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

• Typically requires 12 years of related work experience - Can be a combination of education, training and relevant experience.
• Registration as a licensed US-based Professional Engineer (P.E.) is required for this position.

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

Competitive compensation, full benefits, an Employee Stock Ownership Plan and more.

Schedule

General work environment – sitting for long periods, standing, walking, typing, carrying, pushing, bending. Work is conducted primarily indoors with varying environmental conditions such as fluorescent lighting and air conditioning. Noise level is usually low to medium; it can be loud on the jobsite.