Director, Data Center Electrical Engineering

The posting, as Keel Infrastructure wrote it

Careers at Keel

Keel Infrastructure is a publicly traded energy and digital infrastructure company that develops and owns data centers and power assets across North America.

At Keel, you’re not just joining a company, you’re helping build the infrastructure behind the future of compute.

Why Keel

We’re at the intersection of energy and technology, two industries transforming in real time.

The work is complex. The pace is fast. The impact is real.

You’ll be part of a team that values

• Ownership — we take responsibility and follow through
• Collaboration — we work across teams, functions, and borders
• Curiosity — we ask questions and keep learning
• Endurance — we build for the long term

What It Feels Like to Work Here

• Fast-moving, high-growth, and hands-on
• Smart, driven people solving real challenges together
• Work that directly supports AI and next-generation infrastructure
• Room to grow, stretch, and take on more

What We Offer

• Competitive salary, bonus and equity opportunities
• Comprehensive health and wellness benefits
• Retirement savings with company contribution
• Employee referral program

Interested? This is a great opportunity to work for a young and dynamic company!

We are currently looking for a Director, Data Center Electrical Engineering to join our team!

Purpose of the Role

The Director of Data Center Electrical Engineering is a senior leadership role responsible for defining, owning, and continuously advancing the company's electrical engineering standards across all data center development projects. This individual serves as the internal authority on power distribution architecture, backup power systems, medium-voltage infrastructure, controls integration, and electrical system reliability — ensuring that every facility we develop is engineered to deliver the power capacity, redundancy, and efficiency our customers and business require.

This role partners closely with mechanical engineering, commissioning, construction management, procurement, and utility relations teams to drive coordinated electrical design decisions from site selection and utility engagement through design, construction, and energization. The Director of Electrical Engineering sets the frameworks, specifications, and design standards that govern how our portfolio is powered — and ensures those standards are consistently applied and continuously improved as the company scales and as customer requirements evolve toward higher-density, AI-driven workloads.

Key Responsibilities

Engineering Leadership & Standards

• Develop and own the company's electrical engineering design standards, basis-of-design documentation, and technical specifications governing all electrical systems across new data center development.
• Establish and enforce electrical design criteria for critical power path systems: utility service entrance, medium-voltage switchgear, unit substation transformers, low-voltage switchgear and switchboards, UPS syst

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Leadership & Competencies

• Ability to translate complex electrical engineering concepts for non-technical audiences including executives and investors.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects and competing priorities simultaneously.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; experience authoring design standards and technical specifications.
• Collaborative mindset with experience working cross-functionally in fast-paced development environments.

Educational Requirements

• Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license strongly preferred.
• Professional certifications (CDCDP, PMP, ATD, LEED AP, DCEP, or similar) are a significant asset.

Key Success Metrics

Performance in this role will be evaluated against the following outcomes:

• Standards Development — Publish company-wide electrical design standards.
• PUE Performance — Achieve or exceed target annualized PUE for new facilities.
• Design Schedule Adherence — Electrical design packages issued on schedule, measured against approved project milestones.
• Quality outcomes — Facility delivered to Keel’s design specifications and critical infrastructure standards, with complete documentation and as-builts at handover.
• Commissioning readiness — Successful L0–L5 commissioning execution and timely system handover to operations teams.
• Stakeholder confidence — Clear, consistent, and accurate reporting to the VP of Engineering and senior leadership; strong working relationships with the owner’s rep, GC, engineering partners, and municipal stakeholders.
• Risk management — Proactive identification and mitigation of project risks ahead of critical path impact.

Work Arrangement

• Location: Remote
• Schedule: On-site (NYC HQ) a minimum of one week per month.
• Travel: Occasional travel to other Keel sites or vendor/partner locations as required.

NYC
$220,000 — $285,000 USD