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Senior Mechanical Design Manager

Clear. 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom

Full-time Senior

Serve as the senior mechanical technical authority across EMEA, governing the European Reference Design, cooling strategy, plant standards, and technical reviews for mission-critical data centre projects. Support regional delivery and commercial teams, guide future cooling technology and sustainability initiatives, and maintain mechanical standards, QA frameworks, and design guidance.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the senior mechanical technical authority across EMEA, governing the European Reference Design, cooling strategy, plant standards, and technical reviews for mission-critical data centre projects. Support regional delivery and commercial teams, guide future cooling technology and sustainability initiatives, and maintain mechanical standards, QA frameworks, and design guidance.

Requirements

  • Requires significant mechanical engineering experience in hyperscale data centres, mission-critical environments, or similarly complex settings, with deep expertise in cooling systems, thermal performance, capacity planning, and energy efficiency. A degree or equivalent experience in Mechanical Engineering is required; strong technical governance, commercial awareness, communication, and cross-functional collaboration are also expected, while chartership and platform experience are advantageous.

Benefits

  • Competitive Compensation
  • Benefits Package
  • Career Progression
  • Professional Growth

Key Skills

Mechanical engineering Data centre cooling design Thermal performance analysis Capacity planning Energy efficiency optimization European Reference Design governance Technical review QA framework development Sustainability initiatives Cross‑functional collaboration Commercial awareness Technical standards compliance Project governance Mechanical systems standards Cooling technology forecasting Design guidance creation Stakeholder communication Chartered engineering (advantageous)

About Clear.

Clear are a data center and energy infrastructure talent consultancy specialising in engineering, white collar construction, through to C-Suite on both permanent and contract across EMEA, North America & APAC. London | Dubai | New York +44 203 355 4054 | Info@clear-er.com

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