Senior Data Center Mechanical Engineer Mission Critical Ops

Decima International; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 450,000 - 675,000; Full time

Job summary

Decima International is a professional services company in Riyadh seeking a senior mechanical engineer to lead design reviews, commissioning, and ongoing operation of critical facilities. You will evaluate systems, develop maintenance programs, and ensure compliance with international codes and client standards.

Travel domestically and internationally as required; strong writing and presentation skills are essential; PE or equivalent preferred.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in mechanical engineering, mechanical operations, commissioning, facility operations, or comparable technical environments.
• Minimum 5+ years of direct data center or critical facilities operations experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related engineering discipline.
• Strong understanding of mechanical infrastructure supporting critical facilities and Tier III / Tier IV data centers.
• Demonstrated experience developing, reviewing, and validating SOPs, EOPs, and MOPs.
• Strong technical knowledge of chilled water plants, CRAH/CRAC systems, cooling towers, pumps, heat exchangers, evaporative cooling systems, HVAC equipment, fuel systems, and fire protection systems.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical expertise for critical mechanical systems including chilled water plants CRAH CRAC systems cooling towers pumps heat exchangers direct and indirect evaporative cooling systems HVAC equipment fuel systems and fire protection systems.
• Review mechanical designs for operability maintainability reliability and alignment with client operational standards.
• Participate in design reviews constructability reviews commissioning readiness reviews operational readiness assessments project meetings and technical workshops.
• Evaluate mechanical system performance operational risk maintenance access redundancy resilience and reliability objectives.
• Develop and improve preventive maintenance strategies for critical mechanical infrastructure.
• Review maintenance procedures operating practices commissioning reports test scripts and operational acceptance documentation.
• Develop review edit and approve SOPs EOPs and MOPs ensuring alignment with client standards applicable codes safety requirements and industry best practices.
• Conduct technical reviews of procedures for operational accuracy safety risk mitigation and alignment with actual facility configurations.
• Facilitate procedure validation exercises tabletop reviews operational readiness workshops and cross-functional technical reviews.
• Support change management and operational governance programs related to mechanical systems maintenance activities and facility operations.
• Verify that mechanical systems operate in accordance with design intent approved sequences client requirements and operational reliability objectives.
• Prepare clear and technically accurate documentation including engineering reports risk assessments operating procedures technical evaluations and review comments.
• Serve as a trusted technical advisor to clients and coordinate with engineering commissioning construction contractor project management and operations teams.
• Support business development activities by providing mechanical technical expertise during client engagements where required.

Skills

Project management

Technical writing

Communication

Problem solving

Travel willingness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

ASHRAE knowledge

NFPA/ISO/IEC standards

Uptime Institute Tier Standards

Job description

Decima International is a professional services company in Riyadh seeking a senior mechanical engineer to lead design reviews, commissioning, and ongoing operation of critical facilities. You will evaluate systems, develop maintenance programs, and ensure compliance with international codes and client standards.

Travel domestically and internationally as required; strong writing and presentation skills are essential; PE or equivalent preferred.