Data Center AEC Review Specialist

Obsidian; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 138,000 - 193,000; Part time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking an experienced architecture, engineering, and construction professional for a technical peer-review role focused on data-center projects. You will assess design, permitting, and construction scenarios, and validate outputs against professional practice.

Responsibilities include reviewing structural, civil, geotechnical aspects, code interpretation, and BIM coordination, while identifying ambiguities and improving rubrics and checks. Immediate start, part-time hours.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience on data centers or mission-critical facilities.
• PE/SE/RA credentials preferred where relevant.
• Able to interpret large document sets, calculations, specs, drawings, models, and schedules.

Responsibilities

• Review long-horizon tasks involving structural and civil design, geotechnical inputs, foundations and slabs, wind and seismic analysis, rooftop equipment loads, building codes, AHJ requirements, drawing packages, BIM coordination, and constructability.
• Check engineering assumptions, calculations, governing criteria, code interpretation, document precedence, and coordination across disciplines.
• 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

Data center experience

Code interpretation

Written communication

Project coordination

Tools

BIM coordination

Job description

Role overview

Mercor is hiring experienced architecture, engineering, and construction professionals to review and strengthen complex engineering tasks set in data-center projects. This is a technical peer-review role: you will assess realistic design, permitting, and construction scenarios, repair gaps in task materials, and confirm that the expected outputs and grading methods reflect professional practice.

What you will do

• Review long-horizon tasks involving structural and civil design, geotechnical inputs, foundations and slabs, wind and seismic analysis, rooftop equipment loads, building codes, AHJ requirements, drawing packages, BIM coordination, and constructability
• Check engineering assumptions, calculations, governing criteria, code interpretation, document precedence, and coordination across disciplines
• 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 on data centers, mission-critical facilities, or comparably complex building and infrastructure projects
• Relevant roles include Senior Structural Engineer, Civil or Site Engineer, Geotechnical Engineer, Code Consultant, Engineer of Record, Design Manager, Project Architect, BIM or VDC Manager, or Construction Engineer
• Strong command of applicable U.S. building codes and engineering standards; PE, SE, or RA credentials are preferred where relevant
• Experience at a leading multidisciplinary AEC, design, or consulting engineering firm is strongly preferred
• Able to interpret large document sets, calculations, specifications, drawings, models, schedules, and technical registers
• 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.