Decima International is a professional services company, providing project management and controls services to clients in the United States and the Middle East. Our mission is to become the premier professional services provider across all industry sectors we are engaged in. To accomplish this, Decima International’s founders established a simple yet powerful formula:
Approach each client engagement as a partnership , create an environment that attracts the most talented professionals and allows them to flourish, and regulate growth to maintain excellence in our service standards.
We are seeking an experienced Mechanical Engineer / Mechanical Operations Subject Matter Expert (SME) to support mission-critical data center projects through design review, commissioning, operational readiness, and facility operations. This role requires strong knowledge of mechanical infrastructure supporting Tier III and Tier IV data centers, with the ability to evaluate operational risks, develop procedures, and support clients across the facility lifecycle.
The ideal candidate will have deep experience with critical mechanical systems, operational best practices, maintenance strategies, commissioning support, and critical environment procedures. This includes the development, review, and validation of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), Emergency Operating Procedures (EOPs), and Methods of Procedure (MOPs) .
Experience supporting hyperscale, colocation, enterprise, or mission-critical facilities in Saudi Arabia or the broader GCC region is highly desirable.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Provide technical expertise for critical mechanical systems, including chilled water plants, CRAH/CRAC systems, cooling towers, pumps, heat exchangers, direct and indirect evaporative cooling systems, HVAC equipment, fuel systems, and fire protection systems.
Review mechanical designs for operability, maintainability, reliability, and alignment with client operational standards.
Participate in design reviews, constructability reviews, commissioning readiness reviews, operational readiness assessments, project meetings, and technical workshops.
Evaluate mechanical system performance, operational risk, maintenance access, redundancy, resilience, and reliability objectives.
Develop and improve preventive maintenance strategies for critical mechanical infrastructure.
Review maintenance procedures, operating practices, commissioning reports, test scripts, and operational acceptance documentation.
Develop, review, edit, and approve SOPs, EOPs, and MOPs, ensuring alignment with client standards, applicable codes, safety requirements, and industry best practices.
Conduct technical reviews of procedures for operational accuracy, safety, risk mitigation, and alignment with actual facility configurations.
Facilitate procedure validation exercises, tabletop reviews, operational readiness workshops, and cross-functional technical reviews.
Support change management and operational governance programs related to mechanical systems, maintenance activities, and facility operations.
Verify that mechanical systems operate in accordance with design intent, approved sequences, client requirements, and operational reliability objectives.
Prepare clear and technically accurate documentation, including engineering reports, risk assessments, operating procedures, technical evaluations, and review comments.
Serve as a trusted technical advisor to clients and coordinate with engineering, commissioning, construction, contractor, project management, and operations teams.
Support business development activities by providing mechanical technical expertise during client engagements, where required.
QUALIFICATIONS
Required qualifications:
10+ years of experience in mechanical engineering, mechanical operations, commissioning, mission-critical engineering, facility operations, or comparable technical environments.
Minimum 5+ years of direct data center or critical facilities operations experience.
Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related engineering discipline.
Strong understanding of mechanical infrastructure supporting critical facilities and Tier III / Tier IV data centers.
Demonstrated experience developing, reviewing, and validating SOPs, EOPs, and MOPs.
Strong technical knowledge of chilled water plants, CRAH/CRAC systems, cooling towers, pumps, heat exchangers, evaporative cooling systems, HVAC equipment, fuel systems, and fire protection systems.
Experience evaluating mechanical systems for operational risk, redundancy, resiliency, maintainability, reliability, and compliance with operational requirements.
Ability to review mechanical designs, commissioning documentation, test procedures, maintenance practices, operating procedures, and technical reports.
Working familiarity with mission-critical and data center standards, codes, and operational practices, including ASHRAE, NFPA, ISO, IEC, Uptime Institute Tier Standards, TIA-942, BICSI, local authority

Mechanical Engineer (Data Centers) - Saudi National Only

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