Mechanical Validation Engineer

JOB DESCRIPTIONThe Mechanical Validation Engineer will validate mechanical infrastructure readiness for data center deployments, expansions, and operational handoffs. This role ensures cooling systems, mechanical equipment, hydronic systems, airflow management, controls interfaces, commissioning evidence, and turnover documentation are complete, accurate, tested, and ready for day-one operations. Qualified candidates must be comfortable working within the Abilene, TX or Shackelford, TX areas for this assignment. Relocation assistance will be provided for selected out-of-market individuals. Key Responsibilities• Validate mechanical readiness for new data centers, expansions, retrofit programs, infrastructure readiness milestones, and operational transition activities. • Review mechanical commissioning evidence, functional performance test results, integrated systems testing records, balancing reports, equipment start-up records, punch lists, and turnover packages. • Verify readiness of critical cooling infrastructure, including chillers, pumps, cooling towers, CRAH/CRAC units, air handlers, heat exchangers, valves, piping, containment, and airflow management systems. • Validate that BMS/controls visibility, alarms, trends, setpoints, and equipment status indicators support mechanical operations and troubleshooting needs. • Track mechanical validation findings, readiness risks, dependencies, corrective actions, exceptions, and owner-based action plans using approved deployment tracking tools.