Data Centre Associate Director – Mechanical

Data Centre Associate Director – Mechanical – MEP

Working in our Data Centres Market Sector, you will be an ambassador in the data centre community externally across EMEA and internally within AECOM Europe and globally.  With experience in technical delivery of data centre projects for tech firms, .

Due to the continued successful growth and expansion of our Technology / Data Centre Sector, we are looking for an experienced leader, Mechanical Associate Director with a proven track record in Mechanical project delivery. This role will be pivotal in maintaining and growing the position of AECOM as an established player in the Hyperscale and Co-location segments of the Data Centre market both in EMEA and Globally.

The role will suit someone looking to develop their career either a Principal engineer looking for the next step or an established Associate director looking for  a company that is undergoing exciting growth in this Sector and that offer clients both single discipline and multi-disciplinary offers.

This role can be based in Belfast, Manchester, Cardiff, St Albans or London.

Workday Job Description :

• Lead the mechanical projects  to provide a strong grounding in engineering & technical skills in the Data centre sector.
• Ensure projects achieve their required results, deliverables are full developed and meet the needs our all our diverse clients
• Demonstrates creativity, foresight, and skilled sector engineering judgment in solving problems.
• Determine project deliverables, objectives and requirements, organise schedules, manage teams and resources and develop Standards, Quality and guidelines for the Data Centre Mechanical sector
• Monitors project risk and risk mitigation strategy project KPIs and assists in resolution of issues or deviations
• Provide a seamless, consistent, co-ordinated and on time delivery of all Mechanical services across the region
• Fully partner with our clients to fully understand their business, organisation structure and culture, being proactive to their needs and market changes.

Requirements:

• Strong career background in the delivery of Mechanical project work across Data Centres and Mission Critical Environments.
• Proven experience of leading DC project work streams in UK & preferably across EMEA.
• Demonstrable client facing and work winning experience.
• Able to demonstrate excellent team leadership and development capability.
• Detailed Knowledge of Mechanical design, engineering practices, techniques and procedures for Data Centres and how it ultimately interfaces with the client.
• Strong commercial acumen and experience in managing project financials.
• Ability to communicate internally and externally through excellent written and verbal skills
• A good financial understanding of projects and the requirements needed to ensure the success of a Project

Preferred Qualifications:

• Degree qualified (or equivalent) in a relevant discipline.
• Chartered Engineer (CEng) with CIBSE or equivalent institute.