Data Center Civil and Structural Engineer
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- Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
- Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
- Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
- Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance
- Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
- Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
- Holidays: 13 paid days per year
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Civil/Structural Engineering or equivalent practical experience.
- 3 years of experience in civil/structural or site engineering.
- Experience with building design, coordination, and construction.
- Experience implementing civil/structural engineering principles (e.g., grading and drainage, hydraulic modeling, sediment control, erosion control, or soil migration).
Preferred qualifications:
- Master's degree in Chartered Engineering, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, or a related field.
- Experience working as an owner’s engineer or lead design engineer in mission-critical facilities such as data centers, oil and gas, or similar heavy industrial sectors.
- Experience in enclosure design and manufacturing (e.g., switchgear enclosures).
- Experience in drafting technical scopes of work, managing external engineering consultants, and evaluating complex technical proposals.
- Knowledge of international building codes (e.g., IBC, Eurocode) alongside local municipal regulations to ensure design compliance.
About the job
Our thirst for technology is a part of everything we do. The Data Center Engineering team takes the physical design of our data centers into the future. Our lab mirrors a research and development department -- cutting-edge strategies are born, tested and tested again. Along with a team of great minds, you take on complex topics like how we use power or how to run state-of-the-art, environmentally-friendly facilities. You're a visionary who optimizes for efficiencies and never stops seeking improvements -- even small changes that can make a huge impact. You generate ideas, communicate recommendations to senior-level executives and drive implementation alongside facilities technicians.
With your technical expertise, you ensure compliance with codes and standards, develop infrastructure improvements and serve as an expert in your specialty (e.g., cooling, electrical).
In this role, you will act as an owner’s engineer and primary technical lead to drive the development and implementation of the civil and structural discipline for hyperscale data centers. You will lead the review and validation of civil and structural designs, critically auditing program drawings, data center site plans, and typical utility layouts produced by external consultants. Beyond project-level oversight, you will take ownership of programmatic template designs, drive improvements to structural and civil design standards. You will have broad cross-disciplinary expertise to seamlessly coordinate with geotechnical, electrical, mechanical, architectural, systems, and telecom teams, ensuring all designs are continuously optimized for cost, schedule, and reliability.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $122,000-$174,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.Responsibilities
- Act as the primary technical lead for civil and structural scopes, thoroughly evaluating and approving drawings, calculations, and models for accuracy, constructability, and alignment with project requirements.
- Drive interdisciplinary coordination with mechanical, electrical, systems, and other discipline teams to ensure load requirements, foundations, and underground utility routing are seamlessly integrated into the overarching civil and structural plans.
- Develop, maintain, and implement internal owner design guidelines, performance specifications, and standardization strategies across multiple data center development initiatives.
- Own the program civil and structural template design development, continually optimizing for cost, schedule, and reliability.
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