Senior Data Center Designer SME

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design,

engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 34,000 people, in over 30 countries, dedicated to improving

quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many

curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and

deliver more impact together.

Role description:

As a Senior Data Center Designer SME, you will be instrumental in providing

technical expertise to internal team members and external clients, helping drive

Arcadis’ data center work forward. You will be responsible for guiding and

mentoring our in-house data center team by providing senior-level advice

on infrastructure system selection, cooling strategies, market trends, specialty

consulting, and client engagement.

As a Senior Data Center Designer SME, you will play a key role in coordinating

activities across large-scale building and data center projects. Your expertise

will help ensure smooth execution, high performance, resilience, and compliance,

while supporting project teams with technical leadership and proactive

problem-solving.

Role accountabilities:

* Support the design and delivery of infrastructure systems for data center and

mission critical facilities

* Provide technical design input to clients and internal project teams

* Apply knowledge of industry standards, codes, and best practices relevant to

data centers and mission critical environments

* Evaluate and guide teams on the pros and cons of various infrastructure

systems, redundancy approaches, turn down ratios, energy efficiency

strategies, and operational resiliency and redundancy

* Coordinate with other design and engineering disciplines, vendors,

contractors, and client stakeholders

* Participate in key design discussions and help communicate design decisions

to clients

* Contribute to all project phases, including Pursuit, Concept design, Detailed

design, Construction administration, Commissioning, Closeout

* Support the preparation of proposals, particularly the infrastructure design

approach and technical strategy

* Contribute to knowledge sharing, innovation, and continuous improvement

within the design team

* Help develop technical documentation, reports, specifications, basis of

design documents, and design packages

* Work collaboratively with colleagues across multiple offices and global teams

* Mentor junior staff and support team development where appropriate

Qualifications & Experience:

* Bachelor’s or master’s degree in architecture, electrical, or mechanical

engineering

* Architectural or P. Eng Registration in Canada

* 10+ years of relevant experience in infrastructure design for data centers,

mission critical facilities, hyperscale, semiconductor, industrial, or

similarly complex facilities.

* Experience with codes and standards relevant to data center environments

(ASHRAE, CSA, NEC/NFPA, Uptime, TIA942, etc.).

* Strong communication and coordination skills with multidisciplinary teams and

clients

* Experience and passion for leadership and mentoring

* Familiarity with redundancy strategies such as N, N+1, 2N, and concurrently

maintainable system approaches

* Experience with energy-efficient infrastructure solutions, sustainability

goals, and optimization strategies

* Construction administration and commissioning experience for mission critical

projects

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We

believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a

skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and

expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make

together.

You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver

sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your

career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we

take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our

actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place

to work for all our people. We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action

employer. Women, minorities, people with disabilities and veterans are strongly

encouraged to apply. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in

employment on any basis including race, creed, color, religion, national origin,

sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity,

citizenship status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by

law.

The salary range for this position is $106,000-$159,000. The base salary

represents Arcadis’ hiring range for this position. Actual salaries will vary

and will be based on various factors, such as location, skills, experience, and

qualification for the role.