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Senior Mechanical Engineer, Mechanical Engineering Subject Expert

Rockdale, New South Wales💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-13 → 2026-09-26

Core

Technical authority for design review, deployment, commissioning, and lifecycle maintenance of critical mechanical infrastructure (heat rejection plants, pumping/piping systems, rotating equipment, cooling assets) to ensure high-density compute environments operate with maximum efficiency, uptime, and safety.

Role type

Senior Mechanical Subject Matter Expert (SME)

Builds

Campus mechanical systems including heat rejection, pumping/distribution, air-moving equipment, and large-scale liquid cooling deployments for data center environments.

Domain

Data Center Infrastructure / Mechanical Engineering / Thermal & Fluid Systems

Deliverable

Production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Heat transfer, thermodynamics, fluid dynamics, rotating equipment reliability (alignment, balancing, vibration analysis), piping system integrity, hydraulic modeling, control sequence definition, root-cause analysis, preventive maintenance protocols, water treatment management, P&ID interpretation, mechanical drawing review.

Preferred skills

Hyperscale data center mechanical plant experience, liquid cooling deployment expertise, PE/CEM/CxA certifications.

Technologies

PLC/BMS, CMMS, ASME B31, ASHRAE guidelines, NFPA requirements.

Responsibilities

Lead technical strategy for campus mechanical systems; validate system-level heat balance and performance against design intent; review mechanical drawings and vendor selections; support customer rack deployments; act as expert on pumps, fans, and rotating assets; own piping system integrity and hydraulic modeling; define and optimize control sequences and alarm thresholds; support commissioning processes; lead root-cause analysis and develop predictive maintenance programs; establish preventive maintenance protocols and water treatment programs; develop enterprise-level SOPs/MOPs/EOPs.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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