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HVAC Design Manager

Datacenter People ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany

Hybrid Full-time Senior

Lead mechanical design activities for data center developments and act as the subject matter expert for HVAC and cooling infrastructure systems. Collaborate with various teams to ensure facilities are efficient, reliable, and future-proof.

Responsibilities

  • Lead mechanical design activities across data center developments
  • Act as the subject matter expert for HVAC and cooling infrastructure systems
  • Review engineering calculations, specifications and design documentation
  • Develop and maintain the mechanical "Basis of Design" across projects
  • Support projects through development, design review, tendering and construction phases
  • Manage external consultants and engineering partners
  • Drive value engineering and continuous improvement initiatives
  • Develop modular and prefabricated design strategies
  • Collaborate closely with development, engineering and construction teams
  • Build strong relationships with contractors, vendors and consultants

Requirements

  • Extensive experience designing HVAC/cooling systems for major industrial or commercial facilities
  • Strong understanding of cooling infrastructure, HVAC systems and energy optimisation
  • Experience working with AutoCAD, Revit, BIM platforms and CFD modelling tools
  • Knowledge of EU environmental regulations, EN, ASHRAE and ISO standards
  • Proven ability to manage complex technical scopes across multiple projects
  • Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
  • Fluent German is a hard requirement

Benefits

  • Opportunity to shape the HVAC design strategy for major European data center development
  • Exposure to next-generation data center cooling technologies
  • Involvement across the full project lifecycle from concept through delivery
  • Strong focus on sustainability, energy efficiency and next-generation infrastructure
  • Hybrid and highly flexible working environment
  • Long-term career growth within a developer-led organization

Key Skills

HVAC design Mechanical engineering AutoCAD Revit BIM CFD modelling Energy optimisation EU environmental regulations EN standards ASHRAE standards ISO standards Stakeholder management Communication skills German language Leadership Project management Collaboration Problem-solving

About Datacenter People

Datacenter People is the leading recruitment company serving the data center, cloud and internet sectors worldwide; empowering the identification and engagement of hard-to-find data center and cloud talent. We work exclusively with data center construction and engineering companies, enterprise and hyperscale operators, colocation providers, investors and infrastructure real estate companies, cloud service providers and companies supplying data center infrastructure (power, cooling, network, software). Delivering permanent, contract, interim and project resource solutions, we recruit into leadership, sales and marketing, design and build, operations and network infrastructure roles. Get in contact at info@datacenterpeople.com

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