Technical Director- Data Centres (Mechanical)

  • Full-time
  • Business Line: Energy and Sustainable Cities
  • Type of contract: Permanent contract
  • Service Line: Buildings
  • Region: Middle East and South Asia
  • Job Family: Technical Engineering

Company Description

Egis is a leading global consulting, construction engineering and operating firm. We work together with our clients, across every aspect of transport, energy, and the built environment to build a more balanced, sustainable, and resilient world. The Egis Group has more than 50 years of experience and a team of 23,500 employees in over 70 countries around the world. Joining our Group means, above all, sharing our values as a people-first company, strongly committed to sustainability and innovation.

Job Description

The position is open across Bengaluru, Mumbai, Chennai, and Gurgaon.

Role purpose

  • Lead the technical delivery and reputation of Egis's data centre mechanical design offer across India
  • Act as the senior mechanical authority on hyperscale and colocation programmes, from concept through to handover
  • Combine technical leadership with client engagement, bid support and P&L accountability

 

Key responsibilities

  • Provide mechanical discipline leadership on hyperscale and colocation data centre projects
  • Set and uphold design standards, QA/QC and technical governance
  • Lead client presentations, design reviews and technical interviews at senior level
  • Support bids and proposals, including strategy, scope, resourcing and fee build up
  • Own P&L performance for the mechanical discipline: utilisation, margin, forecasting and resource planning
  • Coach, mentor and develop senior engineers and team leads
  • Work with BIM and digital teams to drive coordinated, efficient delivery
  • Build relationships with hyperscalers, colocation operators, developers and contractors

 

Discipline focus: Mechanical

  • Cooling strategy for hyperscale and colocation facilities, including air, hybrid and liquid cooling (direct to chip, immersion)
  • Chilled water systems, heat rejection, and water use optimisation
  • PUE and WUE performance and energy efficiency
  • Resilience concepts (N+1, 2N) and input to testing and commissioning
  • Coordination with electrical, architecture, structure and BIM teams

Qualifications

  • 18+ years in mechanical or HVAC engineering, with 8+ years in data centres
  • Proven delivery of hyperscale and colocation facilities, ideally multi site and multi region
  • Prior experience at Director, Associate Director or Technical Director level
  • Track record of managing a P&L or significant commercial responsibility
  • Excellent presentation, negotiation and interpersonal skills, comfortable with C level and client stakeholders
  • Strong coordination skills across multidisciplinary teams, with a working knowledge of BIM
  • Chartered or professionally qualified engineer (CEng or equivalent), registered with a relevant professional body
  • Degree in mechanical engineering or a related discipline

 

Desirable

  • Middle East data centre experience
  • Experience working on international or multicultural teams
  • Experience building or scaling a data centre practice

Additional Information

  • Chartered Engineer (CE) or equivalent professional certification
  • Experience with Building Information Modeling (BIM) projects
  • Familiarity with project management tools and methodologies
  • Experience in client liaison and stakeholder management
  • Knowledge of sustainable design practices and green building standards
  • Experience with site inspections and quality assurance verification
  • Proven track record of delivering projects on time and within budget
  • Ability to adapt to changing project requirements and work in a fast-paced environment
  • Strong organizational and time management skills
  • Commitment to professional development and continuous learning

 

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