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Director of Electrical Engineering – Data Centers (Expressions of Interest)
- Role: Director of Electrical Engineering
- Location: Remote with 30% Travel
- Salary: $260,000 – $300,000 Performance bonus Signing bonus
We are seeking expressions of interest for a Director of Electrical Engineering, modeled on an executive-level technical role with a high-growth national data center developer expanding its power and electrical infrastructure capabilities at scale. The business develops multi-megawatt and gigawatt hyperscale data center campuses across key U.S. markets, and is at a stage of growth where high-voltage utility power integration, advanced UPS topologies, and power distribution architecture are core drivers of portfolio value and deployment velocity.
What the Director of Electrical Engineering would do:
- Set Electrical Strategy: Lead the national electrical engineering vision, establishing standardized basis of design (BOD) frameworks across MV/HV utility interconnection, substations, and power distribution systems.
- Technical Oversight: Serve as the primary subject matter expert on power topologies, static/rotary UPS setups, emergency backup generators, and EPMS architectures to support high-density workloads.
- Manage Engineering Partners: Direct external electrical engineering firms and consultants from schematic design through Issued for Construction (IFC) package sign-off.
- OFCI & Equipment Strategy: Partner with procurement to evaluate, select, and conduct Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) for major long-lead electrical equipment (transformers, switchgear, UPS).
- Drive Commissioning: Oversee L1–L5 electrical commissioning workflows, integrated systems testing (IST), and energization sequences across active campus builds.
Who You Are
- 8 years of progressive electrical engineering leadership on the owner, developer, or lead consultant side of multi-megawatt data center programs.
- Deep technical command of MV/HV distribution, fault current calculations, selectivity studies, and power redundancy topologies (N 1, 2N, block redundant).
- Mastery of relevant codes and standards including NEC, IEEE, NFPA 70E, and Uptime Tier III/IV electrical guidelines (Active PE license strongly preferred).
- Proven track record of managing internal technical teams and leading tier-one external MEP engineering consultants.
- Executive communication skills to present complex technical power concepts to hyperscale clients and developer leadership.
If you'd like to register your interest confidentially, please reach out to GS2 directly.
Please note, this is a call for expressions of interest and this advert is related to current pipeline.
Salary : $260,000 - $300,000