Thermal Engineer

Job Title

Motivated and technically skilled Thermal Engineer needed at Vertiv.

Job Description

We are seeking a Thermal Engineer to join our team at Vertiv. The successful candidate will lead the analysis, design, and optimization of thermal management and cooling solutions for data center environments, ensuring efficient heat removal, system reliability, energy performance, and continuous operation of mission-critical infrastructure.

Responsibilities

The responsibilities include:

• Serving as the Lead Mechanical Engineer to provide conceptual and detailed design of all thermal and ventilation systems including HVAC design, cable management systems, fire suppression layouts, equipment layouts and general arrangements, etc.
• Ensuring compliance with federal, state and municipal requirements and building codes.
• Creating designs which meet or exceed Vertiv quality requirements and fall within budgetary requirements.
• Reviewing and approving mechanical product submittals.
• Providing a detailed Schematic Design (SD), Detail Design (DD) and Construction Drawing (CD) narrative for mechanical design aspects of the solution.
• Performing thermal transfer calculations (fire ratings and thermal bridges).
• Conducting simple CFD analysis.
• Managing and supporting contracted integration companies in regards to mechanical systems integration and the creation of integration drawings.
• Creating general layout drawings for all mechanical systems.
• Specifying materials for ductwork, cable management systems including cable tray, Fiber Management systems, wireway, busway, etc.
• Working with Vertiv's business units, Business Partners and preferred vendors to specify the appropriate mechanical equipment like cooling system components, cable management systems, fire suppression piping and other mechanical components.
• Defining project scope and providing technical support for information requests prior to and during construction phases.
• Ensuring quality control during integration of mechanical systems.
• Providing support for all on-site integration support.
• Engaging in conceptual module design in presales stage.
• Working with commissioning teams to properly test and validate installation, operation and performance of mechanical systems.
• Traveling to sites for site review and working with onsite field engineers, as well as providing engineering evaluations, mechanical systems audits and start-up as needed.
• Communicating with the customer to design the best possible solution for his needs.
• Offering creative, out of the box solutions to the customer.

Qualifications

The qualifications include:

• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering with a thermal background or acceptable experience.
• Professional engineering (PE) License – optional.
• Minimum 4 years of Mechanical Engineering experience.
• Knowledge of local, state, & federal building codes governing the construction, installation and deployment of modular/transportable buildings.
• Working knowledge in AutoDesk suite of Engineering software including AutoCAD and Revit.
• Proven experience with Microsoft Office Applications.
• Experience reading and interpreting construction drawings and equipment specifications.
• Ability to clearly interpret customer specification requirements.
• Ability to research new designs, technologies and construction methods of data center equipment and facilities.
• Ability to think outside the box to find creative and innovative solutions to reduce costs with no impact on quality, reliability or maintainability.
• Must possess excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
• Detail oriented.
• Proven leadership and problem solving skills.

Physical & Environmental Demands

No special Physical or Environmental requirements.

Time Travel Required

5% - 10%.

About Us

The successful candidate will embrace Vertiv's Core Principles & Behaviors to help execute our Strategic Priorities.

OUR CORE PRINCIPLES: Safety. Integrity. Respect. Teamwork. Inclusion.

OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES:

• High-Performance Culture
• Customer Focus
• Operational Excellence
• Innovation
• Financial Strength

VERTIV BEHAVIORS:

• Own it
• Act with urgency
• Foster a customer-first mindset
• Think big and execute
• Lead by example
• Drive continuous improvement
• Learn and seek out development
• Promote transparent & open communication

About Vertiv

Vertiv (NYSE: VRT) brings together hardware, software, analytics and ongoing services to enable its customers' vital applications to run continuously, perform optimally and grow with their business needs. Vertiv solves the most important challenges facing today's data centers, communication networks, and commercial and industrial facilities with a portfolio of power, cooling and IT infrastructure solutions and services that extend from the cloud to the edge of the network. Headquartered in Westerville, Ohio, USA, Vertiv employs around 34,000 people and does business in more than 130 countries. Visit Vertiv.com to learn more.

Job Info

Job Identification 20283114

Job Category Mechanical Engineering

Locations Pelzer, SC, United States