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Construction Cost Engineer, AMER Cost Control

Amazon· Facilities, Maintenance, & Real Estate
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Houston, TX$111.3k - $186.1kfull-timePosted 2w ago

About the role

AWS Infrastructure Services cost control role focusing on data center construction projects in the US, primarily TX, delivering cost control, benchmarking, and vendor management to optimize construction spend.

Responsibilities

  • Utilizing tools and templates for bid analysis and cost management
  • Engaging and managing third party Quantity Surveyor vendors
  • Working seamlessly with multi-disciplinary teams, both internal and external on a global scale
  • Communicating cost control goals to all stakeholders effectively
  • Identify Value Engineering opportunities in the design and quantify the savings
  • Identify project risks and the financial cost impacts associated and communicate to the broader team
  • Updating repository for historical data
  • Defining and tracking cost performance metrics
  • Analyzing and providing timely feedback of Construction vendor proposals using AWS benchmark data
  • Creating accurate bid leveling documents
  • Providing cost analysis of schedule and design variations
  • Validating the final award amount and scope based on contract documents including schedule
  • Implementing, maintaining and executing all cost control, change management, progress and performance reporting
  • Validating change cost impacts
  • Ensuring vendor invoices are accurate and timely
  • Supporting the construction team with project close-out and final payments
  • Delivering results for multiple projects with competing priorities on a consistent basis

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field
  • Experience carrying new design concepts through exploration, development, and into deployment or mass production
  • Experience in MS Excel, Word, and Windows Operating Systems
  • Experience with power management and power monitoring systems
  • 5+ years of construction management of large, complex projects involving large-scale mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) plants experience

Skills

Required:Bid analysis and cost managementVendor management (Quantity Surveyor)Cost performance metrics

Benefits

  • health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription)
  • Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Mental Health Support
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage
  • 401(k) matching
  • paid time off
  • parential leave
Last updated Oct 25, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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