Data Center Electrical Engineer (space, power planning, and design)

New Era Technology is a global technology solutions provider with 4,500+ employees and offices around the world. New Era offers Cloud, Managed, Professional, and Security services, and delivers Collaboration, Data Networking, Digital Transformation, and Physical & Life Safety solutions to more than 14,500 customers worldwide. We are looking for team members to contribute to and deliver our mission: “To deliver and support technology solutions that securely connect people, places, and information.” New Era Technology is a community of like-minded, like-hearted people who share the same vision and values.

Work alongside the finest team of highly skilled and industry-certified professionals who are encouraged to drive change and think outside of the box. As a team member, you will receive competitive benefits, industry training, and certifications. New Era Technology empowers businesses to embrace the future workplace. As customers shift their perspectives on where and how work happens, we are there to meet them with flexible, resilient, and productive solutions. New Era Technology provides a team-oriented culture, a positive environment filled with incredible staff, and a genuine passion for providing the best service to our customers worldwide. We believe that investing in our employees is the key to professional growth, delivering exceptional experiences for our customers, and setting the standard for excellence in our field. We offer a growth-orientated, high-tech environment for employees. Along with our many benefits, you can expect a corporate culture that promotes personal and professional development. Our customer-focused teams are built on our core values: Community, Integrity, Agile, and Committed.

Summary:

We are looking for an Inside Plant and Design Support Engineer to join our client’s Edge and Network Services team. This team is responsible for deploying and supporting one of the world’s largest and most complex networks. Responsibilities will include the design, execution on capacity planning of all physical infrastructure globally which includes MV/LV space, power, cooling, cabling and other infrastructure planning and design within external/internal POP/CLS and ILA facilities.

Responsibilities:

Execute global space and power planning and design function in POP/CLS/ILAs.

Engage in system level facility sizing/consultation of Utilities, Switchgear, UPS/DC Power Plant, PDUs, mechanical cooling, and LV distribution.

Manage global space, power, cabling, and other inside plant infrastructure requirements in support of edge network requirements, present and future.

Proactively engage with various Data Center operators in evaluating their facilities and recommend corrective actions to meet company standard design baseline requirements.

Provide a multi-year proactive plan (2 to 5 year) on space, power, cooling, cabling, and other infrastructure requirements to meet the forecasted/trended demand.

Present optimized layout of edge site floorplans, allocate space assigned to network function, optical, backbone, IP, compute, etc.

Deliver on time Engineering Design Packages related site infrastructure scope for sourcing/network investment teams.

Build capacity reporting to analyze long term trends and industry direction to forecast and budget for future growth. Monitor capacity thresholds and initiate proactive builds to expand inventory aligned with edge and backbone deployment forecasts.

Provide input and closely work with other partner/XFN teams on space/power requirements, deployment projects, and other major initiatives that may affect capacity.

Exhibit proactive communication and thinking with a product and customer mindset.

Manage key vendor relationships including contract negotiations, pricing, and evaluation of current and potential partnerships.

20% of travel required.

Minimum Qualifications:

Must have a minimum BS/BE Electrical Engineering Degree.

MEP focused PE/CE Engineers are highly preferred.

Minimum 10+ years of experience working in Data Center Planning and Design.

Expert hands-on experience in reading/analyzing Electrical/Mechanical single line diagrams.

Technical in-depth knowledge of various regional Data Center electrical and cooling configurations, IEC, NEMA standards, AC/DC power, power redundancy scenarios.

Knowledge of engineering principles of the infrastructure architecture (space line up, air flow, cooling etc.)

Knowledge of Data Center, Collocations and Remote Hut environments, to include engineering principles regarding power and other infrastructure.

Experience with optical network design, installation and maintenance for service providers or enterprise networks.

Experience with field-based work in POPs, carrier hotels, data centers and Central Office environments.

Basic knowledge of optical theory, transport technologies and the operation of optical transport systems

Analytical, interpersonal, and communications experience

Hands-on experience with Power system equipment including DC Power Plant, UPS, PDUs and MV system.

Experience with communication and directing tasks with carriers remotely.

Demonstrated experience analyzing situations and utilizing troubleshooting experience, systems and tools, and problem solving.

Experience working with limited supervision.

Project management and organizational experience.

Experience working in a global team environment.

Working knowledge of Revit/AutoCAD/Bluebeam/BIM360 etc.

Skills:

Power planning/Design (AC/DC) is going to be the biggest requirement.

MEP Engineers. Potentially PEs/CEs.

Design/Planning/Installation/Operations.

Construction and space planning, layout, site design

Services side for build out of critical infra:

Services engineer in space and power

This position is 100% onsite and salary ranges between $150 K- $160 K