Role SummaryRowan Digital Infrastructure is looking for a Senior Manager to join our engineering team to lead and empower our data center electrical design team in support of projects across the Rowan portfolio. The Senior Manager is a critical part of the technical team that will help support all aspects of the Rowan approach from site origination through operations of data center infrastructure. The key focus for this role will include leading data center strategy, design, and deployment in support of Rowan critical capacity. The successful candidate will have a proven track record of successfully delivering data center projects as a licensed Professional Engineer. The successful candidate will also have excellent strategic thinking skills, organizational and communication skills, the ability to multitask, comfort with ambiguity, and the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment.
Travel:- Ability to travel up to (25%) for company gatherings, factory witness testing, meetings, or to project sites.
Location:- Denver, Colorado - Hybrid Opportunity
- Other locations and remote opportunities will be considered based on experience and alignment with the position.
Compensation: $170K - $210K (Offers Bonus)
Career Expectations:- Multiple projects, programs or portfolio-focused for department. Owns and deliver areas of work in service of annual goals of the team. Expertly identifies solutions to solve ambiguous, open-ended problems that require tough prioritization and cross-team dependencies. Is a leader for the team with impact extending outside the team.
- Scope & Summary - Team-focus. Focused on advancing the strategic priorities of the team, prioritizing work across the team, and directing work quality and timing. Ensures everyone is learning and growing, that key priorities are being met, and that the team has the context and clear decisions it needs to be successful.
- Knowledge & Technical Skill - Provides sound technical leadership to the team. Uses technical knowledge to drive high quality work across the team and help team members develop technical knowledge needed to master their role and ensure the team can deliver.
- Team Execution & Strategic Direction - Prioritizes and delegates work effectively to team members. Holds team accountable to results. Helps team make good decisions and set metrics for success that drive team forward. Unblocks the team when stuck. Owns budget and goals for team.
- Communication & Collaboration - Communicates context to the team and surfaces requirements to relevant senior people within the business. Works to resolve conflict within and across teams. Helps establish a transparent, clear and humble communication environment at Rowan. Disagrees and commits when needed and owns messages to the team.
- Team & Company Development - Contributes to the career development of the team. Empowers those around them and meets regularly with their direct reports, providing frequent feedback, helping the individuals set goals and work to ensure employee growth and retention. Supports on hiring activities within their function.
Essential Responsibilities- The key focus for this role will include leading hyperscale turnkey data center strategy, design, and deployment. As the data center electrical design team lead, this professional will be responsible for leadership and growth of the team successfully delivering data center electrical infrastructure.
- To facilitate jumpstarting internal and external teams, this professional will own data center electrical standardization on a company and client level. Ensuring Rowan designs meet client requirements while creating a repeatable and scalable solution which is considerate of the bandwidth of the design team.
- Directly engages with hyperscale clients to facilitate documentation of technical requirements and communicating them to the Rowan design lead.
- Technical SME engaged in commercial agreement negotiation for leases, service level agreements, and exhibits.
- Lead internal and external teams to decisions and drive to outcomes.
- Lead, direct, and manage consultants in the design, procurement, construction and implementation of data center infrastructure. Identify risks during all stages of the project lifecycle.
- As a technical SME and strategy lead, mold design, project scope, schedule, and deliverables to meet client and Rowan requirements.
- Partner with procurement to deliver the equipment required for the success of Rowan projects.
- Support RFPs for electrical infrastructure design, construction, and operations. Review bids for conformance with the requirements of the RFP. Provide clarification on technical requirements.
- Demonstrate a customers are our North star mentality. Earning, nurturing, and creating trust and relationships with utilities and client technical experts.
- Mentor the engineering team to grow the teams collective expertise.
- Support other technical tasks not listed as required.
Education, Skills, and Experience- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or related field.
- 10+ years' overall experience with 5+ years' of technical data center design and delivery experience.
- Licensed Professional Engineer
- Experience delivering complex electrical projects through design, construction, commissioning, and operation.
- Experience working with external stakeholders including AHJ's and utilities.
- Experience communicating with senior leaders and executives at all levels of the organization.
- Knowledge of data center industry and trends.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, and highly cross-functional environment.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
- Experience of proficiency in ETAP, MS Office Suite, AutoCAD, REVIT, GIS, and Bluebeam Revu.
Fueled by Excellence & CollaborationAt Rowan, we are a distributed team united by a common mission to transform data center delivery. Across our two offices, we offer a hybrid work environment supported by teamwork, technology, and in-office gathering time to help you be successful. We are headquartered in downtown Denver, Colorado and have an office in Seattle, Washington. Our team of talented and passionate individuals is spread out across the U.S.
Here to support youAt Rowan, we want to make sure you can do great work. We offer competitive benefits focused on helping you be and achieve your best.
- Hybrid working environment
- Team building and educational opportunities
- Generous benefits package including robust health benefits and a 401(k)-company contribution
- RTD ECO pass or parking reimbursement
- Competitive compensation, bonus, and an incentive plan
