Director, Energy Infrastructure Engineering

The Director, Energy –Mechanical Infrastructure Engineering will serve as the technical leader for mechanical and thermal infrastructure supporting strategic deployments across Walmart's portfolio. You will assess site capabilities, define infrastructure requirements, establish engineering standards, develop scalable technical solutions, and lead the engineering partners required to execute them. This role spans cooling, HVAC, hydronic systems, plumbing, heat rejection, controls, and other critical mechanical infrastructure.

You will partner across Energy, Engineering, Construction, Facilities, Procurement, and external partners from feasibility through design, commissioning, and operational turnover. A core mandate is translating complex facility requirements into reliable, repeatable solutions that scale across Walmart's footprint.

The Walmart Energy team manages one of the largest commercial energy portfolios nationwide, including stores, clubs, and supply chain facilities. The team focuses on optimizing energy costs, advancing renewable energy investments, and enhancing operational resilience through strategic market analysis and innovative technologies. Collaborating with Finance, Realty, Global Tech, Legal, and Operations, the team develops scalable energy solutions aligned with business goals and regulatory standards.

Members contribute expertise in energy management, legislation, and continuous improvement, driving initiatives that support long-term enterprise value and operational excellence.

• Assess site mechanical and thermal infrastructure for capacity, constraints, upgrades, and feasibility.
• Serve as technical authority for cooling, HVAC, hydronic, plumbing, heat-rejection, controls, and related systems.
• Establish basis-of design, engineering standards, specifications, reference designs, and acceptance criteria.
• Develop scalable solutions balancing capacity, reliability, resiliency, efficiency, safety, cost, schedule, and growth.
• Direct engineering performed by Engineers of Record, consultants, contractors, and equipment vendors.
• Lead technical decisions from feasibility through commissioning and turnover.
• Incorporate field lessons learned into future designs and standards.
• Build the partner ecosystem and engineering governance required to scale.

• Demonstrated experience designing, assessing, or governing complex mechanical and thermal infrastructure.
• Strong knowledge of HVAC, cooling, hydronic systems, pumps, piping,heat rejection, plumbing, controls, and related infrastructure.
• Experience evaluating capacity, reliability, redundancy, system configuration, and major infrastructure upgrades.
• Experience with large-scale, mission-critical, industrial, or high-capacity thermal infrastructure.
• Experience with liquid-based cooling, heat exchangers, advanced heat-rejection systems, or other high-density thermal applications.
• Experience developing engineering standards, reference designs, specifications, and commissioning requirements.
• Experience leading Engineers of Record, consultants, contractors, equipment vendors, and cross-functional technical teams.

At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet. Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage. Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance. Paid time off benefits include PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting. Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more.

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