Sr. Mechanical Design Engineer, Data Center Design Engineering

Lead the mechanical design, construction, and maintenance of global data center infrastructure, focusing on HVAC, plumbing, and fire safety systems. Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to improve design standards and ensure compliance with local codes and safety requirements.

Responsibilities

• Perform and oversee project-related work, such as water supply analysis and design for fire water service to buildings
• Coordinate Mechanical system space requirements, supporting utilities, and equipment locations, and provide detailed construction specifications for all Mechanical-related trades
• Prepare detailed designs for HVAC, plumbing, and hydronic systems
• Review all design disciplines to ensure they meet the code requirements described in our design standards
• Ensure that contractors have the information they need to build our data centers the way we expect them to, and that our operations teams are well equipped to operate and maintain them as needed to meet our goals
• Driving improvement of design standards and project approaches across the organization
• Work with internal and external design teams to review designs in progress to ensure they meet established design standards, local code requirements, and any other requirements of the Authorities Having Jurisdiction (AHJs)
• Be responsible for providing high quality Mechanical engineering advice on a wide variety of projects globally while working with local engineering teams to achieve alignment of designs and design objectives

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or above in Mechanical Engineering
• Cumulative 10+ years of experience in design engineering or the construction industry, related to all aspects of Mechanical, including hydronics, air side duct design, and plumbing design
• Experience applying local codes, International Code Council (ICC) requirements, and other Mechanical industry standards, procedures, and methodologies
• Experience with processes of design review, specification, development of design standards, and submittal review
• Ability to read and understand construction documents for all trades (design drawings, control diagrams, specifications, etc.)
• Preferred Qualifications: Experience authoring white papers, technical documentation, and training materials, Experience directly related to construction of data centers, critical medical, industrial, construction, oil and gas, or large-scale mechanical and power systems

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
• 401(k) matching
• Paid time off
• Parental leave

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