Data Center Electrical Project Engineer

Data Center Electrical Project Engineer

Contract Snapshot

• Location: Texas (on-site)
• Pay: $40–$70 per hour, depending on experience
• Per Diem: $65–$120 per day, subject to eligibility
• Start Date: ASAP
• Duration: Minimum 6 months

Picture your first day on site: you walk the electrical rooms of a large data center project in Texas, single-line diagram in hand, confirming conduits and cable schedules, and syncing with the superintendent before the morning coordination meeting. By mid-day, you’ve closed out a set of RFIs, reviewed a vendor submittal for switchgear, and updated the commissioning readiness tracker. Before you leave, you log punch items and capture decisions from the PM huddle—keeping the schedule and system reliability front and center.

What You’ll Do

• Drive project engineering tasks that keep mission-critical power infrastructure moving safely and on schedule.
• Interpret and verify electrical documentation: drawings, specifications, single-lines, schematics, cable schedules, and equipment layouts.
• Prepare and manage RFIs, submittals, change order support, procurement status, materials coordination, and project logs.
• Support field installation, inspections, testing activities, commissioning readiness, and punch list closeout.
• Coordinate daily with Project Managers, Superintendents, electrical contractors, vendors, commissioning teams, and client representatives.
• Provide technical guidance across MV/LV distribution, switchgear, transformers, UPS, generators, PDUs, grounding, lighting, and controls interfaces.
• Track progress, flag field risks, and help resolve issues affecting safety, quality, schedule, and system reliability.
• Verify work complies with the NEC, client standards, project specifications, and all safety requirements.
• Maintain accurate records: action trackers, meeting minutes, logs, and as-built documentation.

What You Bring

• Background as an Electrical Project Engineer, Project Engineer, Field Engineer, or Electrical Engineer on construction projects.
• Experience with data centers, mission-critical, industrial, commercial, power, or other large-scale builds (preferred).
• A solid grasp of power distribution and construction documentation practices.
• Hands-on familiarity with switchgear, UPS, generators, transformers, grounding, and commissioning support (highly desirable).
• Ability to read and critique electrical drawings, specifications, and technical packages.
• Working knowledge of the NEC and related electrical codes and standards.
• Exposure to tools such as Procore, Bluebeam, AutoCAD, Revit, ETAP, or SKM (or similar) is a plus.
• Clear communication, strong coordination, and practical problem-solving.
• Ability to work on-site in Texas for the duration of the contract.