Senior Mechanical Design Engineer — Data Centre Systems

Ethos Engineering; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Fridays

9-day fortnight

Flexible hours

Pension scheme

Health insurance

Travel expenses

Training mentoring

Chartership support

Professional subscription

Paid statutory leaves

Social committee subsidy

Job summary

Ethos is seeking a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer to grow our Birmingham hub, initially fully remote with hybrid later. You will lead mechanical services design for data centre and related projects across the EMEA region, guiding a team and ensuring adherence to CIBSE/ASHRAE/EN standards.

You will mentor staff, collaborate with design teams and clients, and drive ownership from concept through to handover, while maintaining design quality and schedules.

Qualifications

• 7+ years experience with Data Centres, Industrial, High Tech, Commercial and/or Healthcare projects.
• Strong knowledge of CIBSE, ASHRAE, BS, IS and EN standards.
• Proficient in AutoCAD, REVIT and Bluebeam.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and organisational skills.
• Experience leading and coordinating an engineering team.

Responsibilities

• Lead mechanical services design on projects from concept stage to completion
• Specification and design of mechanical building services systems
• Continuous design and installation quality checks and control
• Provide fully detailed tender packages / tender reports / analysis / recommendations
• Uphold the mechanical design standards within the organisation
• Collaborate with the design team and clients to develop project scopes.
• Capable of taking the lead on projects with minimal input from management team
• Mentor and guide engineering staff.

Skills

Project leadership

Client coordination

Mentoring engineers

Communication

Data centre experience

Education

Honours Degree

Chartered engineer (advantage)

Tools

AutoCAD

REVIT

Bluebeam

Microsoft Office

Job description

Ethos is seeking a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer to grow our Birmingham hub, initially fully remote with hybrid later. You will lead mechanical services design for data centre and related projects across the EMEA region, guiding a team and ensuring adherence to CIBSE/ASHRAE/EN standards.

You will mentor staff, collaborate with design teams and clients, and drive ownership from concept through to handover, while maintaining design quality and schedules.