Data Center Mechanical Engineer

Role overview

Responsibilities

• Operate, maintain, and troubleshoot chillers, CRAH/CRAC units, FCUs, chilled water pumps, cooling towers, HVAC, heat exchangers, water treatment, and fuel systems.
• Execute preventive and corrective maintenance and prepare MOPs in accordance with OEM requirements.
• Perform authorized shutdowns, startups, isolations, restorations, and redundancy rotations.
• Monitor system performance, equipment condition, temperatures, pressures, and flow.
• Supervise technicians and coordinate with OEMs and vendors on major maintenance and failures.
• Respond to mechanical emergencies and support root cause analysis and corrective and preventive actions.
• Maintain cooling redundancy, reliability, and operational resilience; support capacity planning.
• Execute approved changes and support testing, commissioning, and system optimization.
• Manage critical spare parts, tools, testing equipment, and calibration records.
• Ensure compliance with HSE, SOPs, MOPs, EOPs, and site procedures.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering.
• At least 5 years of data center or mission-critical facilities experience.
• Strong experience with chillers, CRAH/CRAC, chilled water systems, pumps, and HVAC.
• Strong troubleshooting, communication, and team leadership skills; experience managing technicians, OEMs, and contractors.
• Ability to work under pressure, shifts, and on-call requirements.
• Tier III/Tier IV data center experience is preferred.

Preferred certifications and training

• Preferred credentials or training include CDCP or equivalent, Uptime Institute, DCOM/ATS, HVAC/chiller OEM training, LOTO, HSE, and Crisis/Incident Management.

Working environment

• Mission-critical, 24x7x365 facility environment in Dammam, Saudi Arabia.