Senior Mechanical Design Engineer (Data Centres)

Ashbys Consulting; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Ashbys Consulting is seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer to join our London team, based in modern offices near Liverpool Street Station. You will lead mechanical design for hyperscale data centres, coordinating across international teams and stakeholders.

We require 6+ years in mechanical design, with data centre experience and familiarity with CIBSE, Building Regs and Uptime standards. Travel internationally may be required as projects span global regions.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in mechanical design engineering.
• Experience in data centre or mission-critical environments.
• Familiarity with building regulations (e.g., UK Building Regulations) and CIBSE guidelines.
• Experience working with international clients.
• Willingness to travel internationally as required.
• Experience using Hevacomp for mechanical design.

Responsibilities

• Design, plan and coordinate data centre projects through all RIBA Stages.
• Attend client and design team meetings, including with international stakeholders.
• Manage key client accounts across multiple regions.
• Produce high-performance mechanical building services design for data centre facilities.
• Assist the Director with project bids, contracts, resource and fee forecasting.
• Produce mechanical and HVAC designs meeting Building Regs, CIBSE, and data centre standards (e.g., Uptime).

Skills

Client facing

International travel

Project coordination

Mechanical design

Tools

Hevacomp

Job description

A medium sized building services engineering consultancy specialising in mission–critical and data centre design are looking for a Senior Mechanical Engineer to join their team based out of modern offices near Liverpool Street Station. This engineering consultancy have a fantastic reputation within the data centre industry and are expanding rapidly with the hire of a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer being instrumental in this expansion, providing lots of opportunities for this candidate.

Employing some of the best mechanical, electrical, public health, sustainability and energy engineers and technicians in the industry, this company employs over 50 engineers globally and has a full order book of major data centre schemes stretching well into the coming years. Their project range is predominately hyperscale and colocation data centre developments, along with associated mission–critical infrastructure, with live projects across Europe, the Middle East, Asia–Pacific and the Americas.

Within this role you will be expected to:

• Design, plan and coordinate data centre projects through all RIBA Stages.
• Attend client and design team meetings, including with international stakeholders
• Manage key client accounts across multiple regions
• Produce high performance mechanical building services engineering design into landmark data centre facilities
• Assist the Director with project bids, contracts, resource and fee forecasting
• Produce mechanical and HVAC design for critical cooling systems that meets Building Regs, CIBSE guidelines and relevant international data centre standards (e.g. Uptime Institute Tier ratings)

Candidates should have:

• At least 6 years' experience within Mechanical Design Engineering, ideally with exposure to data centre or other mission–critical environments
• Familiarity with building regulations, CIBSE guidelines and data centre cooling/resilience concepts (CRAC/CRAH, chilled water systems, N+1/2N redundancy)
• Experience working in a client facing role, ideally with international clients
• Experience working on programmes such as Hevacomp for Mechanical Design
• Good commercial awareness
• Willingness to travel internationally as project needs require
• Passionate about the data centre industry and wanting to progress

This is a fantastic opportunity to progress to Associate level within 12 months for the right candidate, with genuine international project exposure.