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# Data Center Site Development Engineer M/F

- **Company:** Qair Group
- **Location:** Montpellier, France
- **Salary:** €55,000 - €60,000
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** 3D Visualization, Cyber Security, Data Centers, Systems Integration
- **Published:** November 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=81a1e46a7f9415ef

## About the Role

The following skills are essential for the role:

 * Bilingual proficiency in English, both written and spoken, and professional proficiency in French;
 * Hands-on knowledge of data centers and their main utilities (power supply, cooling, backup power), gained through experience.

The following skills may help you stand out among applicants:

 * Hands-on design of industrial or complex infrastructure projects;
 * Engineering knowledge (civil, electrical or energy engineering);
 * Proficiency in 3D visualization tools;
 * Understanding of planning and permitting procedures;
 * Agility, responsiveness, rigor and autonomy.

This role may not be suitable for you if you wish to focus solely on design without preparing permit applications, if you prefer an established setting to a business under construction where decisions are made quickly, or if international travel does not suit you.

## Description

The Data Center Site Development Engineer will be responsible for:

 * Assessing pre-qualified sites: size, topography, access, surroundings, existing infrastructure and available grid connection capacity;
 * Identifying, with the local project manager, the planning, environmental, regulatory, technical and social constraints, as well as risks that could affect the project or its schedule;
 * Designing and comparing several layout options for the data center and its utilities: electrical substation, cooling, backup generators, roads and security infrastructure;
 * Producing site plans, layouts and 3D visualizations of the projects;
 * Optimizing the layout to maximize the installable IT capacity of each site;
 * Designing projects in a way that supports permit approval;
 * Provide the local project manager with the data required to file a planning application (technical and graphical documents), participate with him/her in the exchanges with the local architects, engineering consultants and external experts, up to submission and further until grant;
 * Integrating environmental and neighborhood considerations from the design stage to support local acceptance of the projects;
 * Preparing technical and visual materials to present and promote the projects to stakeholders and future buyers.