Lead Mechanical Engineer - Data Center Design

This position is also available in:
Denver CO, Indianapolis IN, Cedar Rapids IA, Austin TX, White Plains NY, Dallas TX, Richmond VA, Ashburn VA, Charlotte NC, Atlanta GA, Phoenix AZ, Salt Lake City UT, Kansas City MO, Chicago IL, Los Angeles CA, or San Jose CA.

Our client is a Leading Engineering Design and Commissioning Company that is a subject matter expert in the data center space. They will provide design coordination and construction administration, consulting and management support for the Data Center / Mission Critical Facilities Space with the mindset to provide reliability, energy efficiency, and sustainable design expertise when providing these consulting services for Enterprise, Colocation and Hyperscale Companies.

This career-growth minded opportunity offers exciting projects with leading-edge technology and innovation as well as competitive salaries and benefits.

This challenging and unique role will involve managing the design of Critical HVAC / Cooling / Mechanical Equipment for new data centers and expansions to existing data centers. The ideal candidate will have past experience designing mechanical systems specifically for large data centers. They will have experience and in-depth knowledge of heating and cooling load calculations, ductwork and piping sizing, selecting HVAC equipment, energy modeling and other engineering calculations.

Our ideal candidate will lead and manage the design of critical and high-impact components of systems. Collaborate cross-functionally with multiple teams, ensuring consistency in architectural principles and promoting best practices. Identify and evaluate emerging technologies and trends, proposing innovative solutions to enhance applications. Drive continuous improvement initiatives, implementing processes and tools to enhance engineering efficiency. You will lead the design team in working / communicating with all the trades and stakeholders involved in all projects.

Working and communicating with internal team and clients effectively is a must. Need to have come up the ranks as consulting engineer to be considered.

• Lead and Manage a portfolio of projects, create designs and plans, provide and gather specifications, and execute assignments in a multidisciplinary mechanical engineering design role for data center facility design projects
• Lead the Mechanical Engineering efforts for the Mechanical Design Team from concept to construction, act as Engineer of Record on select assignments, and provide technical leadership and mentorship
• Create Conceptual Designs gathered from meetings
• Manage and work with the engineering team to create RFPs and RFIs
• Manage project budgets, schedules, and client communications
• Establish project objectives, policies, procedures and performance standards within boundaries of company policies ;
  Put these in clear concise work statement for the field
• Review drawings and specifications, participate in equipment selection and provide input to the design team where needed. Provide ‘peer review’ as needed
• Coordinate design work with architects, contractors, and multi-disciplinary teams
• Mentor and train junior engineers; lead QC for deliverables
• Develop guidelines and standards for operational processes. Provide input to the development of design standards

• 15 - 20 + years’ experience
• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering or similar engineering degree
• Licensed PE / EIT a huge plus
• Previous experience at an Engineering Consulting firm a MUST
• Experience with hyperscale / colocation data center design, testing and commissioning
• Must have experience managing a Mechanical Engineering design team
• Proven ability to supervise and mentor staff,…