Energy Efficiency Engineer

Subregional Energy Efficiency Engineer

Your Role

The Subregional Energy Efficiency Manager (SEEM) plays a critical role in optimizing energy and water efficiency across Digital Realty data center operations within the subregion. Acting as the operational link between corporate sustainability strategy and site-level execution, this role drives measurable improvements in energy performance, supports cost‑efficient energy planning, and ensures regulatory compliance while partnering closely with operations, engineering, finance, and customer-facing teams.

What you’ll do

• Oversee and manage all aspects of subregional energy and water utility usage across data center operations.
• Lead the implementation of energy and water efficiency strategies, including initiatives to improve PUE and WUE.
• Track, forecast, and analyze energy usage, capacity, efficiency metrics, and costs from a post-sales perspective, including scenario and sensitivity analyses.
• Monitor energy consumption data and implement global initiatives to reduce energy use and improve efficiency.
• Ensure accurate collection, validation, approval, and reporting of energy, capacity, metering, and PUE data in line with global standards.
• Partner with Site Operations, Engineering, DE&C, Solution Engineering, Finance, and Customer Success to support energy planning, billing, and customer usage insights.
• Serve as the primary operational point of contact for energy and infrastructure metering, including monitoring customer overconsumption and escalation where required.
• Provide regular and on-demand energy reporting, including monthly and annual summaries, and approve all energy and PUE reports.
• Support compliance with subregional and local energy regulations, ISO 50001 requirements, audits, and internal energy reviews.
• Lead energy efficiency projects through completion, manage external consultants where applicable, and stay current on industry best practices and emerging technologies.

What you’ll need

• 7+ years of experience in mission-critical mechanical and electrical environments, preferably within data centres, IT, or telecoms.
• Bachelor’s degree in a technical or engineering discipline, with several years’ experience in energy management, sustainability, or environmental engineering.
• Strong knowledge of data centre infrastructure, including UPS systems, generators, cooling systems, and energy metering concepts.
• Experience with energy monitoring, management, and reporting platforms, and the ability to interpret energy data accurately.
• Proven analytical skills with the ability to translate complex data into actionable operational and financial insights.
• Ability to read and work with electrical and mechanical diagrams.
• Demonstrated project management skills, including leading cross-functional initiatives and managing change.
• Strong communication skills, including the ability to present technical and analytical information to diverse audiences.
• Leadership and people-management capabilities, including coaching, development, and team collaboration (where applicable).
• A proactive, detail-oriented, and results-driven mindset with strong decision-making and stakeholder-management skills.

A bit about us

Digital Realty brings companies and data together by delivering the full spectrum of data center, colocation and interconnection solutions. PlatformDIGITAL®, the company’s global data center platform, provides customers with a secure data meeting place and a proven Pervasive Datacenter Architecture (PDx®) solution methodology for powering innovation and efficiently managing Data Gravity challenges. Digital Realty gives its customers access to the connected data communities that matter to them with a global data center footprint of 300+ facilities in 50+ metros across 25+ countries on six continents.

To learn more about Digital Realty, please visit digitalrealty.com or follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.

A bit about our team

Operations

Our Operations team keeps our customers’ infrastructure running safely and securely. We get plenty of opportunities to take on a variety of tasks and develop our technical skills. From overseeing electrical power to cooling and fire suppression systems, our team plays a vital role in making sure everything in our data centers operates as it should.

What we can offer you

Our rapidly evolving business sector offers the opportunity to be part of a courageous and passionate team who work together to understand and meet the changing needs of our global customers.

Join us and you’ll be part of a supportive and inclusive environment where you can bring your whole self to work. As part of our team, you’ll get to work with people from different business areas, challenge the way we do things and put your ideas into action. We’ll also give you plenty of development opportunities so you can build a rewarding and successful career with us.

Training and Development

Join our Data Center Operations team and gain the support to succeed from day one. Our onboarding program prepares you to contribute meaningfully right away, with clear career pathways and continuous training to fuel your long-term growth. From onboarding to specialized development, we equip you with the skills and opportunities to make a lasting impact in operations.

Health and Safety

Safety isn't just a priority here at Digital; it's critical to everything we do. Safeguarding lives, protecting assets, and securing data aren't just ideals - they're essential pillars of our commitment to excellence for our people, our partners and our customers. We have a culture of care where every member of Team Digital embraces a relentless pursuit of working safely across Digital Realty. Together we are Safely Powering Progress.

Our Compensation Philosophy

Digital Realty offers its employees a highly competitive compensation package, excellent benefits, and an environment that recognizes and rewards your contributions. Central to our compensation philosophy is rewarding our employees for achieving the values and objectives aligned to the company's overall goals and values.

Compensation range

Compensation range: $150,000 - $165,000 annually. This compensation range represents the Company's good faith belief as to what it will pay as a base salary for this position at the time of this posting.

Benefits

Benefits: For this role, Benefits include medical, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, 401k match, disability benefits, wellness and education benefits, employee stock purchase plan, paid time off, holidays, and more.