Senior Electrical Engineer, Hyperscale Data Centers

Aecom; Markham; On-site; CAD 125,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

AECOM in Canada is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to join our growing Data Center team. This senior, hands-on role focuses on resilient power infrastructure, hyperscale and mission-critical facilities, and mentoring junior engineers while collaborating with clients and multidisciplinary teams.

You will design medium- and low-voltage systems, analyze power quality, coordinate with mechanical, civil, and controls disciplines, and support proposals, commissioning and startup activities to

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) registration in a Canadian province, or eligibility to obtain registration.
• 6+ years progressive electrical engineering experience.
• Strong power-distribution and electrical-system design experience.
• Experience with data centers, mission-critical facilities or other complex building infrastructure.
• Strong technical, multidisciplinary coordination and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead electrical design for hyperscale, colocation and mission‑critical data centers.
• Design medium‑voltage and low‑voltage electrical distribution systems, including utility services, substations, transformers, switchgear, switchboards and panelboards.
• Develop critical‑power and backup‑power systems incorporating UPS systems, generators, batteries and associated distribution.
• Design resilient, redundant and fault‑tolerant electrical architectures for continuous operations.
• Perform electrical load calculations, demand assessments, capacity planning and power‑system studies.
• Support short‑circuit, protective‑device coordination, arc‑flash and related electrical‑system analyses.

Skills

Leadership & mentoring

Client facing coordination

Power distribution design

Electrical engineering

Multidisciplinary coordination

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering

P.Eng. registration / eligibility

6+ years electrical engineering experience

Tools

Revit

Autodesk Construction Cloud

BIM 360

Job description

AECOM in Canada is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to join our growing Data Center team. This senior, hands-on role focuses on resilient power infrastructure, hyperscale and mission-critical facilities, and mentoring junior engineers while collaborating with clients and multidisciplinary teams.

You will design medium- and low-voltage systems, analyze power quality, coordinate with mechanical, civil, and controls disciplines, and support proposals, commissioning and startup activities to