Principal Consultant Power and Cooling

Lenovo; Farnborough; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday purchase

Private medical

Income protection

Life insurance

Product discounts

Cycle to work

Job summary

Lenovo High-Performance Computing (HPC) team is seeking a seasoned Principal Consultant for Power and Cooling to join its Global HPC Professional Services team. This position represents a rewarding opportunity to apply your experience at major customer sites in a dynamic, complex environment.

You will decipher complex RFP requirements, architect IT infrastructure power and cooling solutions, and coordinate with customers, sales, and engineering to deliver designs and project costs.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in power/electrical or mechanical/thermal engineering in data centers.
• Understanding of data center power delivery architectures.
• Ability to lead engagements and interact with customers.
• Proven ability to work with sales and engineering teams.
• Experience guiding infrastructure projects and cost estimates.

Responsibilities

• Decipher RFP requirements related to power and cooling infrastructure.
• Architect complex power and cooling solutions for IT solutions.
• Work with stakeholders to understand requirements and success criteria.
• Collaborate with sales and engineering to determine scope and costs.
• Capture the solution description and review with stakeholders.
• Drive build vs. buy decisions and identify key technologies.
• Oversee vendors contracted to deliver project pieces.

Skills

Power engineering

Cooling systems

Data center design

Stakeholder leadership

Customer interaction

Job description

* United Kingdom - Hampshire - Farnborough

Why Work at Lenovo

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Description and Requirements

Lenovo High-Performance Computing (HPC) team is looking for a seasoned Principal Consultant for Power and Cooling to join its Global HPC Professional Services team. This position represents a rewarding opportunity to use your experience and skills in a dynamic, complex organization and to deliver across our major customer sites.

Your Responsibilities:

• Decipher complex RFP requirements related to facility power and cooling infrastructure and help IT architects design an IT solution that fits within those limitations.


• Architect complex power and cooling solutions for air and water-cooled IT solutions.


• Work with key stakeholders (customers or internal) requesting infrastructure enhancements to develop a clear understanding of requirements and success criteria.


• Collaborate with sales and critical engineering subject matter experts to determine the solution scope and projected costs.


• Capture the solution description and review with key stakeholders.


• Continue partnerships with internal or external customers to ensure the project goals and requirements are met.


• Drive the build vs. buy decisions as needed, and identify key technologies needed to deliver new products with each release.


• Participate actively with Development and external organizations like ASHRAE while staying current with technologies and techniques that will move our business forward.


• Be actively involved in the physical installation of complex IT system that are air or water-cooled.


• Be able to provide engineering guidance over a wide range of disciplines (power/electrical, mechanical, thermal, plumbing, controls).


• Effectively project manage vendors contracted to provide separate pieces of the solution.

This is a remote role that requires 50% travel

Qualifications:

• 8+ years of experience working in technology disciplines such as power/electrical or mechanical/thermal engineering in data center environments.


• Understanding of data center and IT solution power delivery architectures.


• You should possess strong customer interaction skills and ability to make technical decisions.


• Proven ability to work across a wide range of stakeholders and ability to drive issues to closure.


• Experience in providing effective leadership in engagements as a technical consultant in the power and cooling subject matter area.

What We can offer You:

• Holiday purchase


• Private medical


• Income protection


• Positive work life balance


• Learning and development


• Life insurance


• Lenovo and Motorola products discounts


• Cycle to work


• ...and many more!

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any federal, state, or local protected class.

Additional Locations: * United Kingdom - Hampshire - Farnborough

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