Senior Controls Engineer in Hemel Hempstead

Your role at a glance: As Senior Controls Engineer, EMEA Design Execution SME, you will lead the technical delivery and localisation of NTT’s data centre designs across the full project lifecycle, from design through construction and handover. You will work closely with internal teams, consultants, contractors, and vendors to ensure designs meet NTT standards, resolve technical challenges, and support successful project outcomes. The role also involves driving design quality, process improvement, risk management, and providing technical leadership and mentorship across the EMEA design execution team.

What you will do:

• Lead and oversee complex mechanical engineering projects, from concept to execution, ensuring compliance with industry standards and regulations. Implementation and localization of OPR / GRD to ensure minimum viable product (MVP) execution.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to mid-level and entry-level mechanical/control engineers.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive continuous improvement and innovation in mechanical/control systems for data centre infrastructure.
• Contribute to the development and optimization of mechanical/control systems and upgrades.
• Stay informed about emerging trends and best practices in mechanical/controls engineering and apply them to enhance our operations.
• Prepare and present technical reports and updates to senior management.
• Lead root cause analysis (RCA) studies.
• Support commissioning team as necessary to ensure ‘green and clean’.
• Make decisions to drive projects aligned to NTT strategic objectives in design, construction, and commissioning phases.
• Review and sign off AE, OFCI Vendor, GC design/technical submissions to minimize errors and ensure MVP through project lifecycle design, construction, commissioning, and handover.
• QA/QC during design and construction phases, including periodic visits to site to ensure that Resident Engineers (RE’s) along with NTT Construction and Quality Managers are properly supervising GCs and OFCI vendors to ensure what is being built is being built to correct technical and construction standards.
• Resolve technical disputes between third parties during design, construction, and commissioning.
• Contribute to continual improvement of design & Engineering processes and procedures.
• Interface with customers to assess technical impact of customer changes.

What we are looking for:

• In-depth expertise in either: Controls Systems, controls sequence of operations, controls logic, BMS system architecture.
• Thorough understanding of M&E systems as they relate to controls.
• Advanced proficiency in Computer Aided Design (CAD) software for complex designs.
• Strong ability to optimize and fine-tune engineering systems for maximum efficiency.
• Highly developed understanding of CX processes and test scripts.
• Comprehensive understanding of data centre infrastructure and its integration with engineering systems.
• Leadership and mentorship skills for guiding other engineers internal and external.
• Proficient in managing personal and professional commitments while working with teams in different time zones.
• Strategic thinking with structured and target-oriented approach.
• Strong qualitative and analytical skills.
• Ability to work in multinational, interdisciplinary, and culturally diverse teams.
• Passion for start-up and ramp-up environments.
• Passion for listening to stakeholders and customers and a world-class delivery and service mentality.
• Acknowledged technical expert in a field of design and/or specification relevant to the data centre sector.

Academic Qualifications & Certifications:

• University degree in Engineering (preferably Electrical, Mechanical, or related discipline).
• Membership of a professional institution recognised as relevant to the data centre sector.

Required Experience:

• Several years of experience in data centres and/or other mission-critical M&E led industries.
• Experience of working in multidisciplinary design teams preferably in a leading role.
• Experience in design consultant/client Engineer/site engineer/contractor engineer roles.
• International experience and outlook both in type of company and project experience.
• Ideally has experience with colocation and hyperscale customers.

Who we are: As the third largest data centre provider, we operate over 150 data centres in more than 20 countries and regions. We understand that every business – large and small – has its own unique needs and goals. We offer local-to-global data centre expertise, aligned with our connected platform of AI-ready data centres to create solutions that enable our clients to seamlessly scale their digital businesses, anywhere and anytime.