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At Amazon, we believe that Every Day is still Day One! We are working to be the most customer-centric company on earth. To get there, we need exceptionally talented, bright and driven people.

Amazon is looking for a Data Center Fire Protection Engineer, to develop and execute new fire protection system designs for owner-led data center across the globe. The Fire Protection Engineer will work on some of the most technical, cost-efficient, and fast-paced data center design projects in the world. The successful candidate will be obsessed with customers and quality improvement, detailed and data-driven, and will be hands-on and committed to creating, launching, and improving a world-class construction quality control program.

At Amazon, we are a global team responsible for the design, construction, testing and operation of industry-leading data center facilities. You will work with a team of motivated, intelligent, and driven professionals dedicated to providing reliable and efficient data centers for our customers.

Key job responsibilities

• Develop, execute, and constantly improve an owner-led fire protection design from the ground up. This program will include creation of construction documents, code compliance, design and installation standards, owners’ requirements documentation, water supply evaluation and assessment, testing, inspections, construction oversight, submittal review, and facility fire protection systems certification. The Fire Protection Engineer will be responsible for all aspects of Fire Protection Engineering and must be familiar with the work of all construction trades.

• Be responsible for providing high quality fire protection services engineering advice on designs on a wide variety of projects globally.

• Work alongside design engineering and risk management, to review concept designs and designs in progress to ensure they meet established design standards, local code requirements, and any other requirements of the Authorities Having Jurisdiction (AHJs). Develop and maintain relationships with AHJs to avoid surprises during construction.

• Review and approve general contractor’s fire protection QA/QC Plans to ensure alignment with owner’s requirements

• Provide technical support during the construction phase to ensure designs are realized

• Identify solutions through root cause analysis and execute and audit feedback/solution mechanisms to ensure design issues are fixed permanently – share that data globally across teams.

• Research proposed construction components and methods to ensure quality and customer needs. Research, document, and champion best practices of data center fire protection system design.

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

Zagreb, HRV

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Fire Protection Engineering, or an equivalent engineering degree in a related field with at least 2 additional years of qualifying experience.

• 5+ years of experience in the construction industry, related to all aspects of fire protection, including at least fire suppression systems, fire alarm and detection systems, fire-resistive construction, and life safety.

• Experience applying local codes, National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) standards, International Code Council (ICC) requirements, and other fire protection industry standards, procedures, and methodologies.

• Experience performing design reviews of technical submittal documents to include at a minimum: technical approaches, work plans, quality control plans, commissioning plans, inspection reports, project summary reports, training materials, and construction documents.

• Experience authoring white papers, technical documentation, training materials, Code Modification Requests (CMRs), and Alternate Materials and Methods (AMM) proposals,

• AutoCAD, Revit, Bluebeam, Navisworks, sketch up and MS Office Suite experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience directly related to construction of data centers, critical medical, industrial, construction, oil and gas, or large-scale mechanical and power systems.

• 7+ years of experience in the construction industry, related to all aspects of fire protection, including at least fire suppression systems, fire alarm and detection systems, fire-resistive construction, and life safety.

• Licensed Fire Protection Engineer.

• Strong knowledge of ICC Codes, NFPA Standards, UL standards, and FM global requirements, including development processes and technical committee participation.

• Experience with performance-based alternatives to prescriptive fire protection design.

• Experience with processes of design review, specification, development of design standards, and submittal review.

• Experience in performing specialized construction materials or installation inspections.

• Experience in construction quality root cause analysis.

• Meets/exceeds Amazon’s leadership principles requirements for this role

• Meets/exceeds Amazon’s functional/technical depth and complexity for this role

• Advance knowledge of both mechanical and electrical systems commissioning, strong business analyst knowledge

• Previous experience in working in Commissioning or Construction Program Management roles, consultancy or similar role in data center construction business.

• 5 years’ experience in any one of the following areas: Commissioning; Mechanical or Electrical Design; Construction Project Management; Data Analyst.

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