Silent-Aire is a premier owner equipment manufacturer dedicated to providing custom solutions for data center customers. Our product line includes large-scale equipment such as air handling units and modular data centers. We pride ourselves on innovation, quality, and delivering tailored solutions to meet our clients' unique needs.

As part of the Equipment Design Engineering (EDE) team, the Design Standards Coordinator is responsible for the development, governance, maintenance, and continuous improvement of equipment design engineering standards, drafting practices, and related documentation. This role serves as the central authority for design standardization across mechanical, electrical, and multi‑discipline EDE teams, ensuring consistent, compliant, manufacturable, and scalable design execution across products and projects.

The Design Standards

Coordinator works closely with engineering leadership, designers, manufacturing, quality, sourcing, and sustaining engineering to align standards with production realities, regulatory requirements, and best‑in‑class engineering practices. The focus of the role is standards governance, practical application, and continuous improvement—reducing rework, eliminating ambiguity, and improving cross‑team alignment.

- Design Standards & Governance Own and maintain EDE design standards, guidelines, templates, and best‑practice documentation (drawings, models, BOMs, naming conventions, and documentation structure). Ensure standards align with regulatory requirements, internal engineering policies, and manufacturing constraints. Serve as the subject‑matter expert for interpretation and application of EDE design standards. Ensure alignment with corporate and external standards (CSA, ASME Y14, ISO, ANSI, and internal Silent‑Aire standards). Lead periodic reviews to address gaps, inefficiencies, and recurring design issues.
- Standards Implementation & Compliance Review design and drafting outputs (as needed or on a sampling basis)



for standards compliance.

Support Design

Review and CoLab processes from a standards‑compliance perspective. Maintain and track EDE VAVE initiatives, coordinating with Engineering, Manufacturing, Procurement, and Finance to validate cost reductions and ensure reported savings are accurate, measurable, and supported by appropriate data. Coordinate standards alignment between EDE and Design Engineering (DE) to ensure consistency across construction packages, submittals, and drawings.

Collaborate with Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, and Sustaining Engineering to incorporate manufacturability, inspection, and lifecycle feedback into standards. Support peer reviews and standards interpretation without acting as a design authority or engineer of record.

- Continuous Improvement Support the development of standard parts, modules, and design patterns. Capture lessons learned and integrate them into standards, guidelines, and training materials.
- Training & Enablement Develop and maintain training materials related to EDE design standards. Consistent application of EDE design standards across drawings, models, and BOMs. Improved design quality, clarity, and scalability of EDE deliverables. Faster onboarding and stronger design execution through improved documentation and training. Serve as the single source of truth for EDE standards interpretation. Diploma or Degree in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering Technology, Mechanical/Electrical Engineering, or a related technical discipline.

Experience in equipment design, drafting, or engineering support within a manufacturing environment. Solid working knowledge of engineering drawing standards and documentation best practices (e.g., Experience with 3D CAD and PLM systems (e.g., Clear communicator capable of working effectively across engineering, manufacturing, and quality teams.

Experience in HVAC or industrial equipment manufacturing. Prior involvement in standards development, governance, or process improvement.

Experience supporting design reviews or audit‑type activities. #

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