Mechanical Systems Expert

Hut8; Town of Texas (WI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Paid time off

On-site role

Job summary

Hut 8 is seeking an experienced mechanical operations professional to lead operability reviews, construction-phase verification, and commissioning witness for our data center projects. You will assess chilled water plants, hydronic systems, and overall cooling topology with an operations lens, ensuring robust turn-over packages and clear acceptance criteria.

You will also support early operations stabilization, tune alarms, refine setpoints, and capture lessons to improve Hut 8's design

Qualifications

• 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 the witness/operations side.

Responsibilities

• Operability Design Review: review mechanical and cooling designs with an operations lens.
• Construction-Phase Verification: walk mechanical installations and verify compliance.
• Commissioning Witness: witness Level 3-5 commissioning and document issues.
• Turnover Readiness: verify O&Ms, as-builts, and system labeling.
• Operations Transition Support: assist post-turnover stabilization and tuning.

Skills

Mechanical operations

Commissioning fluency

Turnover documentation

Facilities maintenance

Data center cooling

Education

Engineering degree

Job description

ABOUT HUT 8

Imagine the ultimate destination for those who want to work at the cutting edge of technology, energy, and infrastructure. Hut8 is on a mission to build and operate some of the world’s largest data centers for next-generation computing workloads, including AI, Colocation, Cloud, and Bitcoin Mining. We are proud to offer interesting and challenging opportunities for individuals who want to build teams, solve problems, and make an impact from day one. If you’re an ambitious individual looking for a career that is as rewarding as it is challenging, you’ve come to the right place.

ABOUT THE ROLE

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.

WHAT MAKES HUT 8 A GREAT PLACE TO WORK

Hut 8 offers a benefits and wellness program that includes medical, dental, vision, life, andshort-term and long-term disability insurance, as well as paid time off.We are proud to invest in building the best team in the industry. At all levels of the organization,we are driven by an entrepreneurial spirit, radical transparency, and relentless growth mentality.

At Hut 8, you will have the opportunity to:

• Work with bright, driven peers from a range of educational and professional backgroundsincluding software development, energy, engineering, entrepreneurship, investmentbanking, private equity, and management consulting


• Design and pitch new products, services, and other initiatives to a leadership teamconsisting of serial entrepreneurs and seasoned executives and backed by a board ofdirectors consisting of industry veterans of energy, finance, and government


• Debate ideas and alternatives in a truly meritocratic setting where the learning curve issteep and the lessons come from both senior and junior members of the team


• Build a lifelong network of friends and professional connections at the cutting-edgeintersection of technology, energy, and infrastructure