Senior PreFab Technical Leader

About the Role
The PreFab Modular Data Center Systems have experienced tremendous growth in recent years. The PreFab Data Center Systems solution integrates the company products into modular enclosures, tests systems in the factory, and delivers the final solution to the country of destination.

As the Technical Leader, you will be accountable for the technical solutions provided to customers, serving as the primary technical point of contact during the tender and design phases. Your responsibilities will include managing design proposals, specifications, drawings, and evaluating the feasibility, cost implications, and maintenance requirements of designs or applications. You will identify project requirements, provide design solutions that meet customer and site needs, and ensure their best interests are protected throughout the project. You will lead a multidisciplinary engineering team on medium and large technical complexity projects.

Main Responsibilities:
During Tender Phase, the Technical Leader will be responsible for the following:

• Participate in project programming with customers to document the owner’s project requirements (OPR).
• Manage appropriate design documents to support proposals, allowing the estimating team to assemble costs. These documents should identify applicable items such as:
  • Major infrastructure equipment
  • Bid specifications for long lead equipment
  • Space and site layout
  • Load calculations
  • System diagrams (electrical single lines, mechanical piping diagrams, etc.)
• Review major equipment quotes for technical compliance from vendors, while the estimating team gathers the quotes.
• Support the estimate and develop final design documents and production administration as appropriate.
• Solicit, review, and approve sub-consultant proposals to ensure a complete set of design documents.
• Provide a technical narrative for critical infrastructure to be included in proposals.
• Collaborate with solutions sales teams and potential customers to qualify their needs.
• Perform design improvements to support upgrades and efficient solutions based on client needs.
• Work with various application centers to select optimized products, software, and overall solutions for projects.

During the Design Phase, the Technical Leader will be responsible for:

• Utilizing engineering skills and applying relevant codes and standards to implement safe, reliable, and economical systems.
• Taking the OPR to develop the basis of design (BOD), including:
  • Design intent
  • Capacity requirements
  • Project ambient/unique conditions
  • System sequence of operation (SOO)
  • System expansion capabilities based on project phasing requirements
  • Design conditions
  • Redundancy requirements
  • Applicable codes and ordinances for the project location and occupancy type
• Capturing site conditions and being available to travel to meet customers on-site to address their needs.
• Defining technical architecture while providing support and quality control for assigned projects.
• Managing project timeline commitments and maintaining long-term client relationships.
• Overseeing design documents for approvals and production.
• Coordinating with sub-consultants to ensure cohesion of design documents.
• Facilitating progress meetings with the design team and the customer.
• Collaborating with the construction team and project scheduler for constructability reviews.
• Supporting the construction team in securing necessary permits.

During the Production and Delivery Phase, the Technical Leader will be responsible for:

• Managing support and responses to requests for information (RFI).
• Conducting regular onsite assessments.
• Participating in recurring construction meetings as required by the contract.
• Assisting the production team with clarifications, changes, corrections, and value engineering of design documents based on unforeseen site conditions or customer requests.
• Aiding the production/project management team with change order requests.
• Managing as-built drawings at the end of projects from redlines provided by the production team and site verification.

Main Interactions:

• Reports to the PreFab Tendering Team Leader.
• Internal: Project Engineers, Drafters, Subject Matter Experts, Sales Managers, Opportunity Leaders, Intra Group suppliers, Project Managers, Procurement, Supply Chain, Logistics, Finance, Quality, Factory.
• External: Customers and Outside Group suppliers.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in an Engineering discipline; Electrical Engineering preferred.
• Over ten years of experience with infrastructure projects within engineering teams in multinational companies.
• At least eight years of technical experience in data center solutions, including secure power systems, cooling systems, electrical and mechanical installations, logistics, and civil works.
• Prior customer-facing roles are preferable.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a team-oriented, results-driven environment.
• Senior-level experience leading multidisciplinary teams on medium to large-scale projects.
• Results-oriented with critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to influence and convince others, make decisions, and escalate issues appropriately.
• Proven capacity to foster cooperation in a multicultural environment across different time zones.
• Experience working independently and covering the responsibilities of project engineering and technical expertise.
• Proven ability to develop technical documents, prepare material estimates for bids, and evaluate vendor offers.
• Strong attitude toward providing system solutions to customer problems.
• Ability to build and maintain client relationships in a competitive business environment.
• Capacity to work under pressure to meet deadlines.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Fluency in English (C1 level).
• Proficiency in MS Excel, MS Word, and MS Project.
• Knowledge of Autodesk REVIT and Autodesk Construction Cloud is advantageous.

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