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DESCRIPTION

The Power Generation Engineer for AWS Data Center Power Generation and transmission Infrastructure owns the successful delivery of the newest generations of data center energy innovations, and electrical power generation infrastructure technologies from concept to at-scale global implementation.

This role provides a unique opportunity to engage with advanced infrastructure solutions for HV/MV power systems and the exceptional people that develop them.

Key job responsibilities

-Capture requirements and turn aspirational company or customer goals into well-defined, achievable and testable specifications and solutions.

-Feasibility, design and construction of utility scale generation plants, energy storage systems, and associated substations.

-Development of design proposals which meet or exceed our quality requirements and fall within our budgetary requirements.

-Collaborate and design with teams or individuals from other disciplines, cultures and countries to create a construction document set.

-Participate in site selection reviews.

-Work with local utilities, developers, and grid operators to understand and define the interconnection requirements.

-Work with internal teams to understand user/ customer requirements.

-Work with regional vendors and manufacturers to specify the appropriate electrical equipment.

-Work with local authorities having jurisdiction to ensure compliance with IEEE/ANSI, UL, IEC, EU requirements and building codes.

-Review and approval of equipment submittals including test and commissioning requirements.

-Define project scope and provide technical support for information requests prior to, and during research and development projects.

-Work with commissioning teams to prepare scripts, and properly test and validate installation, operation, and performance of electrical systems.

-Communicate clearly and effectively at the appropriate level of detail with people from a wide range of technical abilities and backgrounds.

-Produce clear and concise documentation such as detailed design specifications, functional test scripts, reports and version release notes.

-Understand and safeguard implementation of the Global Electrical and Mechanical Basis of Design (BoD) with constant auditing.

-Travel to sites for site review and work with onsite field engineers, as well as provide engineering evaluations and electrical systems audits as needed.

-Project management skills to oversee construction, maintenance, and upgrade projects.

-Familiarity with control systems, SCADA, and other power plant automation technologies.

-Ability to work on concurrent projects in multiple geographical regions.

-Having fun and offering creative, out of the box solutions.

About the team
Datacenter Engineering (DCE) Power Generation Solutions (PGS) is an engineering and technical strategy team that works to deliver energy innovations enabling reliable, available, and sustainable capacity to our growing business.