Data Center Presales Engineer (Power, Cooling & Infrastructure)
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About the Role
Mannai Trading Company seeks an experienced Data Center Presales Engineer to design end-to-end infrastructure solutions for enterprise and government customers in Saudi Arabia. The role involves preparing technical proposals, BOQs, and tender documentation, ensuring compliance with Uptime Institute standards.
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Responsibilities
- Analyze customer requirements and develop technical solutions for data center projects
- Design end to end data center infrastructure solutions including electrical, mechanical, and physical systems
- Prepare technical proposals, BOQs, BOMs, compliance matrices, and tender documentation
- Support sales team during customer meetings, technical presentations, and bid clarifications
- Perform solution cost optimization while maintaining technical compliance and efficiency
Requirements
- Experience in data center design, tender preparation, and solution architecture
- Solid understanding of international standards and Uptime Institute design principles
- Uptime Institute Accredited Tier Designer (ATD) certification or equivalent preferred
- Strong experience in power, cooling, and physical infrastructure systems
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Role Overview
- Seeking an experienced Data Center Presales Engineer to join the team in Saudi Arabia.
- Responsible for designing end to end data center infrastructure solutions for enterprise and government customers.
- Work closely with customers, sales teams, engineering teams, and technology partners.
Key Responsibilities
- Analyze customer requirements and develop technical solutions for greenfield and brownfield data center projects.
- Design end to end data center infrastructure solutions, including electrical, mechanical, and physical infrastructure systems.
- Prepare technical proposals, Bills of Quantities (BOQ), Bills of Materials (BOM), compliance matrices, and tender documentation.
- Design and validate infrastructure covering MV/LV electrical distribution, UPS, battery systems, generators, PDUs, busway systems, precision cooling, chillers, CRAH and CRAC units, racks, containment, structured cabling, fire detection and suppression systems, DCIM, BMS, EMS, and monitoring platform
- Prepare conceptual layouts, rack layouts, single line diagrams (SLDs), power and cooling calculations, and redundancy analysis.
- Ensure proposed solutions comply with Uptime Institute Tier III design principles and applicable international standards.
- Coordinate with OEMs, technology partners, consultants, and internal engineering teams.
- Support sales team during customer meetings, technical presentations, workshops, bid clarifications, and solution demonstrations.
- Perform solution cost optimization while maintaining technical compliance, reliability, scalability, and energy efficiency.
- Participate in tender reviews, technical risk assessments, value engineering workshops, and contract negotiations.
- Support project handover to delivery teams and provide technical assistance during FAT, SAT, and commissioning activities.
Qualifications & Experience
- Strong experience in data center design, tender preparation, and solution architecture.
- Solid understanding of international standards and Uptime Institute design principles.
- Uptime Institute Accredited Tier Designer (ATD) certification or equivalent highly preferred.
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