Senior Data Center Mechanical Engineer

Turner & Townsend; United States; On-site; USD 170,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is seeking a Senior Data Center Mechanical Engineer to support hyperscale data center construction, focusing on design and operations support. You will manage projects from initiation to completion within a Project Management framework, collaborating with diverse teams and external consultants to drive reliability and efficiency.

You will review mechanical systems, participate in value engineering, and help develop solutions with RAM and predictive analytics.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering is required.
• Minimum of 5 years of demonstrated experience, with at least 2 years of experience in data center construction.
• Familiarity with Google Workspace and its related products (Sheets, Docs, Slides).
• Experience coordinating scope with multiple trades (architecture, telecom, electrical, plumbing, mechanical, and structural).
• Experience with data center projects inside and outside of the US is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Review and assist mechanical systems development for hyperscale data centers (airside & waterside).
• Oversee A/E design consultants and provide engineering direction.
• Peer review consultants’ deliverables and provide comments/resolutions.
• Analyze value engineering opportunities and RAM model conformance.
• Develop rapid CAD/BIM sketches for visualization and validation.
• Support standard design improvements across products, design, and operations.

Skills

Cross-disciplinary teamwork

Remote work capability

Travel willingness

Data center experience

Mechanical infrastructure knowledge

Cooling systems knowledge

Fire protection knowledge

Stakeholder coordination

US data center projects

RAM/logistics collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Google Workspace

Job description

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.

Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programs as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.

Our capabilities include program, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.

We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier program, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

Job Description

The Senior Data Center Mechanical Engineer shall support hyperscale data center construction programs as a mechanical engineer with a focus on the design of new hyperscale data center buildings, the support of operations staff with engineering solutions and streamlining of construction issue resolutions.

This job is part of the Project Management function. They are responsible for the management of projects from initiation through completion.

What You’ll Do:

• Review and assist technical development of mechanical systems (both airside & waterside) for hyperscale data centers including campus planning, general layout/arrangements, CFD & noise modeling, climate data evaluations, hydraulic analyses, pipe sizing, bin hour analyses, etc.
• Oversee A/E design consultants and provide direction or amplification in accordance with established engineering standards.
• Peer review consultants’ deliverables including drawing sets, specifications, sequence of operations, calculations, models, etc. and provide comments & resolutions
• Review and provide recommendations on potential value engineering opportunities
• Analyze for redundancies, failure modes, and Single Points Of Failure (SPOFs) while working with Reliability, Availability & Maintainability (RAM) modelers to verify conformance.
• Perform rapid conceptual sketches using CAD or BIM for visualization and spatial/dimensional validations for internal purposes only
• Experience with waterless cooling solutions (i.e.: air‑cooled chillers, dry coolers, airside economizer/IDEC/DX, etc.) preferred
• Experience with EPA regulations and emissions after-treatment solutions for diesel generators preferred
• Assist and occasionally lead projects and solutioning of mechanical issues, outages, fleet‑wide improvements and other needs arising from existing, operational campuses in direct support of DCOps partners.
• Evaluate post-mortem reports, 8D/root cause analyses and presentations and make comments and recommendations.
• Assist in generating solution/upgrade/improvement options that have a fleet‑wide impact to improve reliability and availability of critical operational infrastructure.
• Assist data analytics of operational trends (historian trend logs) to evaluate equipment health, remaining useful life and predictive failure models.
• Experience in hydroponics systems, water quality management and corrosion/fouling prevention is helpful
• Proficiency in fuel oil quality standards is helpful
• Work with partners in construction, design and change management to compile, prioritize/triage and process construction originated engineering issues (i.e.: Data Center Bounty program) for standard design/product improvements.
• Occasionally develop engineering bulletins and route through established procedures to ensure wide dissemination of design changes.
• Support in overall standard design improvement loops/processes between products, design, construction and operations.
• Visit construction sites or operational sites only if needed
• Operate client's internal “Buganizer” platform to file new bugs, work orders or close out
• Build presentations (or ‘presos’) using Google Slides software as the main ‘deliverable’ format to communicate findings, evaluations and options to internal collaborators.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering is required.
• Minimum of 5 years of demonstrated experience, with at least 2 years of experience in data center construction
• Familiarity with Google Workspace and its related products (Sheets, Docs, Slides).
• Experience and knowledge of working with cross-disciplinary teams, including structural, civil, IT/Telecom, security, mechanical, electrical, and architectural.
• Solid understanding of large-scale, data center mechanical infrastructure, including cooling and fire protection.
• Familiarity with mission critical infrastructure.
• Experience coordinating scope with multiple trades (architecture, telecom, electrical, plumbing, mechanical, and structural)
• Must be able to work independently remotely, but also willing to travel to construction sites with little or no supervision.
• Experience with data center projects inside and outside of the US is strongly preferred.

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

The base salary range for this role is $170K-$200K USD. This range reflects the company's good faith estimate of the base salary for this position at the time of the posting. Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity. In addition to base salary, employees may be eligible for bonuses and a comprehensive benefits package.

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.

We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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