Principal Electrical Engineer

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Vantage Data Centers

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Vantage Data Centers is a company specializing in the design, development, and operation of highly flexible and scalable data centers. These data centers cater to hyperscalers, cloud providers, and large enterprises, offering state-of-the-art facilities across 5 continents and 21 markets. Vantage focuses on providing large-scale campuses that enable customers to grow steadily, with over 23 million square feet dedicated to data center space and 2. 6GW+ of power capacity. Committed to sustainability and efficiency, Vantage ensures 100% uptime with standardized designs offering predictability and performance. The company is backed by prominent investors such as DigitalBridge Group and Silver Lake, maintaining a strong financial standing and excellent customer satisfaction rates.

1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2010

🏢 Enterprise

📋 Description

• Lead design initiatives that align with the company's strategic direction and goals. • Drive the development and implementation of processes, equipment, and standards for data center projects. • Lead Electrical Design review efforts for deployment of new Data Centers, ensuring compliance with corporate standards and customer requirements. • Participate in all phases of project execution, including conceptual design, basis of design, scope of work, development of construction documents, and commissioning. • Provide project leadership for electrical design consultants and contractors, ensuring that tasks and milestones are completed on time and within budget. • Attend project design team meetings and on-site job walks, as needed, to ensure that the constructed product meets engineering standards and specifications. • Conduct value engineering analyses and provide system recommendations based on return on investment (ROI) and internal rate of return (IRR) analysis. • Responsible for the review of technical drawings, such as schematic drawings, design and construction documents, main submittals, sequence of operations, commissioning scripts • Support Site Operations by troubleshooting and tuning existing systems to optimize performance. • Coordinate heavily with internal engineering teams across all disciplines to ensure products delivered to Operations are streamlined and optimized to meet the needs of the business across all functions. • Work closely with Operations to balance cost-effective solutions with long-term operational sustainability. • Provide technical support to Sales during site tours, RFP responses, and customer Build To Suit (BTS) Data Center solutions. • Participate in product development process flow from idea to implementing the company’s Intellectual Property (IP) initiatives. • Engage in continuous professional development through training, participation in professional societies, associations, and continuing education. • Assist the Electrical Tech Lead and management in mentoring, developing and coaching junior engineers. • Review engineering studies, including: Short-circuit and over-current protection device coordination studies. • Arc Flash mitigation studies. • Rack layout optimization, including fail over analysis. • Distribution analysis, including voltage drop and underground duct bank heat effect (Neher-McGrath) calculations Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) calculations. • Additional duties as assigned by Management

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, or equivalent, from an accredited university or college • Professional Engineering license in any state within the United States. • 10 years of experience in design and construction is required, and 15+ years is preferred. • Working knowledge of critical electrical and cooling infrastructure within a data center is required. • Data Center design and/or construction experience is required. • Familiarity with building codes, regulations, and standards, such as NEC, NERC, IEEE, NFPA and local building codes. • Experience with NA construction markets is required. • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to conduct feasibility studies and technical analyses. • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with clients, project teams, and stakeholders. • Proficient in Microsoft Office. • Understanding of AutoCAD, Revit, BIM, Navisworks and SCCS modeling software environments • Ability to multitask and prioritize effectively in a fast-paced environment. • Problem-solving mindset with a focus on continuous improvement. • High level of integrity and professionalism. • Travel required is expected to be up to 25% but may increase over time as the business evolves.

🏖️ Benefits

• comprehensive suite of health and welfare • retirement benefits • paid leave benefits exceeding local expectations