Data Center Design Engineering Lead

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Data Center Design Engineering Lead

Avaada Group – Mumbai, India

ROLE
– Support design development for data center and mission-critical infrastructure projects from feasibility to detailed engineering stage.
– Assist in site due diligence, technical feasibility studies, layout planning, utility coordination, and infrastructure planning.
– Ability to work on CDU integration, manage secondary fluid networks, and design transition from facility water systems to the IT rack.
– Focusing on free cooling optimization, water conservation strategies, and heat rejection efficiency for high-density architectures.
– Coordinate with internal teams, consultants, vendors, and contractors across electrical, mechanical, civil, structural, fire protection, ICT, BMS/EPMS, and security disciplines.
– Review drawings, design calculations, technical specifications, layouts, equipment schedules, and vendor documents.
– Ensure design deliverables are aligned with project requirements, applicable codes, client expectations, and internal quality standards.
– Provide engineering support during tendering, technical bid evaluation, construction documentation, and execution stages.
– Review RFIs, shop drawings, technical submittals, and site queries during project implementation.
– Coordinate with multiple stakeholders to ensure timely completion of design deliverables.
– Participate in internal reviews, consultant meetings, vendor discussions, and client meetings.
– Highlight design risks, deviations, dependencies, and scope changes to senior team members.
– Support project teams in managing technical clarifications and change-related design inputs.
– Lead critical client-facing technical discussions to align infrastructure architecture with customer needs, advocating for client requirements during internal execution.
– Support business development and pre-sales teams with technical inputs for Techno commercial proposals and client discussions.
– Assist in preparing concept notes, design narratives, preliminary layouts, technical presentations, and engineering assumptions.
– Provide inputs for RFQs, RFPs, compliance statements, scope of work, exclusions, and technical clarifications.
– Participate in client-facing technical discussions and presentations as required.

REQUIREMENTS
– Bachelor’s degree in electrical / mechanical engineering or related engineering discipline.
– 7–8 years of relevant experience in design engineering / project engineering leading multi-megawatt high-density and liquid-cooled data center topologies.
– Experience in one or more of the following sectors: Data centers, Mission-critical infrastructure, Industrial projects, Renewable energy infrastructure, Power systems, Utilities, Large-scale mechanical/electrical infrastructure.
– Ability to review drawings, specifications, technical documents, and vendor submissions.
– Experience coordinating with consultants, contractors, vendors, and client-side teams.
– Exposure to data center design, colocation facilities, hyperscale infrastructure, or critical power/cooling systems.
– Understanding of electrical systems such as HT/LT distribution, transformers, switchgear, UPS, DG systems, earthing, cabling, and protection systems.
– Understanding of mechanical systems such as HVAC, cooling systems, ventilation, chilled water systems, fire protection, and plumbing systems.
– Familiarity with BMS, EPMS, ICT, security, fire alarm, and integrated building systems.
– Working knowledge of AutoCAD, Revit/BIM, MS Excel, PowerPoint, and design review tools.
– Experience in proposal preparation, technical bid support, or pre-sales engineering will be an advantage.
– Strong technical coordination and problem-solving ability.
– Good written and verbal communication skills.
– Ability to work with cross-functional and multi-disciplinary teams.
– Detail-oriented approach to design review and documentation.
– Ability to manage multiple priorities in time-sensitive project environments.
– Strong interpersonal and presentation skills.
– Proactive approach to identifying and resolving technical issues.