At a Glance
- Tasks: Design and deliver innovative electrical systems for cutting-edge data centers.
- Company: Join AECOM, a global leader in infrastructure consulting.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, and flexible work options.
- Other info: Collaborative environment with opportunities for career growth and development.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on critical facilities while growing your expertise.
- Qualifications: Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering and 4+ years of relevant experience.
The predicted salary is between 134145 - 163955 $ per year.
AECOM is seeking an Electrical Engineer to join our growing Canadian Data Center practice. This role will support the design and delivery of hyperscale, colocation, and other mission-critical facilities across North America. This is a newly created position.
The successful candidate will contribute to the design of resilient electrical infrastructure while collaborating with experienced multidisciplinary Data Center teams across Canada, the U.S., and globally. This is an opportunity to develop specialized expertise in a rapidly growing sector while working on complex, high-performance facilities.
Responsibilities
- Design electrical systems for data centers and mission-critical facilities, including medium- and low-voltage distribution, emergency and standby power, UPS systems, grounding, lighting, and life-safety systems.
- Perform electrical load calculations, equipment sizing, voltage-drop calculations, and other engineering analyses.
- Prepare electrical plans, one-line diagrams, schedules, details, specifications, and supporting calculations.
- Apply the Canadian Electrical Code and applicable building, energy, fire, and life-safety requirements.
- Coordinate electrical designs with architectural, mechanical, structural, civil, technology, security, and other disciplines.
- Support design criteria addressing reliability, redundancy, resiliency, maintainability, and capacity.
- Participate in multidisciplinary design reviews, quality reviews, and project coordination meetings.
- Support construction-phase services, including RFIs, submittal reviews, site observations, and resolution of technical issues.
- Coordinate with clients, contractors, vendors, utilities, and other project stakeholders.
- Perform work in accordance with project scope, schedule, budget, and quality requirements.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering.
- 4+ years of relevant electrical engineering or building electrical design experience, or demonstrated equivalency of education and experience.
- Experience designing building electrical systems and preparing calculations, drawings, one-line diagrams, schedules, and technical documentation.
- Working knowledge of the Canadian Electrical Code and applicable building requirements.
- Registered, or eligible to register, as a Professional Engineer within Canada.
- Strong communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with hyperscale, colocation, mission-critical, healthcare, laboratory, industrial, or other complex facilities.
- Experience designing data center electrical systems and mission-critical power infrastructure.
- Knowledge of reliability, redundancy, resiliency, and maintainability concepts.
- Experience with medium-voltage distribution, generators, UPS systems, and automatic transfer systems.
- Experience with SKM, ETAP, EasyPower, or equivalent power-system analysis software.
- Experience with short-circuit, coordination, arc-flash, or load-flow studies.
- Familiarity with applicable CSA, IEEE, NFPA, IEC, and data center industry standards.
Relocation is not available for this position. Sponsorship is not available for this position.
Electrical Engineer, Data Centers in Markham employer: AECO
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