COMPLETE Mechanical Field Engineer, Field Engineering - Dublin

Job Description

As an Amazon Field Engineer, you will provide full life-cycle support to AWS Data Centers from design inception through site improvement and maintenance. You will be the ‘go to’ engineering resource for your region when technical advice is needed, and will use your subject matter expertise and engage with diverse teams to:

Key job responsibilities
• Troubleshoot, conduct Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and create Corrective Action (CA) documentation for site/equipment failures.
• Directly support operational issues with ad-hoc training, complex operating procedure reviews, including critical equipment, and event support.
• Own the conceptual design for existing data center upgrades and design-solutions, which add capacity, improve availability, and increase efficiency.
• Interface with internal data center design engineering team, server hardware team, environmental health and safety team to promote standards that maintain consistency and reliability in services delivered.
• Work on concurrent projects.
• Support new construction projects during design, build, commissioning, and handover.

A day in the life
Amazon's vision is to be the world's most customer-centric company, and this role is key to that vision.

As a Field Engineer, you will be leading projects to fit out our data centers to meet ever-evolving customer needs as we continue expanding our fleet to hyper-scale.
• Provide engineering judgement and are able to provide recommendations despite uncertainty
• Manage engineering projects and consultants.
• Build trust and relationships with different stakeholders (e.g., Operations, Commissioning, Construction and Design)
• Go into the field to see things up close

Each day you interact with different teams responsible for all aspects of the data centers. You prioritize your activities to support data center capacity availability and safety focusing on the actions that are most impactful. You have the opportunity to work on projects locally and globally.

About the team
About AWS
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.

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

Dublin, IRL

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent experience.
• 5+ cumulative years of experience with industrial or commercial engineering in Mission Critical facilities including but not limited to: data centers, power generation, oil / gas facilities.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience using a variety of web based and other software tools for calculation and data processing.
• Direct experience with the design, construction, operation, or maintenance of mission critical facilities, especially data centers.
• Experience as resident engineer or hands-on (in the field) design consultant.
• Knowledge of building codes and regulations for your region.
• Experience reading, interpreting, and creating construction drawings, specifications, and submittal documents.
• Ability to carry design concepts through exploration, development, and into deployment/mass production
• Detailed understanding of mechanical and instrumentation equipment/design related to data centers (Including but not limited to: air flow containment systems, P&ID loops, direct evaporative cool, chillers [air-cooled and water-cooled], pumps, cooling towers, heat exchangers, CRAHs, air economizers, diesel generators, variable frequency drives, etc...)
• SCADA/BMS Controls system experience (software and/or hardware)
• Advanced degree in engineering or related field
• Have basic knowledge of electrical systems
• Ability to develop solutions and execute plans on complex projects
• Previous ownership of fast track design/build projects and or multiple significant upgrade projects


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