Data Center Project Engineer

Do you want to work with high caliber professionals in a dynamic and growing company? Are you entrepreneurial, hard-working, and collegial? Join us at SB Energy, a leading company backed by Soft Bank and Ares pairing cutting‑edge innovation with best‑in‑class execution. Our Mission is to provide reliable, affordable energy at scale to support America’s growing energy demands.

Headquartered in Redwood City, CA, SB Energy develops, builds, owns & operates some of the largest and most technically advanced energy and data center infrastructure projects in the United States. Since launching in 2019, the company has rapidly grown into a top‑tier integrated platform with over 3 GW in operation and a multi‑GW pipeline of energy and data center infrastructure nationwide.

SB Energy also utilizes its strong culture of innovation to identify and incorporate new technology into our projects, including our AI‑based digital platform, to deliver energy infrastructure that is local, reliable, and matched to load. We are building the energy and technology future—today.

Come join us in accelerating the energy transition to cleaner, more sustainable sources of power!

As a Data Center Project Engineer, you will be a part of a creative, diverse team tasked with solving complex problems constructing Data Centers for SB Energy. You will work alongside partner teams such as Operations, Networking, Controls, Security, and Commissioning to build Data Centers that directly support our customers. You will support the teams that build some of the most interesting electrical and mechanical systems in the world.

You will be on the construction site daily interacting with the construction managers and stakeholders and be directly responsible for supporting the fast, high‑quality delivery of our data center construction. The Data Center Project Engineer will be part of the onsite Construction Management team and will own the communication coordination with our vendors, information workflow, and coordination of document management including requests for information (RFI), change orders, reports, and schedule updates.

• Establish communication and coordination across a data center region’s general contractors, stakeholders, and internal teams.
• Develop and maintain a tracking system for design changes, RFIs, and change orders and dashboards, and track this information for regional leadership review. Include tracking status of priority and due dates.
• Request and review MOPs (Method of Procedure) for proper detail, necessity, and risk.
• On‑board new vendors for badging and orientation.
• Update project management software with milestone dates, correspondence, and documents.
• Monitor delivery of owner‑furnished material to site.
• Compile and store construction data from vendors.
• Manage checklists, including substantial completion checks, safety, and quality.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Architecture, or related field.
• Equivalent construction experience or a strong technical background such as aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, or similar disciplines may be considered in place of a directly aligned degree.
• Experience working in a data center or mission‑critical facility (example: hospital, military facility, public safety facility, etc.).
• 1–3 years of experience in construction or project management.
• Knowledge of electrical systems in critical data center operations that include but are not limited to utility substation feeds, transformers, switch gear, VFI class UPS, DRUPS, PDUs, ATS, STS, SLA/VRLA batteries and associated systems, diesel/gas turbine generators and related fuel systems, surge suppression, active harmonic filtering, battery monitoring systems, branch circuit monitoring systems or SCADA systems.
• Knowledge of mission‑critical systems (data centers, hospitals, power plants, military facilities, etc.).
• Experience in vendor negotiation and management for data center or upgrade construction contracts.
• CFC license or PMI qualification (PMP, IPMA, IPMC).

Location: On‑site near Austin, TX

Base Pay - $70,000 - $115,000

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