MEP Engineer - Data Center Specialist

Mercor; Singapore; On-site; SGD 175,000 - 244,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Immediate start

Job summary

Mercor in Singapore is seeking experienced engineers to perform expert peer‑review of complex data‑center MEP tasks in mission‑critical environments. You will assess designs, verify outputs, and ensure alignment with professional engineering practice.

The role covers cooling, hydronic and electrical systems, controls, and commissioning. You will identify ambiguities, improve supporting documents, and produce clear technical findings that validate tasks end to end.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in data-center or mission-critical MEP design, controls, commissioning, or operations.
• Able to interpret large document sets, drawings, schedules, and equipment submittals.
• PE or a recognized commissioning credential is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Review data-center cooling, hydronic and process-water systems, HVAC and equipment integration.
• Check engineering assumptions, calculations, code uses, equipment data and operating sequences.
• Identify ambiguity, conflicting source documents, missing constraints, or unrealistic deliverables.
• Improve task prompts, supporting artifacts, acceptance criteria, rubrics, and programmatic checks.
• Produce clear technical findings and validate corrected tasks end to end.

Skills

MEP design

Commissioning

Job description

Role overview

Mercor is hiring experienced mechanical, electrical, plumbing, controls, and commissioning engineers to review and strengthen complex engineering tasks set in mission-critical data-center environments. This is a technical peer-review role: you will assess realistic design and field scenarios, repair gaps in task materials, and confirm that the expected outputs and grading methods reflect professional engineering practice.

What you will do

• Review long-horizon tasks involving data-center cooling, hydronic and process-water systems, coolant distribution units, heat exchangers, HVAC and equipment integration, electrical systems, building controls, and commissioning
• Check engineering assumptions, calculations, code and standards use, equipment data, operating sequences, redundancy, and constructability
• Identify ambiguity, conflicting source documents, missing constraints, or unrealistic deliverables
• Improve task prompts, supporting artifacts, acceptance criteria, rubrics, and programmatic checks
• Produce clear technical findings and validate corrected tasks end to end

Who we are looking for

• Typically 2+ years of experience in data-center or other mission-critical MEP design, controls, commissioning, or operations
• Relevant roles include Senior or Lead Mechanical Engineer, Electrical Engineer, Plumbing or Process Engineer, Controls or BAS Engineer, Commissioning Engineer, MEP Design Manager, or Technical Director
• Strong command of data-center systems and relevant codes and standards; PE or a recognized commissioning credential is preferred
• Experience at a leading multidisciplinary, mission-critical, or consulting engineering firm is strongly preferred
• Able to interpret large document sets, drawings, schedules, calculations, equipment submittals, and machine-readable data
• Precise, detail-oriented, and able to explain technical issues clearly in writing

Details

• Approximately 5-10 hours per week initially
• Immediate start
• Compensation: $100-$140 per hour, based on experience and role fit

We consider all qualified applicants without regard to legally protected characteristics and provide reasonable accommodations upon request.