Job Description
Data Center Engineer Location: Irvine, CA
Schedule: 100 percent onsite with on-call rotation
Start: ASAP
Employment: Direct hire. No sponsorship available.
About the employer Confidential, global technology firm operating mission-critical infrastructure for high-availability, low-latency systems. A new data center is nearing commissioning, and this role is being created to ensure reliability and agility across the physical environment.
The opportunity Own a blend of hands-on operations and design across power, cooling, and controls. Work in a fast, engineering-driven environment with autonomy and strong internal support.
Responsibilities - Lead or support design changes for cooling systems, electrical distribution, and BMS updates
- Plan capacity for power, cooling, and space in whitespace buildouts
- Manage projects and vendors, including scheduling and onsite execution
- Perform cooling calculations and basic power calculations for single and three-phase circuits
- Analyze BMS trends to diagnose and resolve issues
- Read and work from single-line electrical drawings, network diagrams, P&IDs, SOPs, sequences of operations, and O&M manuals
- Serve as after-hours site responder for critical events
- Operate daily infrastructure, including power, cooling, security systems, maintenance activities, and BMS
- Plan and coordinate maintenance using a CMMS
- Write SOPs, develop Energy Control Procedures, and perform Lockout Tagout
- Apply safe work practices and standards, including NFPA 70E and OSHA
Qualifications - Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field
- 8 plus years in critical facilities design and operations, preferably data centers
- Strong working knowledge of:
- Electrical power distribution, UPS, diesel generators
- Direct expansion and centrifugal refrigeration
- Cooling towers, pumps, hydronic water distribution, valves, flow control, sensors
- HVAC and air handling units
- Distributed control systems or BMS, ideally Automated Logic Corp
- Motor controls and variable frequency drives
- Chemical water treatment
- Fire detection and protection systems
Nice to have - Python or another high-level programming language
- Controls programming for BMS and protocols such as Modbus, BACnet, SNMP
- Networking fundamentals for switches, routers, TCP/IP, and cabling
- Experience designing condition-based and reliability-centered maintenance programs
Compensation and relocation - Target base salary 250,000 to 300,000 USD, depending on experience
- Geneorus signing bonus.
- Full cash relocation support for out-of-area hires
Job Tags
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