Sr. Structural Engineer

Prime Data Centers develops, acquires, and operates data centers for some of the world's largest enterprises. A private firm owned by a group controlling $6 billion in assets, with a 15-year tenure in technology and real estate development, Prime provides customers with ownership options and dynamic leasing models, defining a true corporate partnership.

• The Sr. Structural Engineer is a technical individual contributor within the Civil/Structural/Architectural (CSA) Engineering discipline in Design & Engineering (D&E) at Prime Data Centers. This role owns structural engineering scope across PDC's hyperscale and purpose-built data center projects — from concept through construction support — ensuring buildings, foundations, and heavy equipment support structures are safe, code-compliant, buildable, and cost-effective at hyperscale.
• This is a hands-on technical role, not a people-management position. It exists because structural decisions on hyperscale campuses carry outsized cost, schedule, and risk exposure — heavy MEP equipment loading, seismic and wind design across varied markets, and foundation design for equipment most commercial structural engineers rarely encounter.

• Ensure PDC's data centers stand on structurally sound, code-compliant, cost-effective foundations and building structures — from design through construction — so schedule and budget commitments hold.

• Owns structural engineering scope end-to-end for assigned projects: building structure, foundations, and equipment support structures (generators, CRAHs/CRACs, chillers, switch gear, MV/electrical equipment, rooftop- and yard-mounted mechanical/electrical equipment)
• Serves as PDC's technical authority for structural design on assigned projects
• Accountable for structural code compliance (IBC, ASCE 7, and local amendments), constructability, and delivery impact
• Reviews and validates third-party structural consultant and contractor deliverables
• Influences structural standards and design patterns across projects and campuses

• Lead structural design and review for building structures, foundations, and equipment support structures across hyperscale and purpose-built projects
• Resolve technically ambiguous structural problems: heavy equipment loading, seismic/wind design across jurisdictions, soil- and geotech-driven foundation design
• Balance speed, risk, cost, and quality in structural decisions; flag when a design choice trades one for another
• Review vendor and manufacturer equipment submittals for structural compatibility; coordinate load data with Design, MEP, and Civil

• Define, apply, and evolve PDC's structural design standards and equipment support details for repeatable campus deployment
• Identify opportunities for prefabrication, modularization, and standardized foundation/support details that reduce engineering effort and rework across projects
• Reduce technical debt and late-stage structural surprises through sound engineering judgment early in design

• Partner with Design, Civil, Architecture, MEP Engineering, Construction, and Operations on structural coordination
• Support site selection and due diligence with structural and geotechnical risk assessment for candidate sites
• Communicate structural tradeoffs clearly to non-technical stakeholders — schedule, cost, and risk implications, not just code citations
• Support third-party structural consultant management: scoping, review, and quality control of deliverables

• 8+ years of structural engineering experience, including mission-critical, industrial, or heavy-equipment facility…