Director, Engineering Standards & Safety

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Your role at a glance The Director, Engineering Standards and Safety is a global role, that leads the global function that defines how engineering work is performed safely and consistently across data center operations. The role owns engineering standards, technical methods, operating boundaries, asset‑acceptance criteria and the governance of technical deviations and risk acceptances. This director leads a multidisciplinary team covering electrical, mechanical, controls, fire and life safety, and related engineering disciplines.

The discipline standards engineers carry the primary research, evidence development, consultation and drafting workload. The Director sets priorities, challenges the evidence and retains final approval and governance authority. The function works with Field Engineering, Operations, Design, Construction, Commissioning, vendors and corporate safety teams to convert technical risk and operating experience into practical global requirements. Regional teams remain accountable for executing engineering work.

Clear standards and safety controls help operating teams run critical facilities safely and efficiently, maintain reliable infrastructure, reduce avoidable environmental impact and provide consistent technical support to clients.

What we are looking for

• Set the global strategy, priorities and operating model for Engineering Standards & Safety.
• Set the standards-development portfolio and research priorities, assign accountable discipline engineers and ensure work is proportionate to risk and business need.
• Review and approve engineering standards, technical methods and analytical models developed through documented research and cross-functional consultation.
• Ensure discipline engineers engage Field Engineering, site Operations, vendors and other experts, reconcile material input and maintain a traceable technical basis for each recommendation.
• Define technical operating limits, system boundaries and escalation requirements for electrical, mechanical, controls, fire and life‑safety systems.
• Establish engineering acceptance criteria for assets and systems entering operation, in partnership with Design, Construction, Commissioning and Operations.
• Define validation frameworks for reliability analysis, energy analysis, technical‑capacity analysis and control‑strategy design.
• Own the governance process for technical deviations and engineering risk acceptances, including approval authorities, evidence requirements, review periods and escalation thresholds.
• Define engineering safety requirements for energized work, arc‑flash risk, breaker coordination and other high‑risk engineering activities.
• Establish global control‑system and alarm philosophy, including control‑sequence principles, setpoint governance, alarm requirements, point naming, tagging and metadata standards.
• Establish fire and life‑safety engineering requirements and assurance methods in partnership with corporate safety, regional teams and authorities having jurisdiction.
• Monitor adoption of standards, identify systemic compliance gaps and sponsor corrective actions without assuming regional execution ownership.
• Ensure standards reflect operating experience, incident learning, regulatory requirements, recognized industry practices and changes in technology.
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