Deeter Analytics
Director of Data Center Construction & Engineering
Austin Area · Director · Contract
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 155 days ago
NegotiationProcurementMechanical DesignElectrical EngineeringLeadershipPE LicenseConstruction ManagementOSHAThermodynamics
About the role
- We are seeking a seasoned Owner's Representative to serve as the owner's technical, commercial, and field-side advocate in the development of our flagship AI Inference Data Center, beginning with an initial ~7MW phase and expanding over time to a 50MW campus.
- We are not looking for someone who is learning liquid cooling on our project.
Responsibilities
- Act as the owner's primary representative across planning, design, procurement, construction, commissioning, and turnover.
- Establish owner-side reporting, decision gates, risk tracking, and project governance for a large-scale AI/HPC data center build.
- Strategic Planning & Design Review
- Serve as the owner-side authority in evaluating whether the basis of design, MEP systems, and construction approach are appropriate for high-density inference workloads.
- Collaborate with compute architects, design engineers, and vendors to validate infrastructure supporting direct-to-chip liquid cooling, including facility water systems, CDUs, secondary cooling loops, heat rejection strategy, controls, redundancy, serviceability, and integration with rack-level cooling distribution.
- Identify scope gaps, technical risks, maintainability issues, and design choices that increase cost without delivering meaningful owner value.
- Lead the owner-side evaluation and selection of pre-fabricated / modular data center vendors, helping determine which vendor and design approach best align with the project's cost, quality, schedule, density, and scalability requirements.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in mission-critical data center construction, development, engineering, owner's representation, or similar infrastructure delivery roles.
- Direct experience delivering liquid-cooled data center environments supporting 100kW+ racks is required.
- Direct-to-chip liquid cooling experience is strictly required.
- Experience reviewing and challenging CAPEX budgets, contractor pricing, vendor proposals, change orders, and schedule assumptions on large-scale projects.
- Experience with greenfield and/or brownfield AI/HPC data center development.
- Familiarity with next-generation GPU/TPU deployments and the infrastructure implications of very high rack densities.
- Experience with utility coordination, permitting, long-lead procurement, and mission-critical commissioning programs.
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or a related field.
- Required Experience
- Proven experience on projects, with meaningful responsibility for owner-side oversight, major design/construction decision-making, or mission-critical project delivery.
- Demonstrated experience overseeing or materially influencing the design, build, and commissioning of high-density AI/HPC infrastructure.
- Deep technical understanding of medium-voltage electrical distribution, mechanical cooling systems, hydronics, thermodynamics, and liquid-cooling integration.
- Prior experience serving specifically as an Owner's Representative on data center projects.
- Education & Certifications
Nice to have
- Preferred Background
Benefits
- Provide leadership with direct, practical recommendations on budget exposure, construction risk, schedule health, and major decision points.
Company info
- We are building the infrastructure that powers the future of Artificial Intelligence.
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