Overview
In this role you will lead mechanical design delivery for major Data Centre and Mission Critical projects, guiding from concept to completion. You will act as a technical point of contact, coordinating internal teams and external consultants while maintaining high standards of quality and commercial delivery. The position blends hands-on technical leadership with client-facing relationship management across the UK, Ireland and Europe. This opportunity offers exposure to live plant upgrades, data halls and critical facilities in a collaborative, growth-focused environment. You will shape technical direction within a specialist data centre team and benefit from strong development opportunities
Pay / Benefits
- 9-day fortnight
- hybrid and flexible working
- 25 days’ annual leave (increasing with service)
- private medical cover
- electric vehicle salary sacrifice
- stock/share options
Responsibilities
- Lead the mechanical design delivery of significant and complex projects
- Own technical quality, design objectives and project delivery
- Define and manage design briefs with clients and stakeholders
- Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary design teams
- Support and mentor project engineers and specialist teams
- Represent the consultancy at client and project meetings
- Build and maintain strong client relationships
- Identify project and procurement risks and support commercially successful delivery
- Ensure designs meet required technical, quality and programme standards
Key requirements
- Experienced Senior/Principal Mechanical Engineer with building services background
- Proven track record delivering complex Data Centre projects
- Experience leading design teams and multidisciplinary projects
- Strong client-facing and stakeholder management skills
- Commercial awareness including cost and risk management
- Excellent communication and organisational skills
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and demanding programmes
- Experience with Revit, Navisworks and AutoCAD
- Chartered status or clear pathway towards chartership (advantageous)
- strong communication
- stakeholder management
- leadership
- mechanical/building services engineering
- data centre and mission critical project delivery
- Revit
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