Senior Data Center Mechanical Design PM

Vantage Data Centers LLC; Atlanta (GA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Vantage Data Centers in Atlanta, GA seeks a Sr. Technical Project Manager, Site Deployment - Mechanical Design Assurance to oversee operability and reliability of mechanical systems in new builds, expansions, and fit-outs across North America.

The role partners with Design Engineering, Construction, Commissioning, and Site Operations to ensure design intent aligns with maintenance, safety, and long-term operational readiness, with travel up to 40% and a hybrid work model.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in data center operations, mechanical engineering, commissioning, critical facilities maintenance, construction QA/QC, or mission-critical infrastructure delivery.
• Strong working knowledge of data center mechanical systems, including chilled water, airside cooling, pumping systems, mechanical controls, water treatment, and supporting utility systems.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary Site Deployment representative for mechanical design assurance across assigned campuses, projects, and expansions.
• Participate in design page-turn reviews and provide operator-focused comments from concept design through IFC drawing issuance.
• Review mechanical design packages, narratives, specifications, sequences of operation, equipment schedules, and drawing sets for operability, maintainability, accessibility, and reliability.
• Review mechanical submittals, equipment selections, vendor documentation, and proposed alternates to evaluate operational impact, maintenance requirements, and lifecycle risk.
• Support responses to RFIs related to mechanical systems, equipment access, operating modes, redundancy, controls interfaces, maintenance clearances, and long-term serviceability.
• Evaluate value engineering proposals and design changes to ensure critical operational requirements are not removed, reduced, or compromised without appropriate risk visibility.
• Provide technical input for mechanical commissioning strategies, operational acceptance criteria, testing scripts, TAB requirements, integrated systems testing, and turnover readiness expectations.
• Collaborate with Site Deployment TPMs and future MCO teams to ensure mechanical design intent is carried forward into construction, commissioning, training, CMMS population, and steady-state operations.
• Capture lessons learned from active operating sites and deployment projects and feed them back into future mechanical design standards, templates, and review criteria.

Skills

Communication skills

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Vantage Data Centers in Atlanta, GA seeks a Sr. Technical Project Manager, Site Deployment - Mechanical Design Assurance to oversee operability and reliability of mechanical systems in new builds, expansions, and fit-outs across North America.

The role partners with Design Engineering, Construction, Commissioning, and Site Operations to ensure design intent aligns with maintenance, safety, and long-term operational readiness, with travel up to 40% and a hybrid work model.