Sr. Structural Engineer

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About Prime Data Centers

Prime Data Centers develops, acquires, and operates data centers for some of the world's largest enterprises. A private firm owned by a group controlling $6 billion in assets, with a 15-year tenure in technology and real estate development, Prime provides customers with ownership options and dynamic leasing models, defining a true corporate partnership.

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About the role

- The Sr. Structural Engineer is a technical individual contributor within the Civil/Structural/Architectural (CSA) Engineering discipline in Design & Engineering (D&E) at Prime Data Centers. This role owns structural engineering scope across PDC's hyperscale and purpose-built data center projects — from concept through construction support — ensuring buildings, foundations, and heavy equipment support structures are safe, code-compliant, buildable, and cost-effective at hyperscale.
- This is a hands-on technical role, not a people-management position. It exists because structural decisions on hyperscale campuses carry outsized cost, schedule, and risk exposure — heavy MEP equipment loading, seismic and wind design across varied markets, and foundation design for equipment most commercial structural engineers rarely encounter.

Role Mission

- Ensure PDC's data centers stand on structurally sound, code-compliant, cost-effective foundations and building structures — from design through construction — so schedule and budget commitments hold.

Scope & Accountability

- Owns structural engineering scope end-to-end for assigned projects: building structure, foundations, and equipment support structures (generators, CRAHs/CRACs, chillers, switchgear, MV/electrical equipment, rooftop- and yard-mounted mechanical/electrical equipment)
- Serves as PDC's technical authority for structural design on assigned projects
- Accountable for structural code compliance (IBC, ASCE 7, and local amendments), constructability, and delivery impact
- Reviews and validates third-party structural consultant and contractor deliverables
- Influences structural standards and design patterns across projects and campuses

What you'll do

TECHNICAL EXECUTION & OWNERSHIP

- Lead structural design and review for building structures, foundations, and equipment support structures across hyperscale and purpose-built projects

- Resolve technically ambiguous structural problems: heavy equipment loading, seismic/wind design across jurisdictions, soil- and geotech-driven foundation design

- Balance speed, risk, cost, and quality in structural decisions; flag when a design choice trades one for another

- Review vendor and manufacturer equipment submittals for structural compatibility; coordinate load data with Design, MEP, and Civil

STANDARDS & TECHNICAL EXCELLENCE

- Define, apply, and evolve PDC's structural design standards and equipment support details for repeatable campus deployment

- Identify opportunities for prefabrication, modularization, and standardized foundation/support details that reduce engineering effort and rework across projects

- Reduce technical debt and late-stage structural surprises through sound engineering judgment early in design

CROSS-FUNCTIONAL COLLABORATION

- Partner with Design, Civil, Architecture, MEP Engineering, Construction, and Operations on structural coordination

- Support site selection and due diligence with structural and geotechnical risk assessment for candidate sites

- Communicate structural tradeoffs clearly to non-technical stakeholders — schedule, cost, and risk implications, not just code citations

- Support third-party structural consultant management: scoping, review, and quality control of deliverables

Qualifications

- 8+ years of structural engineering experience, including mission-critical, industrial, or heavy-equipment facility design
- PE license (or ability to obtain multi-state licensure) strongly preferred
- Strong knowledge of IBC, ASCE 7, and structural code compliance across multiple U.S. jurisdictions
- Experience with foundation design for heavy/vibrating equipment and seismic/wind design across varied markets
- Ability to work independently with minimal direction; strong written and verbal communication skills
- Have deep structural engineering experience in data centers, industrial, mission-critical, or comparable heavy-equipment environments
- Are comfortable owning large, complex structural scopes independently with minimal oversight
- Have designed for significant equipment loading (generators, switchgear, cooling plant, etc.), not just typical commercial live/dead loads
- Communicate technical tradeoffs clearly and pragmatically to non-engineers
- Take pride in technical excellence that keeps projects on schedule and on budget

Benefits

- Competitive salary range and performance bonus program
- 401k fully vested upon enrollment, up to a 4% employer match
- 100% employee premiums paid by employer for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability
- Paid Time Off + Sick time

Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis.
 
Prime is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants are considered for employment without attention to race, color, age, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, protected veteran or military status, disability status, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local laws and ordinances.

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