Mechanical Engineer, Data Centers

Job Description

AECOM is seeking a Mechanical Engineer to join our growing Canadian Data Center practice. This role will support the design and delivery of hyperscale, colocation, and other mission-critical facilities across North America. This is a newly created position.

The successful candidate will contribute to the design of resilient mechanical infrastructure while collaborating with experienced multidisciplinary Data Center teams across Canada, the U.S., and globally. This is an opportunity to develop specialized expertise in a rapidly growing sector while working on complex, high-performance facilities.

Responsibilities

• Design mechanical systems for data centers and mission-critical facilities, including HVAC, heat-rejection, chilled-water, hydronic, and critical cooling systems.
• Perform cooling-load calculations, equipment sizing, capacity planning, and other mechanical engineering analyses.
• Prepare mechanical plans, schematics, schedules, details, specifications, and supporting calculations.
• Apply applicable Canadian building, mechanical, energy, fire, and plumbing codes and requirements.
• Coordinate mechanical designs with architectural, electrical, structural, civil, controls, fire protection, technology, and other disciplines.
• Support design criteria addressing reliability, redundancy, resiliency, maintainability, energy efficiency, and capacity.
• Participate in multidisciplinary design reviews, quality reviews, and project coordination meetings.
• Support construction-phase services, including RFIs, submittal reviews, site observations, commissioning activities, and resolution of technical issues.
• Coordinate with clients, contractors, vendors, utilities, and other project stakeholders.
• Perform work in accordance with project scope, schedule, budget, and quality requirements.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering.
• 4+ years of relevant mechanical engineering or building mechanical design experience, or demonstrated equivalency of education and experience.
• Experience designing building mechanical systems and preparing calculations, drawings, schedules, specifications, and technical documentation.
• Working knowledge of applicable Canadian building, mechanical, energy, fire, and plumbing codes and requirements.
• Registered, or eligible to register, as a Professional Engineer within Canada.
• Strong communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.

 Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with hyperscale, colocation, mission-critical, healthcare, laboratory, industrial, or other complex facilities.
• Experience designing data center HVAC, cooling, and heat-rejection systems.
• Knowledge of reliability, redundancy, resiliency, and maintainability concepts.
• Experience with chilled-water systems, cooling towers, dry coolers, CRAH/CRAC units, fan-wall systems, economizers, hydronic distribution, or liquid-cooling technologies.
• Experience with computational fluid dynamics, energy modelling, or other mechanical-system analysis tools.
• Experience with Revit and Autodesk Construction Cloud.
• Familiarity with applicable ASHRAE, CSA, NFPA, Uptime Institute, TIA-942, ANSI/BICSI 002, and other data center industry standards.

Additional Information

• Relocation is not available for this position.
• Sponsorship is not available for this position.

At AECOM, we are committed to maintaining a secure and trustworthy recruitment process and take any fraudulent hiring activity seriously. To support this commitment, all newly hired employees are required to attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location as a condition of employment.

About AECOM 

AECOM is proud to offer comprehensive benefits to meet the diverse needs of our employees. Depending on your employment status, AECOM benefits may include medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, disability benefits, paid time off, leaves of absences, voluntary benefits, perks, flexible work options, well-being resources, employee assistance program, business travel insurance, service recognition awards, retirement savings plan, and employee stock purchase plan. 

AECOM is the global infrastructure leader, committed to delivering a better world. As a trusted professional services firm powered by deep technical abilities, we solve our clients’ complex challenges in water, environment, energy, transportation and buildings. Our teams partner with public- and private-sector clients to create innovative, sustainable and resilient solutions throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm that had revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. Learn more at aecom.com. 

What makes AECOM a great place to work 

You will be part of a global team that champions your growth and career ambitions. Work on groundbreaking projects – both in your local community and on a global scale – that are transforming our industry and shaping the future. With cutting-edge technology and a network of experts, you’ll have the resources to make a real impact. Our award-winning training and development programs are designed to expand your technical expertise and leadership skills, helping you build the career you’ve always envisioned. Here, you’ll find a welcoming workplace built on respect, collaboration and community – where you have the freedom to grow in a world of opportunity. 

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in your potential and are here to help you achieve it. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. Artificial intelligence will be used to support the screening, assessment, and selection of applicants for this role. Final hiring decisions are made by the hiring team.