Mechanical Engineer – Data Center (Bogotá)

About the role

Pond & Company is seeking an experienced Mechanical Engineer with a focus on data center projects to join its Bogotá office. The role involves designing and delivering mission‑critical mechanical systems that ensure reliable, efficient, and sustainable cooling for hyperscale, colocation, and enterprise data centers.

Key responsibilities

• Design mechanical systems for data centers, including cooling, ventilation, and support infrastructure.
• Develop mechanical calculations, specifications, reports, and construction documents.
• Design and coordinate HVAC systems such as chilled water plants, air‑cooled and water‑cooled units, CRAH/CRAC units, cooling towers, pumps, heat exchangers, and piping networks.
• Perform cooling load calculations, airflow analysis, equipment sizing, energy evaluations, and reliability assessments.
• Support redundancy strategies (N, N+1, 2N) and coordinate designs with electrical, structural, civil, architectural, and telecom disciplines.
• Participate in design reviews, quality assurance, RFIs, submittal reviews, site observations, and issue resolution.
• Assist with commissioning, integrated systems testing, startup activities, and operational readiness planning.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in mechanical engineering, specifically on data center or mission‑critical facility projects.
• Proven experience designing HVAC and cooling systems for critical environments.

Required skills

• HVAC system design
• Cooling load calculations
• Airflow analysis
• Equipment sizing
• Energy evaluation
• System reliability assessment
• Redundancy strategy design (N, N+1, 2N)
• Piping network design
• CRAH/CRAC unit expertise
• Cooling tower, pump, and heat exchanger design
• Mechanical calculations and specifications