Director, Data Center Engineering

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5C Group is seeking a Director of Data Center Engineering to join their growing team! 

About The Role:

The Director of Data Center Engineering is a senior leadership role responsible for shaping the strategy, design, and operational excellence of 5C’s North American data center portfolio. Based in Montreal, this role will oversee engineering functions across Canada and the U.S., ensuring resiliency, compliance, and innovation in mission-critical environments. With 7–10 years of progressive leadership experience, the Director will drive scalable infrastructure solutions, strengthen cross-border engineering teams, and align operations with both Canadian and U.S. standards.

What You’Ll Be Contributing:

• Strategic Leadership: Develop and execute the long-term engineering roadmap for data centers in Canada and the U.S., ensuring scalability, resiliency, and operational efficiency.
• Infrastructure Oversight: Lead the design, build, and lifecycle management of electrical, mechanical, and network systems across multiple jurisdictions.
• Operational Reliability: Guarantee 24/7 uptime by implementing redundancy, disaster recovery, and monitoring systems across all facilities.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with hardware, software, and security teams to deliver integrated, high-performance solutions.
• Innovation & Capacity Planning: Identify emerging technologies, lead pilots in advanced cooling, renewable energy, and automation, and plan for long-term capacity growth.
• Vendor & Partner Management: Negotiate high-value service agreements, manage vendor relationships, and ensure alignment across Canadian and U.S. facilities.
• Compliance & Certifications: Ensure adherence to Quebec and Canadian codes (CNESST, CSA, ISO/IEC), as well as U.S. state and federal requirements (OSHA, NFPA, Uptime Institute).
• Talent Development: Mentor engineering managers and technical leads in both Canada and the U.S., fostering a culture of collaboration, professional growth, and succession planning.

What Sets You Apart:

• Experience: 7–10 years of progressive leadership in data center engineering or infrastructure operations, ideally with cross-border or multi-site responsibility.
• Technical Depth: Advanced knowledge of data center hardware, network design, and optimization of power and cooling systems.
• Leadership Skills: Strong track record of leading multi-disciplinary, geographically distributed teams and driving accountability.
• Strategic Acumen: Skilled in budgeting, forecasting, and aligning technical strategy with corporate growth objectives.
• Innovation Mindset: Proven ability to evaluate and adopt emerging technologies to enhance resiliency, efficiency, and sustainability.
• Cross-Border Knowledge: Familiarity with both Canadian and U.S. compliance frameworks; bilingual English/French is a significant asset.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field (Master’s preferred).

Why Join Us:

At 5C Data Centers, we are building the infrastructure that powers next-generation science, AI, and enterprise innovation. From Montreal to strategic U.S. markets, our facilities are redefining resiliency and scalability in high-performance computing.

As Director of Data Center Engineering, you will not only manage complex operations you will architect the environments that support world-class R&D and enterprise workloads across North America. Your leadership will shape the systems that deliver up time, efficiency, and sustainability at scale.

If you are a visionary leader with deep technical expertise and the ability to navigate Canadian and U.S. requirements, this is your opportunity to make a lasting impact.

Lead boldly. Innovate globally. Build the future with us—across borders.

* Note to Applicants:
This recruitment is being managed by Hypertec on behalf of our partner organization, 5C. If selected, you will be hired directly by the partner company and will be joining their team. We are supporting them in identifying top talent to help scale their people operations during a period of exciting growth.

** About 5C Group    

5C Group is a next-generation AI Digital Infrastructure provider established from the acquisition of 5C Data Centers by Hypertec Cloud. With over 2 gigawatts (GW) of roadmap capacity and the ability to power hundreds of thousands of GPUs, 5C Group delivers secure, reliable, and sustainable data center and AI infrastructure solutions at scale to the largest and most demanding AI users. For more information, please visit www.5c.ai. 

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