About Rowan
At Rowan Digital Infrastructure, we are transforming data center delivery for speed and scale. Our mission is to deliver best-in-class data center solutions to hyperscale customers who share our commitment to sustainability, and to do so with an unwavering focus on efficiency, quality, and flexibility. Our data center solutions are tailored to our customers’ needs and delivered by our exceptional end-to-end team. Rowan is assembling a strategic portfolio of data center sites in Tier 1 markets across the United States at various stages of development, and we’re looking for incredible and passionate people to help us advance our company and our commitment to building a more sustainable future.
Rowan is a portfolio company that is wholly owned and managed by Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners.
Ready to join us in transforming the future of data centers and sustainability? Apply now to be a part of our mission to revolutionize data center delivery.
Role Summary
Rowan Digital Infrastructure is looking for an Electrical Engineer 4 to join our engineering team to lead and empower our substation design team in support of projects across the Rowan portfolio. The Electrical Engineer 4 is a critical part of the technical team that will help support all aspects of the Rowan approach from site origination through operations of transmission, substation and distribution infrastructure. The key focus for this role will include leading transmission, substation and distribution strategy, design, and deployment in support of Rowan critical capacity. The successful candidate will have a proven track record of successfully delivering substation and distribution projects as a licensed Professional Engineer. The successful candidate will also have excellent strategic thinking skills, organizational and communication skills, the ability to multitask, comfort with ambiguity, and the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment.
Travel: Ability to travel up to (25%) for company gatherings, meetings, or to project sites.
Location: Denver, Colorado – Hybrid Opportunity
· Other locations and remote opportunities will be considered based on experience and alignment with the position.
Compensation: 165k-185k + Bonus
Career Expectations:
· Multiple projects, programs, or portfolio focused for the department. Own and deliver areas of work in service of annual goals of the team. Expertly identify solutions to solve ambiguous, open-ended problems that require tough prioritization and cross-team dependencies. Team leader with impacting extending outside the team. Leader for the team with impact extending outside the team.
· Team Focus – Focused on advancing the strategic priorities of the team, prioritizing the work across the team, and directing work quality and timing. Ensures everyone is learning and growing, that key priorities are being met, and that the team has clear context to be successful.
· Knowledge & Technical Skill Demonstration – Expertise that spans multiple domains. Developing into the go-to expert in one of more specific areas of their role. Researches and proposes ways to advance self-, team- and company-wide learning areas of expertise.
· Execution & Autonomy – Consults with manager to align on priorities and approach to defined department goals, owns scoping and delivery toward owned goals. Proactively identifies potential hurdles and roadblocks across teams and works to remove them efficiently, and escalating when needed with suggested new approaches to discuss. Demonstrates critical thinking in managing projects and teams.
· Communication & Collaboration – Builds effective relationships across teams and helps get to positive outcomes. Proactively communicates and coordinates with other groups and manages conflict, disagreeing and committing when necessary. Tailors message and medium to the audience, communicating clearly and concisely. Proactively shares information so the right people are informed and aligned. Fosters effective communication across the team. Helps the department collaborate effectively.
· Process & Project Leadership – Proactively assesses and optimizes processes to improve team outcomes and help Rowan scale. Understands and acts on the importance of feedback loops, assesses failures in a no-fault environment and ensures processes and documents account for learnings. Accountable for goals and deliverables that are dependent on your own work and the work of other internal and external teams.
Essential Responsibilities
· The key focus for this role will include leading transmission, substation, and distribution strategies, design, deployment as well as providing leadership to the team successfully delivering high and medium voltage infrastructure.
· Lead internal and external teams to decisions and drive to outcomes.
· Lead, direct, and manage consultants in the design, procurement, construction and implementation of transmission, substation and distribution infrastructure. Identify risks during all stages of the project lifecycle.
· As a technical SME and strategy lead, mold design, project scope, schedule, and deliverables to meet client and Rowan requirements.
· Partner with procurement to deliver the equipment required for the success of Rowan projects.
· Support RFPs for electrical infrastructure design, construction, and operations. Review bids for conformance with the requirements of the RFP. Provide clarification on technical requirements.
· Integrate with the energy team to coordinate with the identified utilities. Act as the technical liaison between the consultant and the utility.
· Support the growth of the engineering team and of Rowan through the ownership of transmission, substation and distribution standardization to jumpstart internal and external teams.
· Demonstrate a customers are our North star mentality. Earning, nurturing, and creating trust and relationships with utilities and client technical experts.
· Mentor the engineering team to grow the teams collective expertise.
· Support other technical tasks not listed as required.
Education, Skills, and Experience
Required: Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or related field.
· 10+ years’ technical design and delivery experience in relevant industries to transmission, substation, and distribution infrastructure. Power Generation and energy storage systems is a plus.
· Licensed Professional Engineer
· Experience delivering complex electrical projects through design, construction, commissioning, and operation.
· Experience working with external stakeholders including AHJ’s and utilities.
· Experience communicating with senior leaders and executives at all levels of the organization.
· Knowledge of transmission, substation, distribution, and data center industry and trends.
· Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
· Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, and highly cross-functional environment.
· Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
· Experience of proficiency in MS Office Suite, AutoCAD, REVIT, GIS, and Blue Beam Revu.
· The Rowan team collaborates constantly; however, the successful candidate should be comfortable working independently.
Fueled by Excellence & Collaboration
At Rowan, we are a distributed team united by a common mission to transform data center delivery. Across our two offices, we offer a hybrid work environment supported by the teamwork, technology, and in-office gathering time to help you be successful. We are headquartered in Denver, Colorado and have an office in Seattle, Washington. Our team of talented and passionate individuals is spread out across the U.S.
Here to support you
At Rowan, we want to make sure you can do great work. We offer competitive benefits focused on helping you be and achieve your best.
Hybrid working environment
Team building and educational opportunities
Generous benefits package including robust health benefits and a 401(k) company cont
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