Water Projects Engineer

Job description

DESCRIPTION

Amazon is looking for a results-oriented individual to join the AWS water infrastructure team. In this role, you will execute projects related to water based cooling system infrastructure with assistance from internal teams including construction, operations, engineering, environmental, and project commissioning teams. You will work with outside engineering consultants and general contractors, water treatment and sampling vendors and local utilities to ensure projects meet regulatory standards and a high bar for operational efficiency, reliability, and safety. You will be responsible for executing multiple water projects across different locations along the US east coast, monitoring operational metrics, and ensuring system reliability after project hand-off to the regional operations team. You will also be the central point of contact for all issues pertaining to water and wastewater treatment systems. If you have an understanding of water based critical cooling infrastructure for large-scale building operations and understand the constructability of varying designs, you may be a good fit.

Responsibilities

The Water Projects Engineer will be responsible for the following:
· Engineer, implement and monitor water treatment/operations projects and identify optimal design criteria for scaling projects to full-scale deployment across different regions.
· Work with internal teams to trouble shoot problems and conduct Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and Corrective Action (CA) for design and fleet deployed water systems.
· Work with local water utilities to understand and coordinate site utility requirements, site inspections and compliance with federal, state and municipal requirements and building codes.
· Reliability and maintenance of water systems required for data center cooling.
· Oversee support, and testing/validation of water systems during installation, operation, and maintenance of water treatment equipment and associated mechanical systems.
· Interface with internal engineering, operations, real estate and environmental health and safety teams to develop and implement solutions in mission critical facilities.
· Promote standards that maintain consistency and reliability in services delivered.
· Travel for site review and conduct engineering evaluations, audits, and site launches.
· Overseeing maintenance and compliance of on-site potable water and sanitary wastewater treatment systems.
· Work on concurrent projects in multiple geographical regions.
· Up to 15% travel as needed for project execution and this position based in northern Virginia.

Desired profile

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

· Bachelor's Degree in Chemical /Environmental Engineering or related discipline or 10+ years of industry experience in lieu of a degree
· Knowledge of water chemistry [disinfection, and conventional (water softening)/membrane water treatment technologies for industrial applications] with 5+ years of experience with field engineering in data centers.
· Troubleshooting mechanical/plumbing related to data centers or similar critical facilities that use water infrastructure (ex: pumps, cooling towers, evaporative media, and air handling units)
· Experience interpreting construction drawings and equipment specifications and experience carrying design concepts from exploration, development, and into deployment/scalable implementation.