Job Description
Senior Mechanical Design Engineer – Data Centre Cooling
Location: Manchester, Greater Manchester
Salary: DOE/Negotiable
Type: Permanent | Full-time | Office-based
We're recruiting for an experienced Senior Mechanical Design Engineer to join an established engineering contractor specialising in data centres and critical infrastructure.
This is a hands-on design role, focusing on HVAC, chilled-water systems and specialist cooling solutions for major data centre projects across the UK and Europe.
Responsibilities
- Design HVAC, chilled-water and cooling systems for data centres and critical environments.
- Undertake cooling load calculations, pipe sizing, hydraulic calculations and plant selection.
- Produce mechanical schematics, specifications and technical designs.
- Work with CRAH/CRAC units, in-row cooling, dry coolers and associated equipment.
- Support projects from tender and concept design through to detailed design and delivery.
- Liaise with suppliers, internal engineering teams and clients.
Requirements
- Strong mechanical building services design background, ideally at Senior Engineer level.
- Experience designing HVAC, chilled-water and cooling systems.
- Proficiency in AutoCAD.
- Ability to undertake calculations, equipment selection and detailed design independently.
- Building Services or Mechanical Engineering qualification desirable.
- Data centre cooling experience highly desirable, although relevant experience from other building services sectors may be considered.
Package
- DOE/Negotiable
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays.
- Bupa private healthcare.
- Opportunity to work on major hyperscale data centre projects.
Location: Five days per week at the company's office in Manchester, with occasional UK and European site visits.
Interested? Apply now or get in touch for a confidential discussion.