Amazon Web Services (AWS) Middle East
Data Center Project Manager
- Permanent
- Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Experience 2 - 5 yrs
Job expiry date: 14/10/2026
Job overview
Date posted
30/08/2026
Location
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Salary
AED 20,000 - 30,000 per month
Compensation
Comprehensive package
Job description
In this role you will join AWS Infrastructure Services, which owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure, supporting all AWS data centers and the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. This opportunity is available for a UAE national with a family book, as part of AWS's commitment to contributing towards the UAE's goal of employing 75,000 Emiratis in the private sector. You will join the Critical Projects Implementation (CPI) team, a project management and execution team that manages construction activity within operational data center spaces, tasked with critical infrastructure improvement projects to optimize utilization of space, power, and cooling. You will serve as a technical resource within Amazon data centers, responsible for project oversight and review of all disciplines including electrical, mechanical, controls, and architectural. You are responsible for designing, developing, and deploying innovative solutions to address operational challenges, working both independently and within multi-disciplinary teams. Your responsibilities include managing the improvement of electrical, mechanical, fire detection, and building automation systems, and you are responsible for the overall direction, coordination, implementation, execution, control, and completion of specific projects ensuring consistency with company strategy, commitments, and goals.
Required skills
Key responsibilities
- Provide project management and oversight of construction related activities as they relate to modifying existing infrastructure for installing new or replacing end-of-life equipment, including ownership of project scope, timeline, and budget
- Provide project management for specific initiatives aimed at increasing the resiliency of data centers
- Conduct electrical design and review of designs associated with the optimization of existing data centers
- Review construction/project package drawings
- Create project scope, requests for proposals, and capital requests
- Ensure total project quality including creation of a commissioning plan and oversight of its execution
- Record and report key metrics to team members and management
- Provide operational support including review of procedures, best practices, and maintenance initiatives
- Drive teams to perform troubleshooting and root cause failure analysis associated with equipment or electrical failures
- Work with contractors and vendors to deliver efficient and high quality project turnovers
- Be a leader within the group as well as within internal and external teams that support the data center
Experience & skills
- Bring 3 or more years of vendor management experience
- Have 4 or more years of relevant work in a data center or other critical environment
- Show 5 or more years of data center engineering or operations experience
- Demonstrate 5 or more years of Microsoft Office experience, including Outlook, Word, and Excel
- Hold a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field
- Show experience in vendor management
- Have experience in a data center or other critical environment
- Show experience in data center engineering or operations
- Demonstrate experience with Microsoft Office including Outlook, Word, and Excel
- 3 or more years of construction or project management experience is preferred
- An electrical or mechanical Journeyman License is preferred
- An operating engineering license such as DC II, DC III, or equivalent is preferred
- Experience in construction or project management is preferred