Data Center SME

Exciting Data Center SME Full Time Permanent Opportunity - Join an exciting start-up from the groundlevel that is looking to make their mark in the Data Center World. A company that is looking to triple in size within the year and has the resources & cashbacking to become a premier data center provider. 

What the role does

• Third-party design oversight: Serves as the technical point of contact for EPC partners, architects and MEP consultants. Reviews calculations, single-line diagrams, P&IDs, equipment layouts and submittals against our developer standards and cost targets. Resolves RFIs, design deviations, value engineering and change orders.
• Site acquisition due diligence: Leads engineering due diligence on greenfield and brownfield sites. Runs fast red-flag assessments (power deficits, zoning or environmental issues, easements). Estimates the remaining useful life of existing MEP equipment, audits redundancy (N+1/2N) and single points of failure, and checks retrofit fit, such as liquid cooling. Builds preliminary utility master plans and MW capacity envelopes.
• Pre-sales engineering: Works with the commercial and leasing teams on enterprise and AI tenant requirements. Turns customer specs into conceptual layouts and power/cooling allocations, writes technical RFP responses, and leads technical meetings with client engineering teams.
• Standards: Helps build our Master Design Guidelines, equipment specification baselines and Basis of Design documents. Drives efficiency work, including direct-to-chip and immersion cooling and microgrid integration.

What we’re looking for

• Bachelor’s in Electrical, Mechanical or Building Services Engineering. A PE or CEng is a strong plus.
• 5+ years in data center or mission-critical engineering, design consulting, or developer-side engineering management
• Deep MEP knowledge: 2N UPS configurations, MV switchgear, standby generation, chilled water, containment, liquid cooling, BMS/DCIM
• A proven track record with brownfield audits and acquisition due diligence
• Experience managing outside engineering consultants and enforcing developer standards
• Client-facing experience with enterprise or hyperscale customers, including writing RFP responses
• Nice-to-have certifications: Uptime ATD/ATS, BICSI DCDC, CDCP/CDCS, CEM/LEED AP

Discipline split

• Mechanical: Cooling-focused (chilled water, containment, direct-to-chip and immersion cooling)
• Electrical: Power-focused (MV switchgear, UPS topologies, standby generation, utility interconnection)
• Also open to someone that maybe is more of a holistic blend of both rather than keeping them separate