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Senior Electrical Engineer
Job Summary
Iron Mountain is seeking an experienced Senior Electrical Engineer to lead electrical engineering across our regional and global Data Center Design and Construction teams. In this role, you will serve as the senior technical reviewer for complex, high-risk electrical systems, assuring technical quality, resolving discipline risks, and establishing scalable engineering standards. Functioning as a high-impact individual contributor, you will operate with broad autonomy to solve major technical challenges and raise global discipline capability through technical leadership and mentorship.
What You’ll Do (Responsibilities)
In this role, you will:
- Lead Complex Electrical Engineering: Guide electrical strategy, design criteria, assurance plans, and review gates for major data center builds, campus phases, customer deployments, and operational upgrades from early concept through commissioning.
- Govern Technical Reviews & Standards: Review and participate in consultant designs, calculations, specifications, and submittals; develop and maintain global standard designs, Basis of Design (BOD) documents, and govern discipline deviations within delegated authority.
- Analyze Power & Utility Systems: Lead technical evaluations for utility interconnections, HV/MV/LV distribution, standby generation, UPS systems, battery energy storage, grounding/earthing, and power-quality performance.
- Drive Equipment & Operational Reliability: Partner with Supply Chain to establish product strategies and technical evaluations for Owner Furnished Contractor Installed (OFCI) equipment, while leading root-cause failure investigations for major operational incidents to feed lessons learned into global standards.
- Partner Cross-Functionally & Mentor: Collaborate across Design Management, Construction, Commissioning, Operations, and Solutions Engineering to resolve multidisciplinary interfaces while mentoring and peer-reviewing less experienced engineers.
What You’ll Bring (Skills & Qualifications)
The ideal candidate will have:
- Core Experience: Typically 10+ years of relevant experience, with substantial technical accountability for complex data center, mission-critical, or major technical capital programs.
- Deep Domain Expertise: In-depth knowledge of critical power systems, power-system studies, protective relay coordination, codes/standards, utility interconnections, and commissioning requirements.
- Commercial & Technical Judgement: Proven ability to balance power architecture, electrical resilience, capital costs, efficiency, utility constraints, and schedule risks.
- Influence & Communication: Credible negotiation and communication skills to influence consultants, equipment manufacturers, and cross-functional leadership without formal line-management authority.
- Education & Travel: University degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Engineering, Building Services Engineering, or related field (Professional Engineer/Chartered Engineer license preferred) and ability to travel up to 25% domestically and internationally.
What We Offer (Benefits)
- Compensation: Competitive salary and 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: $123,500.00 - $164,700.00
Please note that an employee's starting salary may vary based on a variety of factors. Where State, Municipal, Provincial, Territorial or other legal minimum wages exceed the federal minimum wage, employees are entitled to the higher rate.
Category: Real Estate & FacilitiesSkills Required
- 10+ years of relevant electrical engineering experience
- Technical accountability for complex data center, mission-critical, or major technical capital programs
- In-depth knowledge of critical power systems
- Experience with power-system studies and protective relay coordination
- Knowledge of electrical codes, standards, utility interconnections, and commissioning requirements
- Ability to balance power architecture, resilience, capital costs, efficiency, utility constraints, and schedule risks
- Strong negotiation and communication skills
- University degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Engineering, Building Services Engineering, or related field
- Ability to travel up to 25% domestically and internationally
- Professional Engineer or Chartered Engineer license
Iron Mountain Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Inclusive Benefits Coverage — Inclusive, modern offerings are emphasized, including support for mental health, gender‑affirming care (with travel/lodging where needed), and family‑planning benefits. Recognition for disability inclusion is also highlighted, which aligns with accessible benefits and leave support.
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Retirement Support — A formal 401(k) program is described with automatic enrollment and a clear employer match structure, with immediate vesting referenced in the materials. Access to supporting infrastructure and guidance is noted through dedicated benefits portals and administrators.
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Healthcare Strength — Multiple national medical plan options are outlined, along with care navigation, virtual primary care, and pharmacy coverage. Additional wellbeing support is described via EAP services and structured wellbeing programming.
Iron Mountain Insights
What We Do
Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE: IRM) is the global leader for storage and information management services. Trusted by more than 220,000 organizations around the world, Iron Mountain boasts a real estate network of more than 80 million square feet across more than 1,350 facilities in 45 countries dedicated to protecting and preserving what matters most for its customers. Iron Mountain’s solutions portfolio includes records management, data management, document management, data centers, art storage and logistics, and secure shredding help organizations to lower storage costs, comply with regulations, recover from disaster, and better use their information. Founded in 1951, Iron Mountain stores and protects billions of information assets, including critical business documents, electronic information, medical data and cultural and historical artifacts.
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