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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.
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About AECOM
AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.
Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity
You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.
You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.
AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.
Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours. We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long-term condition, who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Please let us know using this email address [email protected] if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.
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