Director, Data Centre Engineering Mechanical & Electrical

Summary

Bell is seeking an accomplished Director to lead its national Data Centre Engineering teamdriving the mechanical and electrical design strategy behind Bells groundbreaking AI Fabric program. This transformational initiative is positioning Canada as a global leader in Sovereign AI by building a secure high performance coast-to-coast compute fabric that will power the next generation of AI this consultative executive role you will guide multidisciplinary engineering teams influence data centre strategy across the enterprise and directly engage customers to advance complex solution designs. Your leadership will ensure Bells AI ready data centre environments remain industry leading in reliability efficiency scalability and innovation.

Key Responsibilities

Provide strategic leadership to both Mechanical and Electrical Engineering teams responsible for design planning standards development and operational readiness across all data centre facilities.

Drive the engineering vision for high density AI and GPU optimized data centres ensuring alignment with Bells national AI Fabric program and long-term infrastructure roadmap.

Act as a senior consultative engineering advisor during customer engagements supporting with technical expertise solution positioning and complex design discussions.

Build strong customer relationships by articulating Bells technical capabilities understanding customer requirements and shaping data centre solutions that accelerate the sales cycle.

Oversee the development and continuous refinement of engineering standards playbooks and design guidelines for mechanical electrical cooling and power systems.

Collaborate closely with Operations Construction Architecture Network Engineering and external partners to ensure design integrity feasibility and alignment with project goals.

Lead risk assessments capacity planning and long-term growth strategies to support evolving AI and high density compute workloads.

Champion innovation in cooling technologies power distribution energy efficiency sustainability and resiliency.

Provide executive oversight for commissioning technical evaluations escalations and critical incident response as required.

Develop and mentor high performing engineering teams fostering a culture of technical excellence collaborative problem solving and continuous improvement.

Represent the engineering organization in executive reviews customer briefings and strategic planning sessions.

Critical Qualifications

Bachelors or Masters degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering; designation strongly preferred.

1215 years of experience in mission critical data centre engineering with at least 5 years leading multidisciplinary engineering teams.

Demonstrated expertise in high density compute environments advanced cooling strategies power distribution redundancy architectures and data centre capacity planning.

Strong background in customer facing engagements including consultative technical discussions solution design and support for pre-sales activities.

Deep understanding of codes and standards relevant to data centre environments (ASHRAE CSA NEC/NFPA Uptime TIA942 etc.).

Exceptional communication executive presence and ability to translate complex engineering concepts for both technical and non-technical audiences.

Ability to lead large scale multi-site engineering programs with a strong emphasis on quality reliability and innovation.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in large hyperscale or AI focused data centre environments.

Demonstrated leadership in developing new engineering capabilities standards or national scale programs.

Strategic mindset with a strong customer orientation and proven ability to influence senior stakeholders.

Familiarity with emerging technologies such as liquid cooling immersion cooling edge data centre deployment and advanced power management systems.