Onsite Engineer Critical Facilities

Overview

Onsite Engineer - Critical Facilities - Gilbert, AZ

Our client is an Engineering Design and Commissioning Company that is a subject matter expert in the data center space. This role will be onsite at the Customer's Data Center. They will provide onsite design coordination and construction administration, consulting and management support for the Data Center / Mission Critical Facilities Space with the mindset to provide reliability, energy efficiency, sustainable design and LEED expertise when providing these consulting services for Enterprise, Colocation and Hyperscale Companies.

This career-growth minded opportunity offers exciting projects with leading-edge technology and innovation as well as competitive salaries and benefits.

We are seeking an Onsite Engineer to be the bridge that connects the Owners, Contractors and Offsite Design to serve as the onsite engineering representative for a multi-year data center construction program on a design / build project. This role will ensure seamless engineering design coordination and construction administration during the project. The ideal candidate will have a background in electrical or mechanical engineering with experience in data centers.

The role combines project closeout oversight, field engineering support, construction administration, design coordination, and documentation control. The ideal candidate has experience with large data center construction, commissioning activities, MEP systems, AutoCAD / BIM documentation / Revit, and closeout deliverables. This is an onsite owner’s rep role responsible for ensuring quality, accuracy, and adherence to design intent while supporting seamless turnover of data center projects.

Responsibilities:

• Act as an onsite resident engineer for the engineering design team, ensuring design intent is upheld during construction and act as a single point of contact for all construction closeout deliverables
• Implement and oversee the construction closeout process, ensuring all requirements and documentation are completed accurately and on schedule
• Conduct site observations, perform field verification, as-built audits, and quality checks of installed systems and contractor documentation, document progress, and provide reports to the design team
• Support multiple data center builds in a region / travel as needed
• Support construction administration by reviewing RFIs, RFPs, change orders, design upgrades, submittals, and specifications
• Review and manage closeout documentation including design drawings, shop drawings, CAD/BIM models, submittals, warranties, and O&M materials
• Assist with conceptual designs gathered from meetings with the client for field engineer focus
• Represent the company in project meetings as needed; attend commissioning meetings, construction and coordination meetings
• Act as the onsite liaison between ownership, contractors, equipment vendors, owners agents and offsite design teams
• When in the field, candidate will be working onsite at the data center project working out of the construction trailer
• Participate in equipment inspections, factory witness testing, and vendor QA/QC visits
• Assist in coordinating site inspections and resolving field issues with contractors and vendors
• Review design criteria, specifications, drawings, equipment submittals, and other documentation pertinent to engineering design and commissioning
• Understand various systems, such as: electrical distribution systems, UPS, standby generators, Mechanical Systems, Control BAS / BMS systems etc.
• System Assembly;
  Commission plan preparation;
  Follow company QC process and procedures
• Attend design coordination workshops, commissioning (CxA) meetings, BIM coordination meetings, and owner-furnished contractor-installed (OFCI) vendor meetings
• Review contractor installations for compliance with design specifications and industry standards
• Provide technical expertise on mechanical and electrical systems, ensuring alignment with the Owner’s requirements
• Support all levels of testing and commissioning (L1-L5)
• Review and respond to contractor RFIs with the goal of reducing unnecessary queries
• Verify compliance with Owner’s program and project…