Director of Engineering – Data Centers

About the role

The Director of Engineering – Data Centers is a key leadership role responsible for guiding regional engineering strategy, operations, and performance. This leader will oversee engineering teams delivering state-of-the-art data center designs—including next-generation AI-focused facilities. In partnership with senior leadership, this role influences strategic direction, operational planning, and overall engineering excellence.

Responsibilities

• Provide input on strategic decision making and processes to the VP, Engineering and other Directors and Officers.
• Reports directly to the Senior Director or Vice President, Engineering and participates in senior manager planning including engineering, detailing/modeling and principal engineering (non-production or not design related) work for the firm.
• Develops and oversees the Engineering operation in their region of responsibility.
• Candidate is able to anticipate, plan and map group, team and staff skills to the work.
• Recruit, train and deploy staff throughout their region of responsibility.
• Responsible for the HR and budgetary oversight for the Regional Engineering group.
• Ability to develop proposals and meet, present and secure work on behalf of the firm either alone or in concert with others in the firm.
• Directs preliminary engineering activities, such as the project development, programming or schematic design phase of work, when needed with a focus on large value or high risk work.
• Directs delicate or significant project close-out, installation or manufacturing QA/QC or testing/commissioning operations on behalf of the Operations group. In short, firefight.
• Able to work independently with little direction based on the operating business plan and financial controls.
• Able to take executive-level guidance and develop a complete action plan for the required deliverables or project.
• Develops or oversees complex and interrelated project-specific work, such as sequence of operations, equipment/system testing scripts or complex engineering products.
• Visits project locations to ascertain existing conditions, perform feasibility studies, test factory-built systems prior to shipment and conduct field investigations as requested by the Operations Team.
• Conducts value engineering evaluations to fully engineered designs.
• Ability to evaluate project/system design criteria with budgetary issues.
• Supports the firm’s Pre-Construction efforts, especially in the fields of Estimating and Business Development. Assist in the identification and development of leads and closing of new work.
• Has the ability to maintain external customer relationships throughout the term of the relationship or project.
• Ability to review and contract requirements.

Requirements

• Advanced knowledge of all aspects of building systems electrical engineering, manufacturing or technology is required.
• Advanced management skills are required, including work planning, resource management, fee development, staff oversight, staff development and advancement planning.
• Advanced knowledge of equipment and system testing and commissioning.

Qualifications

• Advanced knowledge of all aspects of building systems electrical engineering, manufacturing or technology is required.
• Advanced management skills are required, including work planning, resource management, fee development, staff oversight, staff development and advancement planning.
• Advanced knowledge of equipment and system testing and commissioning.

Skills

• Extensive knowledge of equipment and fluency in electrical system testing and commissioning is preferred.

Benefits

• ESOP – Employee Stock Ownership
• 401K Annual bonus program based upon performance, profitability, and achievement
• 17 PTO days per year plus 10 paid holidays
• Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
• Term Life, AD&D Insurance, and Voluntary Life Insurance
• Disability Income Protection Insurance
• Pre-tax Flexible Spending Plans (Health and Dependent Care)
• Charitable Giving Match with our Rosendin Foundation

Pay

TBD

Schedule

TBD