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Schneider Electric

Global energy management and automation provider

Technical Leader - Prefab Modular Data Center Systems

Engineering LeadershipConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeSant Boi de Llobregat, SpainNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline is required; Electrical Engineering is preferred.
  • At least five years of experience with infrastructure projects in engineering teams at multinational companies and with global teams.
  • At least three years of technical experience in data center solutions, including secure power systems, cooling systems, electrical and mechanical installations, logistics, and civil works.
  • Ability to work directly with customers; prior customer-facing experience is preferred.
  • Ability to work effectively in a group setting and contribute to team results.
  • Senior-level experience leading multidisciplinary teams on medium- to large-scale projects.
  • Critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
  • Ability to influence and convince others, make decisions, and escalate appropriately when arbitration is required.
  • Ability to foster cooperation and motivate people in multicultural environments and across different time zones.
  • Experience working independently and covering project engineering and technical expert responsibilities.
  • Experience developing technical documents and drawings, preparing material estimates for bids, preparing requests for quotations and material purchase requisitions, and technically evaluating vendor offers.
  • Ability to provide system solutions to customer problems and sound technical advice and constructive support to project managers and customers.
  • Ability to generate and foster client relationships in a fast-paced, competitive business environment.
  • Ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines.
  • Organizational skills and attention to detail.
  • English fluency at C1 level is required.
  • User-level proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, and Microsoft Project.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the primary technical point of contact for client meetings and interviews during the tender and design phases, and remain accountable for the technical solutions delivered to customers.
  • Manage design proposals, specifications, drawings, and related data to assess feasibility, cost implications, and maintenance requirements.
  • Identify project requirements, provide design solutions that meet customer and site requirements, and protect the customer's interests throughout the project.
  • Lead a multidisciplinary engineering team on projects of medium and large technical complexity.
  • During the tender phase, participate in project programming with the customer or representative to understand and document the owner's project requirements.
  • Manage proposal design documents so the estimating team can assemble proposal costs, including major infrastructure equipment, bid specifications for major or long-lead equipment, space and site layouts, load calculations, and system diagrams such as electrical single-line and mechanical piping diagrams.
  • Review major equipment vendor quotes for technical compliance; the estimating team solicits and gathers the quotes.
  • Support estimating and development of final design documents and production administration as appropriate for the project.
  • Solicit, review, and approve sub-consultant proposals to provide a complete set of project design documents.
  • Provide the technical narrative for critical infrastructure in proposals.
  • Work with solutions sales teams and prospective customers to qualify customer needs.
  • Improve designs primarily to support upgrades and efficient solutions in conjunction with client needs.
  • Work with application centers to select optimized products, software, and overall project solutions.
  • During the design phase, apply engineering skills and applicable codes and standards to implement safe, reliable, and economical systems.
  • Use the owner's project requirements to develop the project's basis of design, including design intent, capacity requirements, ambient and unique conditions, system sequence of operation, expansion capabilities based on project phasing, design conditions, redundancy requirements, and applicable codes and ordinances for the project location and occupancy type.
  • Capture site conditions and travel to customer sites to review and identify customer needs.
  • Define technical architecture and provide technical support and quality control for assigned projects.
  • Manage project timeline commitments to customers and support long-term client relationships.
  • Manage design documents for approvals and production.
  • Coordinate with sub-consultants to ensure design documents are cohesive.
  • Facilitate progress meetings with the design team and customer.
  • Work with the construction team and project scheduler on constructability reviews.
  • Support the construction team in securing permits.
  • During production and delivery, manage support and responses to requests for information.
  • Conduct regular onsite assessments and participate in recurring construction meetings as required by the contract.
  • Assist the production team with design-document clarifications, changes, corrections, and value engineering for unforeseen site conditions or customer requests.
  • Assist the production and project management teams with change-order requests.
  • Manage end-of-project as-built drawings based on production-team redlines and site verification.

Desired Qualifications

  • Some knowledge of Autodesk Revit and Autodesk Construction Cloud is valuable.
  • Previous customer-facing experience is preferred.

About the Company

Schneider Electric

Global energy management and automation provider

Schneider Electric is a global specialist in energy management and automation. It helps homes, businesses, and industries run electricity more efficiently by selling electrical products, automation hardware, software, and related services. Its offerings cover electrification, automation, and digitization, and solutions connect devices, collect data, and control systems to optimize energy use in smart industries, resilient infrastructure, and data centers. The company distinguishes itself with a broad, end-to-end portfolio and a worldwide presence in over 100 countries, combining hardware, software, and services to address sustainability and reliability. Its goal is to help people and organizations use energy more efficiently, reduce environmental impact, and improve uptime and reliability.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Rueil-Malmaison, France
Founded
1836

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