Pre-Construction Manager, GES NA, Design and Construction
Role Overview
Represent Amazon as the owner's representative during preconstruction for industrial projects supporting its logistics network.
Lead projects from site selection through design completion, permitting, and contract execution, including new facilities and facility improvements.
Work independently across an assigned region, balancing scope, schedule, budget, quality, and project risks.
Key Skills for This Role
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Role overview
Represent Amazon as the owner's representative during preconstruction for industrial projects supporting its logistics network.
Lead projects from site selection through design completion, permitting, and contract execution, including new facilities and facility improvements.
Work independently across an assigned region, balancing scope, schedule, budget, quality, and project risks.
Project delivery and compliance
- Manage site selection, validation, scope development, design, and concurrent industrial projects.
- Oversee safety programs, permitting, regulatory compliance, and reviews of applicable zoning, environmental, traffic, noise, fire-code, and building-code matters.
- Manage budgets, costs, schedules, cash-flow forecasts, estimates, contract negotiations, procurement, and vendors.
- Coordinate internal teams, developers, landlords, contractors, consultants, and authorities to deliver project milestones.
- Monitor safety, quality, cost, schedule, and sustainability; resolve issues and support effective handoff to construction.
- Prepare reports, lead project meetings, maintain project records, improve processes, and advance sustainable solutions.
Basic qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Construction Management, Engineering, or a related field.
- Five or more years of experience in architecture, engineering, construction management, development management, owner's project management, or a related commercial construction discipline.
- Five or more years of project management experience from design through implementation and operation, including negotiating construction, procurement, and labor contracts.
- Experience with packaging, processing, or logistical facilities with complex equipment, or comparable experience.
- Valid driver's license; the role includes travel to project sites.
Preferred qualifications
- Advanced degree or certification in Architecture, Engineering, Construction Management, or Business Administration.
- Experience across at least two construction disciplines and multidisciplinary design involving industrial automation or robotics.
- Strong influencing, negotiating, and communication skills; BIM knowledge; CMIT, CMAA, PMP, or equivalent certification.
Travel and work location
- The role requires up to 60% regional travel annually, including flights and driving to project sites.
- When not traveling, availability to work from a corporate office is required; candidates should live near or be willing to relocate within commuting distance of a listed office.
Compensation
- The listed salary is USD 82,700–155,800 yearly.
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