Mechanical Lead

Mechanical Building Services Lead – Data Centres – Nationwide – Hybrid My client is a leading provider of innovative solutions in the mission critical sector. My client offer services to their clients, ensuring their data centres operate efficiently and effectively. They are looking for a dynamic and experienced Mechanical Building Services Lead to join their team and help to drive growth in this sector. The Mission Critical Mechanical Lead will be responsible for developing and executing technical excellence within mission critical market. This role requires a deep understanding of the data centre mechanical cooling design & associated building services, strong project leadership skills and the ability to collaborate across multiple disciplines to achieve project success for clients. Your Role: • Client Development – Identify and establish relationships with key external stakeholders in the client data centre project teams. Nurture and enhance relationships with existing clients. • Technical Excellence – Develop and maintain technical design standards. Provide and supervise on guidance presenting thoughts within internal national technical forums. • Resource – Within the mission critical mechanical team, setup and maintain technical capability for engineers. Be the point of contact within the business for technical design support. • Technology Analysis – Conduct market research to identify trends, opportunities, competitor activities, and competitive landscape. Provide insights and recommendations to senior management. Provide strategic partnerships with the supply chain at regional and national level. • Collaboration – Work closely with internal teams, including architecture and engineering, sales, and project management, to ensure a cohesive approach to client engagement and project delivery. • Project Delivery – Work with the multi-disciplinary project delivery teams to deliver design for clients. Within this element, provide project management experience to deliver the services to align with both the client and business objectives. This will require financial accountability. • Reporting – Prepare and present regular reports on technical development activities and progress, project health, supplier engagements, and mission critical technical trends. What you can bring: • Education – Bachelors degree in Engineering, or a related field. Chartered status preferred. • Strong understanding of the data centre technical detailed design requirements. • Excellent communication, and presentation skills in developing others. Be prepared to present to the national team and externally at conferences. • Proven track record of successfully delivering large and complex projects (>£100m) whilst developing client relationships. • Established network of contacts within the mission critical sector. • Ability to work collaboratively across multiple disciplines. • Strong leadership and team management skills