Senior Electrical Engineer

Job Summary

What You’ll Do (Responsibilities)

• In this role, you will:
• Lead Complex Electrical Engineering: 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.
• Govern Technical Reviews & Standards: Review and participate in consultant designs, calculations, specifications, and submittals; develop and maintain global standard designs, Basis of Design (BOD) documents, and govern discipline deviations within delegated authority.
• Analyze Power & Utility Systems: Lead technical evaluations for utility interconnections, HV/MV/LV distribution, standby generation, UPS systems, battery energy storage, grounding/earthing, and power-quality performance.
• Drive Equipment & Operational Reliability: Partner with Supply Chain to establish product strategies and technical evaluations for Owner Furnished Contractor Installed (OFCI) equipment, while leading root-cause failure investigations for major operational incidents to feed lessons learned into global standards.
• Partner Cross-Functionally & Mentor: Collaborate across Design Management, Construction, Commissioning, Operations, and Solutions Engineering to resolve multidisciplinary interfaces while mentoring and peer-reviewing less experienced engineers.

What You’ll Bring (Skills & Qualifications)

• The ideal candidate will have:
• Core Experience: Typically 10+ years of relevant experience, with substantial technical accountability for complex data center, mission-critical, or major technical capital programs.
• Deep Domain Expertise: In-depth knowledge of critical power systems, power-system studies, protective relay coordination, codes/standards, utility interconnections, and commissioning requirements.
• Commercial & Technical Judgement: Proven ability to balance power architecture, electrical resilience, capital costs, efficiency, utility constraints, and schedule risks.
• Influence & Communication: Credible negotiation and communication skills to influence consultants, equipment manufacturers, and cross-functional leadership without formal line-management authority.
• Education & Travel: University degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Engineering, Building Services Engineering, or related field (Professional Engineer/Chartered Engineer license preferred) and ability to travel up to 25% domestically and internationally.

What We Offer (Benefits)

• Compensation: Competitive salary and total rewards packages aligned with your experience level.
• Work-Life Balance: Generous paid time off, holiday schedules, and flexible work options to support personal well-being.
• Health & Well-being: Comprehensive health, dental, vision, wellness, and retirement plans.
• Growth: Continuous learning, technical leadership opportunities, and career advancement across a global organization.
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• Reasonably expected salary range: $123,500.00 - $164,700.00
• Please note that an employee's starting salary may vary based on a variety of factors. Where State, Municipal, Provincial, Territorial or other legal minimum wages exceed the federal minimum wage, employees are entitled to the higher rate.
• Category: Real Estate & Facilities
• Iron Mountain is a global leader in storage and information management services trusted by more than 225,000 organizations in 60 countries. We safeguard billions of our customers’ assets, including critical business information, highly sensitive data, and invaluable cultural and historic artifacts. Take a look at our history here.
• Iron Mountain helps lower cost and risk, comply with regulations, recover from disaster, and enable digital and sustainable solutions, whether in information management, digital transformation, secure storage and destruction, data center operations, cloud services, or art storage and logistics. Please see our Values and Code of Ethics for a look at our principles and aspirations in elevating the power of our work together.
• If you have a physical or mental disability that requires special accommodations, please let us know by sending an email to [email protected]. See the Supplement to learn more about Equal Employment Opportunity.
• Iron Mountain is committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity. We recruit and hire applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, disability, age, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic information, gender identity, gender expression, or any other factor prohibited by law.
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• Requisition: J0109133