Security Project Engineer (Wichita Falls, TX)

About the role

Location: Wichita Falls, TX Metro Area. The Security Project Engineer serves as the dedicated owner’s representative for the physical security scope across data center construction projects. This role drives onsite coordination, ensures adherence to security design standards, and acts as the primary liaison between internal stakeholders, General Contractors (GCs), and Security Integrators (SIs). Each engineer will support 3–4 data center projects within a 60‑minute drive in a given metro. This role reports via dotted line to the site data center services team, partners closely with onsite project teams, and aligns with the regional client team for technical guidance.

Responsibilities

• Pre‑Construction & Strategic Planning: Develop and plan the security construction program with early engagement; review A/E drawings, design standards, and related documents; provide expert guidance to GCs and SIs; lead security kickoff meetings with all project stakeholders.
• Onsite Execution & Coordination: Serve as primary onsite point of contact for all physical security matters; guide GC’s and SI’s to execute work per approved designs; facilitate coordination between security integrators and other trades; participate in/organize regular onsite project meetings to track progress, address blockers, report status.
• Quality Assurance & Compliance: Provide thorough reporting to site construction manager; validate mockups and field installations against drawings and standards; conduct site validation using SORT Checklist for turnover readiness.
• Issue Management & Communication: Identify and document onsite issues; collaborate with design teams and SMEs to develop improvement plans; act as central point for escalation of onsite security issues and RFIs.
• Commissioning & Project Closeout: Drive Levels 2–4 of security commissioning; coordinate with SIs, third‑party agents, internal teams; own and manage security punch list; oversee SORT closeout process for documentation and handover to SecOps.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in physical security systems, construction engineering, or a related field.
• Strong understanding of access control, video surveillance, intrusion detection, and related infrastructure.
• Prior experience in QA/QC work in the physical security space strongly preferred.
• Prior experience in data centers and/or other highly regulated environments strongly preferred.
• Experience coordinating cross‑functional construction teams.
• Ability to interpret A/E drawings and technical design standards.
• Excellent communication, problem solving, and issue management capabilities.
• Willingness to travel within assigned metro areas.

Pay

Compensation for this position is $108,000 - $120,000/year DOE.

Benefits

Benefits and bonus information can be found at https://www.redcloudconsulting.com/careers.