Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 24, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 23, 2026.
Key Responsibilities
Mechanical Design & Engineering
- Review and develop mechanical designs, drawings, specifications, calculations, and technical documentation for
data center facilities.
- Design and review HVAC and cooling systems for mission-critical environments.
- Perform cooling-load calculations and equipment capacity assessments.
- Review chilled water distribution systems, including chillers, pumps, piping, valves, heat exchangers, and
associated equipment.
- Review air-side systems including CRAH/CRAC units, AHUs, ventilation systems, ductwork, dampers, and air
distribution.
- Review equipment sizing, redundancy, capacity, diversity, and operational requirements.
- Evaluate mechanical systems based on reliability, maintainability, energy efficiency, and operational resilience.
- Review mechanical single-line diagrams, P&IDs, schematics, equipment layouts, and control sequences.
- Ensure designs comply with applicable international and local codes and standards.
Critical Cooling Systems
- Provide engineering support for chillers, cooling towers, dry coolers, heat exchangers, CRAH/CRAC units,
pumps, and chilled water systems.
- Ensure appropriate redundancy configurations such as N+1, 2N, and distributed-redundant systems, where
required.
- Review cooling capacity against current and future IT loads.
- Monitor chilled-water supply/return temperatures, flow rates, differential pressure, and equipment
performance.
- Support optimization of cooling systems to improve energy efficiency and Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE).
- Review failure scenarios and ensure cooling systems maintain required environmental conditions during
equipment outages.
Construction & Installation
- Monitor mechanical installation activities and ensure compliance with approved drawings, specifications,
method statements, and project requirements.
- Inspect installation of chillers, pumps, CRAH/CRAC units, cooling towers, AHUs, piping, valves, ductwork,
insulation, and mechanical equipment.
- Review equipment and material submittals, shop drawings, RFIs, method statements, and technical
documentation.
- Coordinate mechanical works with electrical, architectural, structural, controls, and other MEP disciplines.
- Identify construction issues and provide engineering solutions.
- Verify equipment installation, alignment, access, maintainability, and service clearances.
Testing & Commissioning
- Support pre-commissioning, testing, and commissioning of mechanical systems.
- Review and witness FAT, SAT, equipment testing, functional performance testing, and integrated systems
testing.
- Participate in commissioning of chillers, pumps, cooling towers, CRAH/CRAC units, AHUs, heat exchangers, and
associated control systems.
- Verify chilled water flow, temperature, pressure, and equipment performance.
- Review and test mechanical control sequences and failure scenarios.
- Participate in integrated testing of mechanical and electrical systems.
- Support simulated failure testing of redundant cooling systems.
- Review commissioning reports, test results, deficiencies, and punch lists.
Operations & Maintenance
- Support operation and maintenance of critical mechanical infrastructure.
- Troubleshoot HVAC and cooling system failures.
- Analyze equipment alarms, temperature deviations, flow issues, pressure problems, and other mechanical
abnormalities.
- Support root-cause analysis and implementation of corrective actions.
- Review preventive and predictive maintenance programs.
- Develop and review Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), Maintenance Procedures (MOPs), and Emergency
Operating Procedures (EOPs).
- Monitor mechanical equipment performance and identify opportunities for optimization.
- Support capacity planning and mechanical infrastructure upgrades.
- Maintain accurate equipment records, drawings, specifications, and maintenance documentation.
BMS & Controls
- Coordinate with BMS/Controls engineers to ensure proper monitoring and control of mechanical systems.
- Review mechanical control sequences and points lists.
- Verify alarms, setpoints, interlocks, equipment status, and operating sequences.
- Monitor critical parameters through BMS/EPMS and other facility monitoring systems.
- Support development and testing of automatic changeover and failure-response sequences.
Energy Efficiency
- Monitor mechanical system energy consumption and operating efficiency.
- Support initiatives to reduce cooling energy consumption and improve PUE.
- Analyze chiller, pump, cooling tower, and CRAH/CRAC performance.
- Identify opportunities for free cooling, variable-speed operation, optimized chilled-water temperatures, and
other energy-saving measures where applicable.
- Support measurement and verification of energy-saving initiatives.
Safety & Compliance
- Ensure compliance with mechanical, HVAC, fire/life-safety, environmental, and occupational safety
requirements.
- Participate in risk assessments and permit-to-work processes.
- Ensure safe isolation and maintenance of mechanical equipment.
- Review method statements and risk assessments for mechanical works.
- Ensure compliance with applicable local authority requirements and international standards.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline.
- 3-8+ years of relevant experience, preferably in data centers, mission-critical facilities, industrial facilities,
hospitals, or large commercial projects.
- Strong understanding of HVAC and mechanical systems.
- Experience with chilled water systems, chillers, pumps, cooling towers, CRAH/CRAC units, AHUs, and mechanical
piping.
- Experience with mechanical testing, commissioning, troubleshooting, and maintenance.
- Ability to read and interpret P&IDs, mechanical drawings, equipment schedules, control diagrams, and
specifications.
- Knowledge of relevant HVAC and mechanical standards and codes.
- Experience coordinating with contractors, consultants, vendors, and multidisciplinary engineering teams.
Preferred Qualifications
- Previous experience working in Tier III/Tier IV or equivalent mission-critical data centers.
- Experience with data center cooling technologies and high-density IT environments.
- Experience with liquid cooling or high-density cooling systems is an advantage.
- Experience with commissioning and Integrated Systems Testing (IST).
- Knowledge of ASHRAE data center thermal guidelines.
- Experience with BMS/DDC controls.
- Familiarity with AutoCAD and/or Revit.
- Experience with HVAC design and analysis software.
- Knowledge of energy-efficiency and data center PUE optimization.
- Professional engineering certification or local engineering registration, where applicable.

