Data Center Engineer / Contract / Onsite / Downtown Dallas
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Job overview
The Data Center Engineer will support commissioning, testing, and integration of power distribution and control systems in a large-scale data center environment. The role is fully onsite in Downtown Dallas and involves equipment deployment and system validation with a national commissioning team. This is a six-month W2 contract with benefits. The employer seeks control systems experience in critical infrastructure and hands-on experience with Modicon PLC platforms.
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$60 - $65
Our client, leader in industrial automation & electric power distribution, is looking for a Data Center Engineer to join their team. This is a fully onsite position in Downtown Dallas!
This is a 6-month W2 contract with benefits!
As a Data Center Engineer , you will support the commissioning, testing, and integration of power distribution and control systems within a large-scale data center environment. You will collaborate with a national commissioning team to execute onsite equipment deployment and system validation.
What You Will Be Doing
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Execute commissioning and functional testing activities for PLC- and protection relay-based power distribution systems at data center sites
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Configure, integrate, and troubleshoot equipment by loading PLC, HMI, and protection relay programs, validating inputs and outputs, and resolving wiring or control issues
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Perform sequence-of-operation testing for Auto Throw Over (ATO) schemes utilizing Modicon M340/M580 PLC platforms and associated control systems
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Conduct protection relay testing by loading relay settings, performing secondary injection testing, and validating relay functionality using industry-standard test equipment
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Partner with commissioning teams and project stakeholders to support data center construction and startup initiatives while maintaining project schedules and quality standards
Required Skills & Experience
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3+ years of experience in Control Systems Engineering or related field within a critical infrastructure environment
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Hands-on experience with PLC systems, specifically Modicon M340 and/or M580 platforms
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Knowledge of switchgears, power distribution systems, and protection relays, including t esting and configuration of platforms such as Easergy P5/P7, SEL, or similar
Desired Skills & Experience
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Familiarity with Auto Throw Over (ATO) applications
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Prior experience supporting large-scale data center commissioning projects high valued!
Motion Recruitment Partners (MRP) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants must be currently authorized to work on a full-time basis in the country for which they are applying, and no sponsorship is currently available. Employment is subject to the successful completion of a pre-employment screening. Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process as required under MRP’s Employment Accommodation policy. Applicants need to make their needs known in advance.
How this job compares
Set against the 962 open Data Center Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 12, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$60–65/hr
- US median$55–66/hr37 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $62.50/hr, is 14% above the US median midpoint ($55/hr) — in the middle half of Data Center Engineer hourly ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 105 open Data Center Engineer jobs in Texas and 962 across the US. 12% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience — less than three in four Data Center Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 6 years, across 688 postings).
- Education
- 463 of the 962 open Data Center Engineer jobs (48%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 12, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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