Senior Electrical Engineer
About The Position
Iron Mountain is seeking an experienced Senior Electrical Engineer to lead electrical engineering across regional and global Data Center Design and Construction teams. This high-impact individual contributor serves as the senior technical reviewer for complex, high-risk electrical systems, ensuring technical quality, resolving discipline risks, and establishing scalable engineering standards. The role operates with broad autonomy to address major technical challenges and improve global discipline capability through technical leadership and mentorship. The engineer guides electrical strategy, design criteria, assurance plans, and review gates for data center builds, campus phases, customer deployments, and operational upgrades from concept through commissioning. The position also governs technical reviews and standards, evaluates power and utility systems, supports equipment strategy and operational reliability, and works across functions to resolve multidisciplinary interfaces.
Requirements
- Typically 10+ years of relevant experience, with substantial technical accountability for complex data center, mission-critical, or major technical capital programs.
- In-depth knowledge of critical power systems, power-system studies, protective relay coordination, codes and standards, utility interconnections, and commissioning requirements.
- Ability to balance power architecture, electrical resilience, capital costs, efficiency, utility constraints, and schedule risks.
- Credible negotiation and communication skills to influence consultants, equipment manufacturers, and cross-functional leadership without formal line-management authority.
- University degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Engineering, Building Services Engineering, or a related field.
- Ability to travel up to 25% domestically and internationally.
Nice To Haves
- Professional Engineer or Chartered Engineer license preferred.
Responsibilities
- Guide electrical strategy, design criteria, assurance plans, and review gates for major data center builds, campus phases, customer deployments, and operational upgrades from early concept through commissioning.
- Review and participate in consultant designs, calculations, specifications, and submittals.
- Develop and maintain global standard designs and Basis of Design (BOD) documents, and govern discipline deviations within delegated authority.
- Lead technical evaluations for utility interconnections, HV/MV/LV distribution, standby generation, UPS systems, battery energy storage, grounding/earthing, and power-quality performance.
- Partner with Supply Chain to establish product strategies and technical evaluations for Owner Furnished Contractor Installed (OFCI) equipment.
- Lead root-cause failure investigations for major operational incidents and feed lessons learned into global standards.
- Collaborate with Design Management, Construction, Commissioning, Operations, and Solutions Engineering to resolve multidisciplinary interfaces.
- Mentor and peer-review less experienced engineers.
Benefits
- Competitive salary and total rewards packages aligned with experience level.
- Generous paid time off and holiday schedules.
- Flexible work options.
- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision plans.
- Wellness and retirement plans.
- Continuous learning, technical leadership opportunities, and career advancement across a global organization.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
