Director, Mechanical Engineering

THE COMPANY:

STACK INFRASTRUCTURE (STACK) provides digital infrastructure to scale the world’s most innovative companies. We are an award-winning industry leader in building, owning, and operating highly efficient, cost-effective wholesale, colocation, and cloud data centers. Each of our national facilities meets or exceeds the highest industry standards in all operational categories of availability, security, connectivity, and physical resilience.

STACK offers the scale and geographic reach that rapidly growing hyperscale and enterprise companies need. The world runs on data. Data runs on STACK.

Job Description THE POSITION:

The Director, Mechanical Engineering will support innovation initiatives, support campus master planning, and provide support to the Vice President, Architecture for a multi-phase, campus-scale construction project ensuring that cost-effective and energy efficient data center facilities are developed to meet the current and future needs of the company. Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Oversee the preparation and final approval of project contract documents produced by third party design consultants.

Ensure that project designs are completed on schedule and within budget.

Supply engineering expertise and guidance on projects, operations, and systems within the company’s existing facilities.

Develop and maintain equipment specifications for owner furnished and contractor installed (OFCI) equipment and systems.

Support the procurement of owner furnished and contractor installed equipment and systems through vendor submittal reviews, approvals and factory witness testing.

Maintain and updates the legacy basis of design documents.

Assist in development of new basis of designs for emerging business needs.

Identify, recommend, and implement new technologies and systems to maximize energy and cost efficiency of the company’s data centers.

Communicate and implement engineering and design policies, practices, standards, and security measures to ensure effective and consistent operations.

Maintain knowledge of emerging technologies and trends in engineering and design trends related to the organizations industry.

Perform other duties as assigned.

THE DETAILS:

Location:

Denver, CO preferred;
Alternate STACK data center locations considered

Travel:
Some domestic travel required, estimated 25-33%
Must be eligible to work in the United States Must pass comprehensive background screening MUST-HAVE QUALIFICATIONS Professional Engineer (PE) Registration is Preferred (Mechanical)
Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent work experience

Minimum of 10 years’ experience in the design of data centers and specification of HVAC equipment for mission critical facilities to be considered for Director level position.

Candidates with 5-7 years’ experience in design of data centers can apply but will be considered for a Manager level position.

Expertise in IT cooling technologies, both air and direct to chip liquid

Understanding of mechanical cooling system control

Proficient in MS Word, Excel, Teams and Power Point Baseline  proficiency of AutoCAD, Bluebeam and Adobe Acrobat Compensation Range:$ - $THIS MIGHT BE RIGHT FOR YOU IF:

You are a strong communicator, you are persuasive and clear, blending analytics with experience in decision-making.

You do not get flustered easily. You can juggle multiple priorities while balancing urgent requests with shifting timelines and deliverables.

You are a team builder. You take the time to understand and develop the strengths of your resources while formulating long-term plans for the growth and success of the team.

You are naturally curious and driven toward continual improvement. While you celebrate your successes, you take time to review and analyze campaigns for future learning.

WHY STACK?

We offer a competitive compensation package with strong benefits, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401K program, flexible spending accounts – even a cell phone subsidy.

We foster a culture of appreciation, including peer-to-peer recognition and rewards programs.

Fun is part of our DNA, with events, game nights, happy hours, and barbecues.

We’re growing –…