Principal Data Center Solutions – Mechanical Commissioning Lead

Dell Technologies Inc.; Dubai; On-site; AED 480,000 - 960,000; Full time

Job summary

Dell Technologies Inc. is seeking a Senior Principal Engineer to lead DLC Mechanical Commissioning across the EMEA region, including hands-on design review, customer handover, and continual process improvement.

You will guide cross‑functional teams, ensure safe execution, and verify system performance while developing standards and best practices for our growing DLC business. The role requires 10+ years in mission‑critical environments, strong heat transfer and fluid dynamics knowledge, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in mechanical engineering or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years in commissioning, deployment, operations, or engineering in mission‑critical environments such as datacenters, industrial cooling, power generation, oil & gas.
• Strong understanding of heat transfer, fluid dynamics, pumping systems, corrosion control.
• Technical report writing, troubleshooting and analytical capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate internal deployment teams, service delivery engineers, contractors, OEM staff, and customer team for mechanical commissioning.
• Own the commissioning lifecycle from planning through Level 2–5 commissioning and handover.
• Serve as onsite technical authority for all mechanical commissioning activities and escalations.
• Participate in design reviews and commissioning readiness assessments to identify risks.
• Review drawings, P&IDs, control philosophies to verify readiness and alignment with design intent.
• Ensure safe execution of commissioning in compliance with EHS, RAMS, and risk assessments.
• Verify installed systems meet operational and performance requirements.
• Lead root cause investigations during commissioning and defect resolution.
• Support onboarding, coaching, and technical development of commissioning engineers and deployment partners.
• Deliver onsite training and knowledge transfer to customers and teams.

Skills

Mechanical engineering

Commissioning

Leadership

Technical writing

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

CxAlloy

Job description

Dell Technologies Inc. is seeking a Senior Principal Engineer to lead DLC Mechanical Commissioning across the EMEA region, including hands-on design review, customer handover, and continual process improvement.

You will guide cross‑functional teams, ensure safe execution, and verify system performance while developing standards and best practices for our growing DLC business. The role requires 10+ years in mission‑critical environments, strong heat transfer and fluid dynamics knowledge, and