Sr. Director, Design Engineering – GW-Scale Data Center Infrastructure
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Design Engineering Leadership
- Build and lead OCI's Owner's Design Engineering organization supporting developer-led GW-scale infrastructure projects.
- Serve as OCI's engineering authority for third-party facility designs throughout the project lifecycle.
- Develop engineering review processes that ensure infrastructure designs meet OCI's Basis of Design (BOD), engineering standards, operational requirements, and long-term infrastructure strategy.
- Establish multidisciplinary engineering teams spanning mechanical, electrical, plumbing, structural, controls, and integrated systems engineering.
- Develop standardized engineering review procedures, technical acceptance criteria, and engineering sign-off processes across OCI's global development portfolio.
Design Validation & Technical Assurance
- Lead comprehensive engineering reviews of developer-produced design packages through all phases of design.
- Validate compliance with OCI engineering specifications, design standards, operational requirements, resiliency objectives, maintainability expectations, and lifecycle performance criteria.
- Evaluate engineering calculations, equipment selections, system architectures, controls philosophies, redundancy strategies, and integrated system performance.
- Identify technical risks, design deficiencies, constructability concerns, and operational impacts early in the design process.
- Work collaboratively with developers, architects, engineers of record, and consultants to resolve technical issues while maintaining project schedules.
Basis of Design & Standards Compliance
- Ensure developer designs remain aligned with OCI's Basis of Design throughout project execution.
- Review engineering deviations, design exceptions, and value engineering proposals for technical and operational impact.
- Validate implementation of OCI engineering standards across mechanical, electrical, plumbing, controls, fire protection, and supporting infrastructure systems.
- Ensure engineering decisions maintain consistency with OCI's global infrastructure platform while supporting regional code and regulatory requirements.
Construction Engineering Support
- Partner with Construction and Capacity Delivery to provide engineering support throughout project execution.
- Evaluate field engineering issues, Requests for Information (RFIs), submittals, and proposed design modifications.
- Validate that construction changes maintain engineering intent and continue to satisfy OCI technical requirements.
- Provide engineering leadership supporting issue resolution during construction and startup activities.
- Participate in design coordination meetings with developers, contractors, and engineering consultants.
Commissioning & Operational Readiness
- Partner with Commissioning teams to ensure systems are tested against OCI performance expectations.
- Review commissioning plans, integrated systems testing, functional testing, and acceptance criteria.
- Validate engineering readiness prior to rack deployment and operational turnover.
- Support technical issue resolution during startup, commissioning, and early operations.
- Ensure commissioning findings are incorporated into future engineering standards and design guidance.
Engineering Risk Management
- Develop engineering risk assessment methodologies for developer-led projects.
- Identify technical, operational, schedule, and lifecycle risks throughout the design process.
- Drive mitigation strategies with developers and engineering partners.
- Provide executive reporting on engineering readiness, technical risks, design maturity, and project status.
- Establish engineering metrics measuring design quality, compliance, issue resolution, and technical performance across the portfolio.
Cross-Functional Leadership
- Ensure OCI engineering standards continue to evolve based on deployment experience.
- Work with Infrastructure Engineering, Construction, Capacity Delivery, Commissioning, Supply Chain, and Operations to ensure engineering continuity throughout the project lifecycle.
- Represent OCI Engineering during executive design reviews, project governance meetings, and strategic developer engagements.
Qualifications Required Experience
- 15+ years of experience in mission-critical facility engineering, hyperscale data center design, owner's engineering, or critical infrastructure development.
- 7+ years leading multidisciplinary engineering organizations or large infrastructure engineering programs.
- Extensive experience reviewing and validating third-party engineering designs for complex infrastructure projects.
- Deep expertise in mechanical, electrical, plumbing, controls, and integrated building systems.
- Experience working with developers, engineering consultants, EPC firms, and contractor-led design organizations.
- Strong understanding of design reviews, engineering standards, commissioning, and infrastructure lifecycle management.
- Proven ability to influence engineering decisions across organizations without direct design ownership.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience supporting hyperscale cloud or AI data center developments.
- Experience with developer-led or build-to-suit data center delivery models.
- Familiarity with Basis of Design (BOD) development, engineering standards, and owner's technical requirements.
- Experience supporting GW-scale infrastructure projects.
- Professional Engineer (PE) license or advanced degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Systems Engineering preferred.
Leadership Characteristics
- Strong engineering leader with a systems-level understanding of mission-critical infrastructure.
- Exceptional technical reviewer capable of balancing engineering rigor with project execution.
- Influential collaborator who builds productive relationships with developers, consultants, and cross-functional OCI teams.
- Decisive leader with sound engineering judgment and a proactive approach to risk management.
- Passion for engineering excellence, operational reliability, and scalable infrastructure delivery.
Design Engineering Leadership- Build and lead OCI's Owner's Design Engineering organization supporting developer-led GW-scale infrastructure projects.
- Serve as OCI's engineering authority for third-party facility designs throughout the project lifecycle.
- Develop engineering review processes that ensure infrastructure designs meet OCI's Basis of Design (BOD), engineering standards, operational requirements, and long-term infrastructure strategy.
- Establish multidisciplinary engineering teams spanning mechanical, electrical, plumbing, structural, controls, and integrated systems engineering.
- Develop standardized engineering review procedures, technical acceptance criteria, and engineering sign-off processes across OCI's global development portfolio.
Design Validation & Technical Assurance- Lead comprehensive engineering reviews of developer-produced design packages through all phases of design.
- Validate compliance with OCI engineering specifications, design standards, operational requirements, resiliency objectives, maintainability expectations, and lifecycle performance criteria.
- Evaluate engineering calculations, equipment selections, system architectures, controls philosophies, redundancy strategies, and integrated system performance.
- Identify technical risks, design deficiencies, constructability concerns, and operational impacts early in the design process.
- Work collaboratively with developers, architects, engineers of record, and consultants to resolve technical issues while maintaining project schedules.
Basis of Design & Standards Compliance- Ensure developer designs remain aligned with OCI's Basis of Design throughout project execution.
- Review engineering deviations, design exce