Presales Engineering Manager

Vertiv Group Corporation; Pelzer (SC); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Vertiv Group Corporation seeks a Presales Engineering Manager to lead a multidisciplinary team, translating complex customer needs into buildable data center solutions. You will influence strategy early in projects and work directly with customers and partners to shape modular and hybrid data center delivery.

You will mentor engineers, drive design excellence, and support transitions from presales to detailed design, ensuring quality and timely execution across multiple disciplines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of relevant engineering experience, preferably in data centers, critical infrastructure, modular construction, or related industries.
• Experience leading or coordinating multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Strong understanding of data center design, systems, and architecture.
• Ability to interpret technical specifications, customer requirements, drawings, and applicable codes and standards.
• Strong customer-facing communication and presentation skills.
• Demonstrated leadership, coaching, and team-development capabilities.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint; AutoCAD experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a multidisciplinary Presales Engineering team supporting modular and hybrid data center and power room projects.
• Develop and coordinate integrated solutions across electrical, HVAC, architectural, civil, controls, monitoring, and fire protection disciplines.
• Review customer specifications, tender documents, drawings, and technical requirements and translate them into effective design solutions.
• Partner with Sales and customers to develop and present technical concepts and proposals.
• Coordinate technical interfaces with customers, suppliers, manufacturing, and project teams.
• Review engineering deliverables for quality, accuracy, and compliance with project requirements and applicable standards.
• Identify technical risks and develop creative, cost-effective solutions.
• Improve engineering tools, standards, processes, and workflows.
• Mentor and develop engineers, establish performance objectives, and support career growth.
• Support the transition of awarded projects from Presales into detailed design and execution.

Skills

Leadership

Customer-facing communication

Presentation skills

Analytical thinking

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Time management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

PowerPoint

Job description

POSITION OVERVIEW

Shape the solutions powering the next generation of AI and cloud infrastructure.

The demand for high-performance data centers is growing rapidly, and Vertiv is at the center of this transformation. As a Presales Engineering Manager, you will play a key role in turning complex customer requirements into innovative, buildable solutions that enable some of the world's most advanced data center projects.

This is more than an engineering management role. You will lead a talented multidisciplinary team, influence solution strategy from the earliest stages of a project, work directly with customers and industry partners, and help shape how Vertiv delivers the next generation of modular and hybrid data center solutions.

If you enjoy solving complex engineering challenges, developing people, working across disciplines, and seeing your ideas move from concept to reality, this is an opportunity to make a significant impact.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead and develop a multidisciplinary Presales Engineering team supporting modular and hybrid data center and power room projects.
• Develop and coordinate integrated solutions across electrical, HVAC, architectural, civil, controls, monitoring, and fire protection disciplines.
• Review customer specifications, tender documents, drawings, and technical requirements and translate them into effective design solutions.
• Partner with Sales and customers to develop and present technical concepts and proposals.
• Coordinate technical interfaces with customers, suppliers, manufacturing, and project teams.
• Review engineering deliverables for quality, accuracy, and compliance with project requirements and applicable standards.
• Identify technical risks and develop creative, cost-effective solutions.
• Improve engineering tools, standards, processes, and workflows.
• Mentor and develop engineers, establish performance objectives, and support career growth.
• Support the transition of awarded projects from Presales into detailed design and execution.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of relevant engineering experience, preferably in data centers, critical infrastructure, modular construction, or related industries.
• Experience leading or coordinating multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Strong understanding of data center design, systems, and architecture.
• Ability to interpret technical specifications, customer requirements, drawings, and applicable codes and standards.
• Strong customer-facing communication and presentation skills.
• Demonstrated leadership, coaching, and team-development capabilities.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint; AutoCAD experience preferred.

TIME TRAVEL REQUIRED

• 10%

Why Join Us?

At Vertiv, you will have the opportunity to work on the infrastructure behind the technologies shaping our future. You will lead a team, collaborate with experts across the organization, engage directly with customers, and influence projects from concept through execution.