Mechanical Engineer - Data Center Development

Mechanical Engineer – Data Center Development

Location: Remote - Nationwide

Our client is an entrepreneurial infrastructure advisory organization supporting the next generation of large-scale data center development. With demand accelerating and major projects moving from site evaluation toward execution, the team is looking for a versatile Mechanical Engineer who wants to influence critical development decisions well before detailed engineering begins. This is an opportunity to step beyond a traditional design role, gain meaningful exposure to clients and commercial decisions, and help shape the mechanical strategy behind complex, high-growth data center programs across the country.

This Role Offers:

• Competitive compensation aligned with experience and technical capability.
• Exposure to significant data center developments during the earliest and most influential stages of the project lifecycle.
• Opportunity to broaden your career beyond detailed engineering into technical advisory, development strategy, and commercial decision-making.
• A strong career path for an engineer who wants greater responsibility and client exposure than a traditional large engineering organization may provide.

Focus:

• Shape mechanical strategies for data center campuses during site feasibility, evaluation, and early development.
• Assess cooling systems, water requirements, heat rejection, and other mechanical factors affecting project viability.
• Identify mechanical risks and constraints early enough to influence site planning, permitting, investment, and development decisions.
• Evaluate mechanical considerations related to on-site power generation, fuel infrastructure, and integrated energy solutions.
• Provide engineering judgment during conceptual and early-stage design without being limited to detailed production work.
• Collaborate with electrical, civil, development, and external engineering teams to create coordinated infrastructure strategies.
• Develop technical requirements and provide mechanical input for EPC procurement, partner evaluation, and project delivery planning.
• Serve as a trusted technical advisor, translating complex mechanical considerations into clear recommendations for clients and project stakeholders.

Skill Set:

• Mechanical engineering experience supporting data centers, mission-critical facilities, or similarly complex infrastructure.
• Broad, well-rounded understanding of the mechanical ecosystem of data center development rather than narrow specialization in a single technology.
• Working knowledge of data center cooling, water utilization, heat rejection, and other campus-scale mechanical systems.
• Experience with feasibility, conceptual engineering, site diligence, early-stage design, or front-end project development.
• Strong engineering fundamentals with the ability to evaluate mechanical systems from both technical and development perspectives.
• Technically credible communicator who can clearly explain engineering risks, alternatives, and recommendations to clients and multidisciplinary teams.
• Entrepreneurial, self-directed approach with an interest in greater project ownership, client exposure, and the commercial side of engineering.
• Exposure to on-site generation, natural gas infrastructure, CFD analysis, EPC procurement, owner's engineering, or professional licensure is beneficial but not required.

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