Associate Director - Mechanical Engineering (Data Centers)

Associate Director - Mechanical Engineering (Data Centers) Full-time State/Province: Distrito Capital de Bogotá Business Group: DCS Legal Entity: AECOM Services SAS Business Line: Building Engineering Work Location Model: On-Site Operating Group: Group Support Primary Location: CO - Bogota, Colombia - Carrera 11 # Company Description Work with Us. Change the World. At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations. There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world. We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.

AECOM's Enterprise Capabilities is seeking for an experienced Associate Director - Mechanical Engineering (Data Centers) to join our Mechanical Engineering team in Bogota, Colombia. This role will be pivotal in designing HVAC systems with a particular focus on Data Center and Mission Critical, Chilled water plants, heating and cooling control systems. The responsibilities include but are not limited to: Data Center Heat Rejection and HVAC System Design: Developing and designing Heat Rejection and HVAC systems specifically tailored for data centers, considering factors such as type of cooling requirement as air cooled or direct fluid cooled, associated cooling loads, future flexibility of the system to accommodate variable heat distribution scenarios, phased construction and operation, airflow management, humidity control, system redundancy providing concurrent maintainability, energy efficiency, and compliance with industry standards and best practices. Cooling System Selection: Selecting appropriate air/water side cooling systems for data centers, including Fan wall units, computer room air handlers (CRAHs), chilled water systems, DX systems and CRAC units, in-row cooling, and containment solutions, based on the specific cooling requirements of the data center and the criticality of the equipment. Requirements identification and calculation of cooling and heating thermal loads using various software such as HAP, Tracer 3d, EESV, and CYPE. Design of chilled water systems, variable refrigerant, centralized systems, and precision systems. Equipment selection and component sizing. Knowledge of ASHRAE and SMACNA standards. Preparation of specifications, drawings, calculation reports, and technical reports, fluent in English. Preparation of plant drawings, system architecture, schematic diagrams, control single-line diagrams, P&IDs, and installation details for HVAC and mechanical ventilation systems. System modeling in Revit, quality review of drawings prepared by modelers. Generation of pressure drop reports and equipment tables in Revit. Coordination with other disciplines to avoid clashes between elements using Revit and/or Navisworks.

Minimum Requirements Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering + 8 YORE or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education in Data Center Projects. Must have excellent knowledge about data center TIER Standard Topology as per Uptime Institute, TIA 942, ANSI/BICSI 002, etc. Experience with calculation software such as HAP, Tracer 3d, EESV, and/or CYPE. Experience in design and analysis of air conditioning and mechanical ventilation systems for datacenters, industrial and institutional use. Experience