15 years of Controls related experience

• 10+ years of experience directly managing, mentoring, leading, and coaching teams of construction professionals.
• 10+ years of experience hiring, promoting, disciplining, and developing teams of construction professionals.
• 10+ years of experience with industrial controls in critical environment (data center, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, oil & gas, petrochemical, laboratory, power, water etc.).
• 10+ years of general project or vendor management experience (request for proposals, bidding, change orders, quality control, and RFI and submittal tracking) associated with construction and project execution.
• Bilingual with spoken and written proficiency in English and Portuguese for working at construction job sites across Latin American countries

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Technology, HVAC, or other related engineering degrees as well as ten (10) years related experience;

or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Experience designing data centers, control systems or critical MEP infrastructure
• Project Management Professional (PMP) or equivalent.
• Certified as a Professional Engineer (PE), LEED
• Prior AWS / Amazon experience
• 5+ Yr. Military Service
• Spoken and written proficiency in English, Portuguese and Spanish for working at construction job sites across Latin American countries