Mechanical Design Manager (Remote) - United States

10+ years of mechanical design experience, with 5+ years on mission-critical projects as an owner rep, design manager, or consulting lead. Bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering. Strong understanding of ASHRAE, NFPA, Uptime Institute, and relevant data-center design standards. Proven ability to manage external design firms and hold partners accountable for performance. Master’s in Mechanical Engineering (Preferred). Professional Engineer (PE) (Preferred).

Act as the owner’s trusted mechanical engineering authority. Review and approve consultant design packages. Provide critical evaluation of proposed solutions. Lead technical negotiations with designers, contractors, and equipment vendors. Evaluate mechanical system architectures for resiliency, efficiency, scalability, and maintainability. Oversee key mechanical systems including data center cooling, hydronics, fluid distribution, heat rejection, airflow, pressurization, and life-safety systems. Validate design calculations, equipment selections, and modeling outputs. Drive the design review process. Coordinate interdisciplinary design integration. Ensure all mechanical design deliverables are complete, coordinated, and construction-ready. Maintain design logs, review matrices, risk registers, and decision documentation. Provide design-intent interpretation during construction. Support submittal reviews, RFIs, and field issue resolution. Evaluate all mechanical-related change order requests. Participate in commissioning planning, witness mechanical system testing, and validate system performance. Work closely with program management, operations, construction, and finance teams. Communicate engineering decisions and recommendations to leadership.