Senior Mechanical Design Manager · Remote

Location:

Country: European Union

Role:

  • Industry: Data Centres
  • Job Type: Contract / Freelance
Working Arrangement: Remote
Rate: Negotiable

Application Details:

Start Date: ASAP
Expiry Date: 30/06/2026
Job Reference: 120520265

Senior Mechanical Design Manager · Remote

Senior Mechanical Design Manager – Data Centres (Contract)

  • Client HQ London - Open to candidates based in EU countries.
  • Initial 6‑month engagement
  • Freelance / Contract. Permanent candidates can also be considered.

An established client‑side data centre developer is appointing a Senior Mechanical Design Manager to support a portfolio of large‑scale developments during the pre‑construction and tender stages.

This is a senior contract role suited to an experienced mechanical design professional with strong data centre credentials and the confidence to lead external consultants in a fast‑paced delivery environment.

 

Role Overview

You will take ownership of mechanical design coordination through early design, planning and tender, ensuring solutions are compliant, buildable, commercially optimised and aligned to client requirements.

Working alongside commercial, construction and investment teams, you’ll manage design risk and ensure technical strategies support procurement and programme objectives.

 

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead and coordinate mechanical design consultants through pre‑construction stages
  • Manage mechanical design development for planning and tender submissions
  • Ensure compliance with relevant standards, regulations and authority requirements
  • Identify and mitigate design and permitting risks
  • Support tender documentation, RFPs and cost strategies
  • Contribute to value engineering and constructability reviews
  • Act as the primary mechanical design interface for internal and external stakeholders
  • Support the development of scalable, repeatable mechanical design solutions

 

Experience Required

Essential

  • Degree in Mechanical Engineering (or equivalent)
  • Extensive experience in mechanical design for data centre projects
  • Strong background in pre‑construction and planning‑led design
  • Proven ability to manage multiple consultants and workstreams
  • Confident communicator with client‑side exposure
  • Strong commercial and programme awareness

Desirable

  • Chartered Engineer status
  • Client‑side or developer experience
  • Hyperscale or large‑format data centre project exposure

g2 Recruitment are committed to equality of opportunity for all applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships or any other characteristic protected by law.

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L&D Team

We are very lucky that g2 recruitment see Learning and Development as a vital part of a consultants journey which is why we have 4 people in the team who you will work very closely with from day 1 in your career. The team are on hand to guide you through your career at all levels and provide extra support working closely with the management team to give all consultants the best chance of success.  

Our Three Pillars of Training

Academy:
Week 1 is a series of remote sessions to learn all things systems, followed by a 1 week academy process which is a mixture of classroom and deskside this will be in one of our UK offices and usually consists of 3-8 other consultants all starting their journey together.

Experienced Modules:
These are a variety of sessions curated by us designed to support consultants as they are progressing through the career ladder, the aim is to ensure consultants at all levels have access to L&D.

Junior Management Programme:
Ran by our head of L&D this programme is designed to support junior managers as they start their management career. This involves things like personal branding, time management and ends in a business plan which is presented to members of the Exec board and senior management team.

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Jaz D’Avola
Head of Learning & Development

Jaz joined g2 Recruitment in 2013.

She now leads our Learning and Development programme, transferring the knowledge and wisdom she learnt as a recruiter to the new generation of talent.

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Imani WIlliams
Learning and Development Consultant

Imani joined g2 Recruitment in 2022.

His role involves developing individuals in all areas of the business, varying from inducting and onboarding consultants to working with them 1 to 1 to identify areas of development.  He aids with growth of L&D across the business, watching consultants experience and develop.

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Learning and Development Consultant

Meghan joined g2 in 2023 as an L&D consultant, Working in recruitment for 6 years, her role is to  help consultants at all levels to upskill and focus on development points. This could be anything from sales calls or candidate calls to organisation improvements.

Kane Gray
Systems & Academy Trainer

Kane joined g2 in April 2023 as an Academy & Systems Trainer.

His role involves teaching the consultants that are new to the company the foundations of recruitment and our systems before then helping them to upskill in areas specific to each consultant. Working closely with different consultants and watching them implement the feedback, apply it, and then benefit off the back of it.

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