Sr Pre-Construction Manager, AMER DCCD Pre-Construction
Amazon
- Location
- US, IL, Chicago
- Employment
- Full Time
- Work model
- On-Site
- Level
- Senior
- Posted
- Aug 24, 2026
Skills
About this role
Amazon’s Data Centers are industry leading examples of innovation in the areas of security, safety, space utilization, efficiency, and cost effectiveness. We are the global team responsible for the construction of the Amazon owned sites. Our Construction Managers are on the forefront of creating and delivering the most innovative products to our customers; and are known for changing the face of cloud computing. As a Sr Pre-Construction Manager you will support the development and implementation of a Pre-Construction program execution across the nation over multitude of campuses. This role will serve as the primary liaison between Real Estate, Design Engineering, Due Diligence, and other critical partner teams from initial planning, through design development to provide schedule forecasting, construction budgeting, and constructability guidance. Our goal is to find the candidate with extensive practical construction experience with bidding, contracting, construction documents, industry infrastructure, design, and engineering. Key job responsibilities • Be Amazon’s construction representative on multiple data centers building and capital improvement construction project sites from Due Diligence Phase through hand-off to Construction Management. • Direct interface with construction general contractors during the construction bidding and award. • Create construction project Scope of Work (SOW) and Request for Proposals (RFP). • Conduct negotiations with general contractors and evaluate bids and proposals with detail and accuracy. • Manage and drive cost, schedule, and quality while managing construction contractors and vendors. • Perform pre-construction project management activities, including management of documents, submittals, RFIs, change orders, invoices, quality, scope, and schedule. • Drive construction teams to troubleshoot and perform root-cause failure analysis on equipment failures. • Support capital request creation. • Analyze and report construction progress and financials. • Record and report key construction metrics to team members and management. • Contribute to construction initiatives aimed at improving construction efficiency and increasing data center resiliency. • Provide constructability reviews for civil, structural, electrical and mechanical designs for new or optimization of existing data centers. • Be a leader within the group, and within internal and external data center support teams. A day in the life 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.
About the team
This role will report into the AMER Precon team, within the AMER DCCD org. We are a nationwide team of diverse set of building and construction experts who excel at constructing the innovative infrastructure that keeps the cloud running and growing. We engage with a wide range of internal partner teams from the outset of new site pursuits through to construction. Daily, we think creatively and act boldly to continuously improve our deliveries. We focus on Bias for Action and Insist on the Highest Standards to Deliver Results and Earn Trust with our stakeholders and customers.