Director, Tenant Fit-Out

Director, Tenant Fit-Out

Prime Data Centers Lockhart, Texas, United States

About this position

About Prime Data Centers

Prime Data Centers develops, acquires, and operates data centers for some of the world's largest enterprises. A private firm owned by a group controlling $6 billion in assets, with a 15-year tenure in technology and real estate development, Prime provides customers with ownership options and dynamic leasing models, defining a true corporate partnership.

About the role

The Director, Tenant Fit-Out leads Prime's TFO engineering organization, responsible for designing and delivering customer-specific deployment solutions within Prime's data centers. This role owns the full multidisciplinary team — Electrical, Mechanical, Structural, Technical, Pre-Construction, BIM, and Estimating — and is accountable for translating individual tenant requirements into buildable, schedule- and budget-compliant designs. The Director partners closely with Base Build Engineering leadership to ensure fit-out designs integrate cleanly with core facility infrastructure, and serves as the senior engineering point of contact for customers on deployment-related technical matters.

What you'll do

• Lead and develop the TFO engineering organization across Electrical, Mechanical, Structural, Technical, Pre-Construction, BIM, and Estimating disciplines
• Own end-to-end delivery of customer-ready deployment solutions, including white space design, rack layouts, power distribution within the data hall, structured cabling and fiber pathways, and customer equipment integration
• Serve as the primary engineering escalation point for customer requirements, translating tenant specifications into constructible, code-compliant designs
• Partner with Base Build Engineering leadership to align TFO designs with core facility capacity for electrical distribution, mechanical systems, structural loading, and utility integration
• Establish design standards, templates, and playbooks for recurring tenant deployment types to improve consistency, speed, and cost predictability
• Own the TFO engineering budget, staffing plan, and resource allocation across active and pipeline projects
• Report program status, technical risks, and commercial impacts to senior leadership and, where appropriate, to customers
• Champion continuous improvement in design quality, cost control, and schedule performance across the TFO portfolio

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, or Structural Engineering, Construction Management, or a related technical field
• 12+ years of experience in data center design, engineering, or construction, with substantial exposure to tenant fit-out or colocation deployment work
• 5+ years leading multidisciplinary engineering or design teams
• Deep familiarity with data hall white space design: rack/cabinet layouts, power distribution (PDUs, busway, RPPs), cooling distribution, and structured cabling/fiber pathways
• Track record partnering directly with enterprise or hyperscale customers on technical requirements and deployment specifications
• Experience coordinating with base-build design and construction teams on capacity allocation and infrastructure tie-ins
• Professional Engineer (PE) license a plus

• Competitive salary rangeand performance bonus program
• 401k fully vested upon enrollment, up to a 4% employer match
• 100% employee premiums paid by employer for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability
• Paid Time Off + Sick time

Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis.

Prime is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants are considered for employment without attention to race, color, age, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, protected veteran or military status, disability status, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local laws and ordinances.

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