Senior Thermal Reliability Advisor for Data Center Cooling

Iris Energy; Fort Worth (TX); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% health insurance premiums for员工

Company-paid disability insurance

Company-paid life insurance

Retirement plan with company match (e゚

Job summary

Iris Energy is seeking a Reliability Engineering Advisor for Thermal Systems & Cooling to own asset strategies across data-center cooling, from central plant to IT heat load. You will guide maintenance, standards, and OEM decisions while collaborating with site reliability engineers.

The role requires deep experience in cooling chemistry, reliability methods, and cross-functional leadership to drive operability and readiness at multiple campuses with a strong focus on safety and efficiency.

Qualifications

• Degree in mechanical or process engineering; professional registration an asset.
• 10+ years in reliability or plant engineering on mission-critical cooling and utility plant; liquid cooling experience or ability to transfer similar knowledge quickly.
• Cooling-water and coolant chemistry: treatment programs, water-quality limits and monitoring.
• Process and thermal engineering: heat/mass balance, plant optimization, redundancy philosophies.
• Reliability method: RCM/FMECA, maintenance strategies, CMMS usage.
• Working knowledge of controls (BMS/SCADA) and electrical systems; coordinate with controls/electrical engineers.
• Preferred: mechanical engineering with mission-critical chiller plant; CMRP/CRL, CEM or refrigeration credentials.

Responsibilities

• Own the asset strategies for the thermal and cooling asset classes across the portfolio; define maintenance strategies and OEM service requirements.
• Set operating envelopes and limits for thermal systems and water-quality limits for cooling water and coolant.
• Own the cooling-water and coolant chemistry program: treatment specs, monitoring and response.
• Provide functional direction for campus mechanical/HVAC reliability engineers; recruit, onboard and appraise objectives.
• Lead failure analysis for thermal and cooling events; perform RCA and translate findings into strategy changes.
• Support operational readiness for new campuses: review cooling plant design and commissioning deliverables; define acceptance criteria.
• Provide thermal inputs to lifecycle, risk and investment decisions and OEM service justification.

Skills

Mechanical engineering

Reliability engineering

Cooling systems

RCM/FMECA

CMMS

BMS/SCADA coordination

Technical leadership

Education

Mechanical or process engineering degree

CMRP/CRL, CEM or refrigeration credentials

Tools

CMMS

BMS/SCADA

Hydronics knowledge

Job description

Iris Energy is seeking a Reliability Engineering Advisor for Thermal Systems & Cooling to own asset strategies across data-center cooling, from central plant to IT heat load. You will guide maintenance, standards, and OEM decisions while collaborating with site reliability engineers.

The role requires deep experience in cooling chemistry, reliability methods, and cross-functional leadership to drive operability and readiness at multiple campuses with a strong focus on safety and efficiency.