Amazon Looking for Pre-Construction Manager at Toronto, Ontario, Canada Full Time

As the Global Engineering Services (GESS) Preconstruction Manager, you are responsible for project managing industrial development from site selection through contract execution. You will partner with internal and external stakeholders to ensure scope, budget, and schedule definition are established including timely receipt of building and site permits. You are responsible as the project manager to lead planning, design and pre-construction projects, including new built-to-suit industrial buildings, tenant improvements, extensions of existing facilities, and renovation projects.

Key competencies of this position include ensuring that contracted resources deliver work product in support of project durations, permitting, key performance indicators (KPI), quality documentation/artifacts, managing project teams (developers, design engineers, professional consultants), influencing internal teams (Design Engineering, Amazon Robotics), contract management governance, conceptual estimating and budget oversight, and overseeing multiple large industrial projects in various locations simultaneously. Translating technical documents and information into an end-to-end story providing a detailed risk analysis for our leaders and customers is essential. This opportunity combines construction engineering, planning, project management, real estate development, validating design, site visits, understanding local building and fire code issues, utilities, sustainability, multi-disciplinary design management, and contract management. The preconstruction manager is responsible for the planning and design of scope, budget, schedule prior to handing off to the construction manager to execute focusing on taking ownership to resolve upstream issues and support the construction team throughout the process.

Key job responsibilities

• Independently manages difficult, cross-functional industrial builds from site selection through design completion, permitting and contract execution. You will be working independently in assigned regional area(s), interacting with leadership and stakeholders to resolve issues.
• You will work with internal/external teams including real estate, design engineering, entitlements, construction, finance, launch/startup, architects, engineers, permitting agencies, developers and landlords to secure resources, scope infrastructure builds, set priorities, complete milestones, and drive delivery to meet deadlines
• A preconstruction manager drives results through communicating, weighing risks, making decisions, leading and influencing. You will competently represent project and technical information to many different audiences. You have good working relationships with stakeholders and vendors, and lead constructive dialogue to resolve and prevent project issues.
• You manage vendor procurement, and oversee professional service providers ensuring their skills and competencies meet the needs required of entitling property and projects. You perform pricing reviews for scope inclusions/exclusions and negotiate the cost of the work with the developer, general contractor and design consultants.
• Cost estimating, schedule development and management, and forecasting are fundamental components, including identifying and solving factors that may impede a successful permitted project hand-over to Amazon stakeholders. You partner with the Transaction team and Developers to optimize schedule and strategy for entitlements and long lead-procurement.
• Supervising the implementation and management of Amazon’s safety programs and standards with the entire internal and external project team in the planning phases of a project.
• You are focused on site selection, scope development, coordinating with design teams to develop site plans and composite floor plans in compliance with design standards and operational requirements. You keep the scope under control and accelerate progress by driving crisp and timely decisions, identifying and clearing blockers, and escalating appropriately.
• You prepare and present project status/risk reports, and provide clear and concise summaries for projects under your ownership to leadership and management teams.
• Comprehensive budget and schedule tracking and forecasting are fundamental responsibilities, as well as identifying and solving factors that may impede a successful project hand-over to Amazon stakeholders.
• Interfacing and coordinating with the authorities that have jurisdiction (AHJ) on the project to ensure regulatory compliance and smooth job execution.
• You will find ways to adapt to constant change and innovation, finding ways to Think Big, working outside of your comfort zone to solve adaptable solutions for an evolving business.
• You understand design and construction contracts, related exhibits, and provide detailed analysis and approvals of technical matters and site-specific deal structures and terms. You review additional reports such as noise and traffic reports and environmental studies.

A day in the life

Each day you will represent GESS in ensuring the on time and in budget execution of Amazon construction projects, while strategically improving processes. Daily tasks may comprise of construction coordination management and design document development with various consultants on projected changes, project status, ensuring consultants are meeting contractual obligations, seeking sustainable environmentally friendly solutions throughout the design process while implementing Amazon’s Sustainability practices, and utilizing the Amazon information systems to record and update scheduling, budget and other key developments. Each day you will be navigating through uncertainty, proactively unblocking project barriers and influencing the best project decisions. You will be negotiating terms of contracts with developers, contractors and consultants all the while driving to meet or exceed schedules and budgets of the approved scope. You will represent Amazon’s interests in weekly architect, owner and contractor (AOC) meetings providing input on root causes and corrective action. You will lead multiple projects of varying sizes and functions. You will be tactical and strategic working independently, interacting with leadership to resolve issues. You will provide estimating support, interpret drawings, contribute to budgets and approve lease exhibits. Pre-construction management also includes site validation, design management and validation of checklists and construction documentation. For jurisdictional coordination you will understand zoning/planning, fire code and building code. You will lead large cross functional teams establishing confidence in the Amazon business and architecture/engineering community. You act as the primary escalation point for project team members, owning and tracking issues to ensure that they are addressed, documented, and resolved by using influence to manage team members.

About The Team

At Amazon, we are all owners and leverage unique opportunities presented to us by owning everything from the design review and permitting to construction bidding and consultant management during construction execution prior to final hand-off to our internal stakeholder. We are a diverse, upbeat, creative team of designers, engineers, and managers working daily to develop innovative, sustainable facilities and efficient, innovative buildings for our customers. We focus on Delivering Results, our speed for Bias for Action and Insisting on the Highest Standards for our customers.

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

Montreal, QC, CAN | Toronto, ON, CAN | Vancouver, BC, CAN

Basic Qualifications

• A completed Bachelor’s degree in Architecture, Engineering, Construction Management or comparable field.
• 5+ years of experience as an Architect, Engineer, Construction Manager, Development Manager, Owner’s project management representative or other Commercial Development and Construction related disciplines.
• Project management experience from design phase through implementation and operation, negotiating construction, procurement and labor contracts.
• Experience within packaging processing/logistical facilities with complex equipment or comparable experience.
• 2+ years of project/program management
• Ability to travel up to 40% within assigned regions

Preferred Qualifications

• An advanced degree, certification or Master’s degree in Architecture, Engineering, Construction Management or Masters of Business.
• Experience operating within at least two disciplines in the construction industry, which could consist of General Contracting, Owner’s Representation, Commercial Development, Engineering & Design, owners project management representative or similar.
• Demonstrated capability in the planning, design review and implementation, project management /control of new structures, and the enhancement of existing facility buildings.
• Experience managing multi-disciplinary design incorporating industrial automation, robotics, or similar.
• Demonstrated success in communicating project requirements to various audiences (e.g. senior management, peers, public officials, vendors, etc.)
• Knowledge of Building Information Modeling (BIM).
• Demonstrated success in communicating project requirements to various audiences (e.g. senior management, peers, fire marshals, utility, public officials, vendors, etc.)

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Company – Amazon Canada Fulfillment Services, ULC.

Job ID: A2418012