Mechanical Engineer

ROI Agency • Salt Lake City, UT

1d • $120,000 - $170,000 • Remote

About The Position

The Mechanical Engineer serves as the mechanical subject matter expert for mission-critical projects, including data centers and other high-availability facilities. The role leads the design of HVAC, cooling infrastructure, heat rejection systems, controls integration, and mechanical resiliency strategies, developing energy-efficient and maintainable solutions that meet industry standards and client performance objectives.

This is a remote position with occasional travel for construction administration project site visits and surveys of existing facilities. Anticipated travel is 10%–25%; approved business travel expenses are reimbursed under company policy. Candidates interested in office-based or hybrid work arrangements may discuss available options. The salary range is $120,000–$170,000 annually.

The engineer develops and leads mechanical designs from feasibility through construction administration, coordinates across project disciplines, provides technical oversight of equipment and systems, and supports planning, quality reviews, commissioning, and staff development.

Requirements

• 5–10 years of mechanical design experience in mission-critical environments.
• Experience with hyperscale, colocation, enterprise, and edge data center environments.
• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering.
• Strong understanding of ASHRAE, NFPA, IMC, and local building code requirements.
• Excellent communication, technical leadership, and client-facing skills.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with hyperscale, colocation, enterprise, healthcare, or other high-availability facilities.
• Familiarity with liquid cooling technologies, including direct-to-chip and immersion cooling applications.
• Experience with central utility plants ranging from 3 MW to 100+ MW campuses.
• Knowledge of ASHRAE TC 9.9 thermal guidelines, energy-efficiency strategies, water usage effectiveness (WUE), and power usage effectiveness (PUE) considerations.
• Experience supporting commissioning, integrated systems testing (IST), and operational readiness reviews.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license, or actively pursuing licensure.
• LEED Accredited Professional and/or Certified Energy Manager (CEM) credential.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the lead mechanical subject matter expert for mission-critical and data center projects.
• Develop cooling system concepts, including air-cooled and water-cooled chilled water plants, direct expansion systems, and liquid cooling solutions.
• Lead mechanical design through feasibility, concept, schematic, design development, construction documents, and construction administration phases.
• Perform and oversee cooling load analysis, equipment selection, and redundancy evaluations.
• Develop mechanical resiliency strategies for N, N+1, 2N, and concurrently maintainable designs.
• Coordinate with electrical, controls, plumbing, structural, telecommunications, and architectural disciplines.
• Provide technical oversight of vendor equipment, including chillers, cooling towers, CRAHs, AHUs, fan walls, CDU systems, pumps, and BAS controls.
• Support utility capacity assessments and campus master planning efforts.
• Lead technical reviews and QA/QC processes, and support commissioning activities.
• Mentor junior mechanical engineers and support technical staff development.

Benefits

• Medical insurance, with UnitedHealthcare plan options and Kaiser options in California.
• Health Savings Account (HSA) or Flexible Spending Account (FSA), depending on medical plan selection.
• Dental insurance.
• Vision insurance.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• 401(k) retirement plan with up to 4.5% in total employer contributions, subject to eligibility and plan terms.
• Student loan payment matching that may qualify for employer retirement contributions.
• Company-paid life and AD&D insurance.
• Company-paid short-term and long-term disability insurance.
• Paid time off (PTO).
• Parental leave.
• Optional supplemental life insurance, additional long-term disability insurance, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity, legal services, and identity theft protection.
• Periodic opportunities to purchase company shares directly.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level