Mechanical Design Manager - Data Centers

DAMAC Digital; Dubai; On-site; AED 700,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Job summary

DAMAC Digital in Dubai seeks a Manager – Mechanical to lead the mechanical engineering design and delivery for hyperscale and enterprise data centres from inception through commissioning. You will provide technical leadership for all mechanical systems, ensuring reliability, energy efficiency, and compliance with international standards.

You will oversee internal teams, external consultants, and vendors to deliver resilient cooling infrastructure and optimise performance across the project

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering is required.
• Minimum 15 years in mechanical engineering design and project delivery.
• 7–10 years leading mechanical engineering teams for large infrastructure.
• Experience delivering data centre developments from concept to handover.
• Strong knowledge of mission-critical cooling technologies and codes.

Responsibilities

• Lead the mechanical engineering design and technical delivery of hyperscale and enterprise data centre projects.
• Develop mechanical design strategies and execution plans aligned with objectives.
• Coordinate cooling systems, CRAH/CRAC units, and related infrastructure.
• Lead design for high availability, redundancy, and reliability.
• Review and approve deliverables across project stages.

Skills

Leadership

Mechanical design

Project coordination

Stakeholder management

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Master's degree preferred

Job description

The Manager – Mechanical is responsible for leading the mechanical engineering design, technical coordination, and delivery of hyperscale and enterprise data centre projects from concept through commissioning and handover. The role provides technical leadership for all mechanical systems, ensuring that design solutions meet project objectives, company standards, client requirements, operational reliability, energy efficiency, sustainability objectives, and applicable international codes and regulations.

The Manager – Mechanical oversees the performance of internal mechanical engineering teams, external consultants, specialist vendors, and contractors to ensure integrated, innovative, and high-quality mechanical engineering solutions. The position plays a critical role in delivering resilient mission‑critical cooling infrastructure, optimising system performance, supporting value engineering initiatives, and ensuring constructability throughout the project lifecycle.

Job role functions:

The role includes, but is not limited to, the following responsibilities:

• Lead the mechanical engineering design and technical delivery of hyperscale and enterprise data centre projects.
• Develop mechanical design strategies, engineering execution plans, and technical roadmaps aligned with business and project objectives.
• Manage the design and coordination of mission‑critical cooling systems, chilled water systems, liquid cooling systems, air cooling systems, CRAH/CRAC units, cooling towers, heat rejection systems, HVAC, ventilation, pressurisation, plumbing, drainage, and fire protection interfaces.
• Lead the design of resilient mechanical infrastructure to achieve high availability, redundancy, operational efficiency, and reliability.
• Review and approve mechanical engineering deliverables at all project stages, including concept, schematic, detailed design, IFC, and as‑built documentation.
• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering.
• Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering or Project Management is preferred.
• Minimum 15 years of experience in mechanical engineering design and project delivery.
• Minimum 7–10 years of experience leading mechanical engineering teams for hyperscale, mission‑critical, or large‑scale infrastructure projects.
• Proven experience delivering complex data centre developments from concept through commissioning.
• Extensive knowledge of mission‑critical cooling technologies, including chilled water systems, direct‑to‑chip liquid cooling, immersion cooling (desirable), cooling towers, heat exchangers, CRAH/CRAC units, HVAC, ventilation, plumbing, and fire protection systems.
• Experience coordinating with international consultants, contractors, equipment manufacturers, and specialist vendors.
• Strong understanding of mechanical engineering coordination, procurement support, construction administration, commissioning, integrated systems testing, and operational readiness.
• Thorough knowledge of international codes and standards, including ASHRAE, SMACNA, NFPA, IPC, IMC, CIBSE, and local authority requirements.
• Strong leadership, communication, stakeholder management, and decision‑making skills.