Mechanical Systems Expert

Hut 8 Corp.; New Orleans (LA); Vor Ort; USD 90.000 - 130.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Hut 8 Corp. is seeking a Mechanical Systems Expert for Managed Services to support design review, commissioning, and turnover readiness in a data center build. You will verify operability of cooling systems, witness Level 3–5 tests, and ensure operators are prepared for turnover and early operations stabilization.

Responsibilities include design reviews for maintainability, on-site construction verification, and documenting lessons to inform future Hut 8 projects and standards.

Qualifikationen

• 8+ years in critical facilities mechanical operations, commissioning, or chief-engineer-track roles.
• Deep hands-on knowledge of chilled water plants, hydronic systems, and data center cooling topologies.
• Level 1-5 commissioning fluency from witness/operations perspective, including integrated systems testing.
• Turnover documentation rigor: read the O&M before signing for it.

Aufgaben

• Review operability aspects of mechanical and cooling designs, focusing on maintenance access and redundancy.
• Walk installations during construction milestones to catch operability issues before turnover.
• Witness Level 3–5 commissioning tests and establish clear acceptance criteria.
• Verify turnover packages: O&Ms, as-builts, labels, and training materials for operators.
• Support early operations stabilization post-turnover with alarm tuning and setpoint refinement.
• Provide feedback to Hut 8 design standards for future projects.

Kenntnisse

Critical facilities operations

Commissioning

Chief engineer-track

Ausbildung

Engineering degree

CFC/EPA certifications

Jobbeschreibung

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Mechanical Systems Expert is Managed Services' expert embedded in a data center build - supporting design review and commissioning to ensure cooling systems are operable and maintainable at turnover. Every design decision eventually becomes someone's 3 a.m. problem; this role reviews the design and witnesses the testing on behalf of that person.

Key responsibilities

Some of the key responsibilities you should expect are the following:

Operability Design Review

Review mechanical and cooling designs - chilled water plants, air and liquid cooling systems, CDUs, CRAHs, heat rejection, water treatment - through an operations lens: maintenance access and laydown, isolation and redundancy behavior, degraded-mode operation, instrumentation adequacy, and failure-mode consequences. File review comments that change designs, not just document concerns.

Construction-Phase Verification

Walk mechanical installations at key milestones: pipe routing and support, valve access, equipment clearances, insulation quality, and cleanliness/flushing protocol compliance - catching operability problems while they're still cheap to fix.

Commissioning Witness

Witness Level 3-5 commissioning of mechanical systems: functional performance tests, staging and failover sequences, failure scenarios, and integrated systems testing. Drive operational issues into the Cx log with clear acceptance criteria and verify closure personally.

Turnover Readiness

Verify mechanical turnover packages: O&Ms, as-builts, valve tags and system labeling, water treatment baselines, spare parts and consumables lists, and PM program inputs (frequencies, procedures, vendor contacts). Validate training actually equips operators to run the plant.

Operations Transition Support

Support early operations stabilization post-turnover: alarm tuning input, setpoint refinement, and first-months troubleshooting alongside the operations team.

Program Feedback

Feed operational lessons into Hut 8 mechanical design standards and the next project's basis of design.

ABOUT YOU

What We're Looking For

• 8+ years in critical facilities mechanical operations, commissioning, or chief-engineer-track roles.
• Deep hands-on knowledge of chilled water plants, hydronic systems, and data center cooling topologies - air-cooled, water-cooled, and liquid/direct-to-chip.
• Level 1-5 commissioning fluency from the witness/operations side, including integrated systems testing.
• Sharp eye for maintainability in design reviews: access, isolation, and instrumentation gaps.
• Turnover documentation rigor - you read the O&M before signing for it.
• Comfortable embedded with a construction team while holding the operations line.
• Water treatment and cleanliness protocol experience for critical hydronic systems.
• CFC/EPA certifications, trade licensure, or engineering degree all welcome paths.

ABOUT THE WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Full time on-site role.