Director of Facilities Engineering- Data Centers

<h3>Accountabilities:</h3><ul>
<li>Define and lead the facilities engineering strategy across a portfolio of AI data center campuses, including greenfield developments, powered-shell projects, modular deployments, expansions, and selected retrofits.</li>
<li>Develop repeatable campus architectures, building designs, engineering standards, technical specifications, and design guidelines that can be adapted to different utility systems, climates, site constraints, construction schedules, and customer requirements.</li>
<li>Serve as the senior technical owner throughout the full project lifecycle, from site selection and technical due diligence through design, construction, commissioning, handover, and initial operational readiness.</li>
<li>Lead the development and construction of new data center facilities, ensuring seamless integration of mechanical, electrical, plumbing, controls, and other mission-critical systems.</li>
<li>Build and lead multidisciplinary engineering teams spanning electrical, mechanical, controls, and reliability engineering, while developing external partnerships with consultants, contractors, utilities, and equipment vendors.</li>
<li>Oversee the design and lifecycle management of critical infrastructure, including medium-voltage power distribution, uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, generators, cooling plants, HVAC, building management systems (BMS), electrical power monitoring systems (EPMS), data center infrastructure management (DCIM), and fire protection.</li>
<li>Design and optimize infrastructure for high-density GPU computing and liquid-cooled AI environments using advanced NVIDIA and AMD hardware platforms, including direct-to-chip cooling and rack densities of up to 150 kW per rack.</li>
<li>Establish reliability engineering practices, predictive maintenance programs, failure analysis, commissioning standards, and asset lifecycle management processes to maximize uptime and long-term performance.</li>
<li>Provide technical oversight for new construction, campus expansions, infrastructure upgrades, commissioning, and modernization initiatives, ensuring facilities meet operational, safety, reliability, and quality requirements.</li>
<li>Improve energy and resource efficiency through initiatives targeting power usage effectiveness (PUE), water usage effectiveness (WUE), and broader sustainability objectives.</li>
<li>Ensure compliance with applicable building codes, engineering standards, safety regulations, and industry best practices.</li>
<li>Manage engineering budgets, capital improvement programs, technical vendors, consultants, and external delivery partners while maintaining cost discipline and schedule accountability.</li>
<li>Evaluate technical risks, document assumptions, communicate decisions transparently, and identify potential issues early to reduce redesign, change orders, commissioning delays, and avoidable lifecycle costs.</li>
<li>Align engineering decisions with site strategy, customer requirements, capital allocation, construction feasibility, delivery timelines, and long-term investment returns.</li>
<li>Build repeatable engineering processes and a scalable technical organization capable of delivering multiple projects simultaneously without compromising safety, reliability, or adaptability.</li>
<h2>Requirements:</h2>
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<li>Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.</li>
<li>At least 10 years of engineering experience in mission-critical facilities, data centers, industrial infrastructure, power systems, or related environments, with substantial involvement in the design and construction of new facilities.</li>
<li>At least 7 years of experience leading multidisciplinary engineering teams and coordinating complex technical projects.</li>
<li>Strong expertise in mechanical and electrical infrastructure for high-availability environments, including power distribution, backup generation, UPS systems, cooling technologies, and critical facility systems.</li>
<li>Demonstrated experience with hyperscale, AI, or high-performance computing (HPC) data center infrastructure, including the engineering requirements associated with high-density computing environments.</li>
<li>Proven understanding of building design, construction execution, commissioning, technical due diligence, and operational readiness for mission-critical facilities.</li>
<li>Knowledge of medium-voltage electrical systems, chilled water plants, liquid cooling, thermal management, HVAC, BMS, EPMS, and DCIM platforms.</li>
<li>Experience with reliability-centered maintenance (RCM), failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA), root cause analysis, predictive maintenance, and asset lifecycle management.</li>
<li>Ability to establish engineering standards and repeatable design processes while remaining adaptable to evolving technologies, customer requirements, and project constraints.</li>
<li>Strong commercial and financial judgment, including an understanding of how engineering decisions affect construction costs, capital requirements, project schedules, site feasibility, customer suitability, and long-term returns.</li>
<li>Demonstrated ability to make sound technical decisions with incomplete information, assess risks, communicate assumptions clearly, and escalate critical issues proactively.</li>
<li>Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work constructively with executives, investors, customers, utilities, contractors, consultants, and equipment manufacturers.</li>
<li>A hands-on leadership approach, combining executive-level strategy with the ability to review technical drawings, conduct site visits, assess equipment strategies, and guide detailed engineering decisions.</li>
<li>Experience developing engineering organizations, building external partner networks, managing vendors, and delivering multiple construction projects in parallel.</li>
<li>A master's degree in engineering, Engineering Management, or an MBA is preferred.</li>
<li>A Professional Engineer (PE) license is an advantage.</li>
<li>Industry certifications such as Certified Energy Manager (CEM), Certified Data Centre Professional or Manager (CDCP/CDCMP), Project Management Professional (PMP), or LEED Accredited Professional (LEED AP) are beneficial.</li>
<h2>Benefits:</h2>
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<li>Annual compensation ranging from $150,000 to $180,000.</li>
<li>Medical, dental, and vision insurance.</li>
<li>Paid time off (PTO).</li>
<li>Sick leave.</li>
<li>Maternity and paternity leave.</li>
<li>Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and Health Savings Account (HSA) options.</li>
<li>401(k) retirement plan.</li>
<li>Additional supplemental benefits options.</li>
<li>The opportunity to shape the engineering strategy, campus architecture, and construction standards of a developing AI data center platform.</li>
<li>Significant influence over site development, customer solutions, capital deployment, team building, and long-term infrastructure strategy.</li>
<li>The opportunity to establish engineering processes and build a multidisciplinary organization from the ground up.</li>
<li>An environment that values practical engineering judgment, intellectual honesty, thoughtful experimentation, and continuous improvement.</li>
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