CIBSE Journal CPD
Senior Mechanical Design Engineer (Data Centres)
Get notified of more jobs like this · No spam, ever
How your CV stacks up
Upload your CV to see how well it fits this job role
?%
Senior Mechanical Design Engineer (Data Centres)
Employer: Ashbys Consulting
Location: Norfolk
Salary: 65000.00 - 70000.00 GBP Annual + Very large package + 9 Day Fortnight
Closing date: 29 Sep 2026
Specialist area: Mechanical engineering
Function: Engineer
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time
Job Details
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.
Reasons to use Rodeo
Start with a chat, not a search bar
Grad scheme, placement, apprenticeship? Not sure what you want yet — that's fine. Your agent talks it through with you and turns "I have no idea" into a shortlist.
It searches the market for you
Every day your agent scans the market matching roles against what actually matters to you, not just keywords on a CV.
Only hits
No noise. No "maybe this fits." Just roles with a clear explanation of why they're right — and where to focus when applying.
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.
Get help with your application
Your very own career expert that helps elevate your application to the next level.
This is a fantastic opportunity to progress to Associate level within 12 months for the right candidate, with genuine international project exposure.
Share this job
Facebook
Twitter
LinkedIn
Apply on website
Send job
Apply on website
You need to sign in or create an account to save a job.
Get job alerts
Create a job alert and receive personalised job recommendations straight to your inbox.
Create alert
Similar jobs
-
Senior Electrical/Mechanical Engineers - Expression of Interest, Singapore
Location: Singapore (SG) -
Principal Mechanical Engineer
Location: Maidenhead, Berkshire -
Senior Mechanical Design Engineer
Location: Leeds
“It took my CV and asked me questions relevant to understanding what kind of jobs to suggest for me. Suggestions were almost perfect. Jobs were exactly what I’ve been looking for.”
Jessica, London
Skills
Location