Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Cognisant is an established organisation delivering complex critical infrastructure programmes, seeking an exceptional Strategic Engineering Director to become the senior technical authority across major data centre developments. The role involves providing strategic technical leadership, influencing engineering direction, and mentoring engineering teams while ensuring practical and resilient engineering solutions.
Responsibilities
- Act as the organisation's recognised subject matter expert for critical engineering systems and complex technical issues
- Provide strategic engineering leadership across multiple high-value infrastructure programmes
- Serve as the senior technical advisor for clients, project teams and executive leadership
- Review, challenge and validate engineering solutions throughout the project lifecycle
- Lead multidisciplinary engineering teams in developing integrated design solutions across all building systems
- Provide expert guidance on electrical distribution, mechanical systems, resilience strategies and critical infrastructure design
- Develop engineering standards, technical guidance and best practices that improve consistency across projects
- Support early-stage planning, technical due diligence and engineering strategy
- Mentor senior engineers and project teams, helping develop technical capability across the wider organisation
- Facilitate technical workshops and engineering reviews to resolve complex design and delivery challenges
- Champion innovation while ensuring engineering solutions remain practical, buildable and commercially viable
- Work closely with clients, consultants, contractors and operational teams to achieve successful project outcomes
Skills
- More than 20 years of experience delivering technically complex infrastructure or mission-critical facilities
- Significant expertise across both electrical and mechanical building services
- A proven ability to solve complex engineering problems within live, high-risk or technically demanding environments
- Extensive experience providing technical leadership across multidisciplinary engineering teams
- Strong knowledge of critical building systems, resilience strategies, commissioning principles and integrated engineering design
- The credibility to influence senior clients, consultants, contractors and executive stakeholders
- Experience developing engineering standards, technical governance and best practice
- A degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline
- Professional registration or recognised engineering qualifications would be advantageous
Benefits
- Executive Compensation Package + Bonus + Benefits
- Flexible (US-Based) Limited travel
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