Data Center Electrical Project Engineer

The DATA CENTER ELECTRICAL PROJECT ENGINEER is responsible for driving some of the most technical, cost efficient, and fast paced project schedules achievable. Engineers with this company are constantly challenged to drive continuous improvement and deliver the HIGHEST QUALITY, MOST TECHNICALLY EFFICIENT DATA CENTERS IN THE WORLD.

As a Data Center Electrical Project Engineer you will be a part of highly creative, efficient team tasked with tackling the most fascinating and challenging problems in designing, building, and operating data facilities. Our client's engineers are always on the forefront in the creation of new products in a number of areas maintaining our focus on delivering the most innovative products.

These data centers are industry leading examples of energy efficient, cost effective designs. The Data Center Electrical Project Engineer is ultimately responsible for the design oversight and review of all disciplines including electrical, mechanical, controls, and architectural. The Electrical Project Engineer will also be utilized as a leader in his/her specific discipline and be responsible as a team member for delivering the most highly efficient and sophisticated electrical and mechanical systems in the world.

This global team is responsible for the design and operation of industry leading, geographically diverse, large scale critical facilities. Each team member is a highly motivated individual with demonstrated design and analytical expertise in the areas of complex, mission critical facilities. Daily responsibilities will include aspects of the entire data center life cycle starting with the design, construction, commissioning, and finally oversight of the operations.

RESPONSIBILITIES TO INCLUDE:

- Project management and oversight of construction related activities as they relate to new builds or general capital projects. This will include the ownership of the project scope, timeline, and budget.
- Project management for specific initiatives aimed at increasing the resiliency of our data centers.
- Direct influence/responsibility over the design and construction of new data center builds and general capital endeavors.
- Electrical design and review of designs associated with the construction of new data centers or the optimization of existing data centers.
- Construction/project package drawing review.
- Creation of project scope, request for proposals, and capital requests.
- Total project quality including the creation of a commissioning plan and oversight of the execution.
- Recording and reporting key metrics to team members and management.
- Concurrently managing multiple projects including new data center building and capital improvement projects associated with existing data centers.
- Operational support including review of procedures, best practices, and maintenance initiatives.
- Driving teams to perform troubleshooting and root cause failure analysis associated with equipment or electrical failures.
- Working with contractors and vendors to deliver efficient and high quality project turn-overs.
- Acting as a leader within the group as well as within internal and external teams that support the data center.
- Travel to data center sites for engineering evaluations, electrical systems audits, mechanical system reviews, startup testing, and full commissioning, as required.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering with experience in project/program management
- 3 years of experience in engineering design, construction management, manufacturing, or commissioning
- Understanding of electrical engineering best practices including breaker coordination studies, switchgear sequence of operation, NEC code
- Ability to read and interpret construction related drawings for all disciplines
- Ability to research new designs, technologies, and construction methods of data center equipment and facilities
- Ability to carry new design concepts through exploration, development, and into deployment/mass production
- Ability to define data center system-level architecture, specify/document performance and equipment requirements, create/communicate conceptual designs, and create/maintain project documentation
- Ability to produce analyses that ensure designs satisfy defined requirements, including predicted performance and power quality specifications
- Ability and willingness to think outside of the box to find creative and innovative solutions to reduce costs with no impact on quality and reliability
- Ability to perform complex business case analysis to justify the project scope and present the justification to management in a high level review
- Excellent communication skills, attention to detail, maintain high quality standards
- Demonstrable leadership and problem solving skills
- Motivated, highly dependable individual with limited oversight

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

- Some experience directly related to the design or construction of data centers
- Manufacturing experience and knowledge of lean principals a plus
- Previous vendor negotiation and management skills associated with construction and project execution
- Experience with fast track design/build projects and or multiple significant upgrade projects
- Experience with large scale technical operations or large-scale compute farms
- Knowledge of building codes and regulations including Life Safety, BOCA, NFPA, NEC, and OSHA
- Knowledge and experience with large scale power systems
- Programming experience with PID loops and past experience with Variable Frequency Drives
- Experience in power system reliability and risk assessment studies
- Experience with power management and power monitoring systems

This contract position is expected to be 3 months in duration.