Principal Mechanical Engineer - Data CenterJob SummaryIron Mountain Data Centers is seeking an accomplished Principal Mechanical Engineer to serve as the regional technical authority for cooling, heat-rejection, ventilation, hydronic, water, and liquid-cooling systems across new developments, customer deployments, operational upgrades, and the existing portfolio. Operating as an enterprise specialist and strategic technical leader, this individual contributor works with broad autonomy across regional Design and Engineering teams to establish technical direction, govern standards and specifications, and assure high-risk engineering decisions.
What You'll Do (Responsibilities)In this role, you will:
- Set Technical Direction: Establish design principles, performance outcomes, and decision criteria for air and liquid cooling, heat rejection, ventilation, hydronic, and water systems across the data center platform.
- Govern Standards & Approvals: Own and govern Basis of Design (BOD) requirements, standard designs, technical specifications, and discipline assurance frameworks; act as the final authority on precedent-setting deviations and risks.
- Advise Senior Leadership & Drive Innovation: Advise senior leaders on technical strategy, investment trade-offs, and long-term technology roadmaps while sponsoring research and translating emerging trends into scalable requirements.
- Direct Equipment Strategy & Incident Investigations: Govern global technical requirements and product strategy for owner-furnished equipment (OFCI) with Supply Chain, while providing top-tier discipline support for major operational incidents to embed root-cause findings into standards.
- Build Discipline Capability: Represent Iron Mountain in strategic customer, regulatory, and industry forums; establish a mechanical community of practice; and mentor Senior Engineers without direct line-management authority.
What You'll Bring (Skills & Qualifications)The ideal candidate will have:
- Core Experience: Typically 15+ years of relevant experience, including technical leadership across major data center, mission-critical, or comparable programs across multiple projects or markets.
- Enterprise Technical Mastery: Recognized depth of expertise in data center mechanical engineering, including air and liquid cooling, heat rejection, hydronics, water strategy, and critical controls interfaces.
- Governance & Commercial Judgement: Proven ability to govern global approval frameworks and manage systemic risk while balancing cooling architecture, rack density, resilience, capital cost, and energy/water efficiency.
- Executive Presence & Influence: Exceptional influencing, negotiation, and communication skills to frame complex technical decisions for executive audiences, customers, regulatory authorities, and manufacturers.
- Education & Travel: University degree in Mechanical Engineering, Building Services Engineering, or a related discipline (Professional Engineer/Chartered Engineer license strongly preferred) and the ability to travel domestically and internationally up to 25%.
What We Offer (Benefits)- Compensation: Competitive salary and executive total rewards packages aligned with your experience level.
- Work-Life Balance: Generous paid time off, holiday schedules, and flexible work options to support personal well-being.
- Health & Well-being: Comprehensive health, dental, vision, wellness, and retirement plans.
- Growth: Continuous learning, technical leadership opportunities, and career advancement across a global organization.
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Reasonably expected salary range: $163,400.00 - $217,900.00
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