Colocation Engineer - Electrical and Power Design

job summary:
Join a premier, rapidly expanding data center infrastructure provider as a Colocation Engineer focused on electrical and power design. In this fully remote role with localized regional travel, you will step away from routine operations to directly engineer and draft the critical power environments that keep the modern digital world running. This position offers a highly competitive compensation package along with comprehensive corporate benefits, including premium medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage.

location: Telecommute
job type: Permanent
salary: $130,000 - 160,000 per year
work hours: 9am to 5pm
education: Bachelors

responsibilities:
Responsibilities In this role, your typical day-to-day responsibilities will include:

• Utilizing AutoCAD daily to draft, route, and design electrical layouts, fiber routing, and power distribution schemes for data center environments.
• Performing precise electrical calculations, selecting breakers, and specifying Remote Power Panels (RPPs) and Power Distribution Units (PDUs) to meet specific capacity needs.
• Reviewing overall power infrastructure to identify imbalances, call out legacy design anomalies, and engineer solutions for new installations.
• Designing secure customer cage environments, optimal cabinet placements, and advanced air containment systems to maximize cooling efficiency.
• Collaborating directly with corporate sales engineers, operational capacity teams, and external enterprise clients to validate and finalize technical space and power infrastructure solutions.
• Conducting early-phase regional site visits (averaging one week per month or 3 to 4 short trips within the first 90 days) to audit physical locations, with travel tapering off significantly to a quarterly or as-needed basis once ramped up.

qualifications:
Qualifications

Must-Haves

Strong technical background in electrical engineering and power distribution systems (e.g., performing calculations, selecting breakers, distribution schemes).

Proficiency with AutoCAD for daily engineering design, drafting, and layout modifications.

Solid understanding of electrical distribution topologies such as 2N (A/B), 3-to-make-2 (3/2), or 4-to-make-3 (4/3) redundancy configurations.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills for cross-functional collaboration and direct client interactions.

Ability to travel up to 25% initially for regional site assessments (tapering off significantly after the first 90 days).

Nice-to-Haves

Experience with Remote Power Panel (RPP) or Power Distribution Unit (PDU) configuration and load analysis.

Familiarity with data center capacity management tools (e.g., Nlyte, Carma) or Building Management Systems (BMS).

Knowledge of mechanical components such as airflow dynamics, containment systems, and cooling efficiency.

Experience drafting full Scope of Work (SOW) packages for enterprise technical infrastructure deployment.

Skills

AutoCAD Drafting

Electrical Infrastructure Design

Power Capacity Calculations

Breaker & Panel Selection

Power Distribution Schemes (2N, 3/2, 4/3)

Remote Power Panels (RPP) & Power Distribution Units (PDU)

Data Center Space Optimization

Client-Facing Technical Consultation

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Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad Digital offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).

This posting is open for thirty (30) days.

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