Data Center MEP Expert — Peer Review Engineer

Obsidian; New York (NY); Remote; USD 138,000 - 193,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor seeks experienced mechanical, electrical, plumbing, controls, and commissioning engineers to peer‑review complex data‑center tasks. You will assess designs, repair gaps in materials, and confirm outputs reflect professional engineering practice.

Typical candidates have 2+ years in data‑center or mission‑critical MEP design, with PE or commissioning credentials preferred. Compensation is hourly, reflecting experience, with immediate start and ~5–10 hours per week to begin.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in data-center or other mission-critical MEP design, controls, commissioning, or operations.
• Ability 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Job description

Mercor seeks experienced mechanical, electrical, plumbing, controls, and commissioning engineers to peer‑review complex data‑center tasks. You will assess designs, repair gaps in materials, and confirm outputs reflect professional engineering practice.

Typical candidates have 2+ years in data‑center or mission‑critical MEP design, with PE or commissioning credentials preferred. Compensation is hourly, reflecting experience, with immediate start and ~5–10 hours per week to begin.