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About the Role
The Mechanical Technical Director role in the Data Centres sector is pivotal, combining leadership, innovation, and technical expertise to design and implement cutting-edge solutions for data centre operations. This position offers the opportunity to lead engineers, drive strategic initiatives, and collaborate with industry leaders to shape the future of data centre technology, focusing on optimizing energy consumption, enhancing security, and integrating new technologies.
Responsibilities
- Be an integral part of the team’s day-to-day management, vision, values and leadership, developing team spirit and co-operation.
- Develop client relationships and brand within the UK and EMEA.
- Consistently meet monthly and annual budgets at a team level, support with MEP budget planning and continuously look for ways to improve performance.
- Work with the director and senior leadership to develop and implement strategic initiatives in the team and across the wider business.
- Become part of the wider WSP business by sharing knowledge and technical skills with colleagues from around the globe.
- Drive profitable and sustainable work-winning and maintain up-to-date forecasting for the team and input to the wider MEP service delivery.
- Oversee team performance including work pipeline, finance, and operational management.
- Work with clients, developers, contractors and architects to build relationships and secure WSP’s position as the engineer of choice in the industry.
- Be the client’s key point of contact.
- Understand the need to provide excellent client care & the opportunities to develop additional business for the team.
- Develop client relationship to promote new commissions.
Requirements
- Chartership through CIBSE/IET/IMechE Engineering Council or open to working towards this.
- Profound understanding of mechanical systems, including HVAC, cooling systems, fuel systems, controls, and energy management.
- Ability to develop and implement innovative solutions to complex mechanical challenges.
- Leadership skills necessary to guide and inspire a team of mechanical engineers and technicians.
- Forward-thinking approach to anticipate industry trends and challenges.
- Proficiency in project management to oversee planning, execution, and completion of mechanical engineering projects.
- Ability to sketch and communicate technical detail graphically and effectively.
- Adaptability to new technologies, industry standards, and changing business needs.
- Understanding and addressing the needs of clients and end-users.
Skills
- Mechanical Engineering Expertise
- Innovative Problem-Solving
- Leadership and Team Management
- Strategic Vision
- Project Management
- Communication Skills
- Adaptability
- Customer Focus
Location
- London
Work Type
- Hybrid working policy offers the flexibility to work from home two days a week
- part-time and flexible working arrangements
Experience Level
- experienced
Benefits
- Work-life balance
- Hybrid working policy
- Inclusivity & Belonging
- Health & Wellbeing
- Virtual GP service
- Gymflex scheme
- Comprehensive menopause support package
- Flex your time
- WSP My Hour
- Option to purchase additional leave
- Ability to use your bank holiday entitlement to suit you
- Development and training
- Mentoring
- Chartership support
About the Company
- At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life.
- Embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives.
- Experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you.
- Our Building Services team in London consists of more than a 100 mechanical, electrical, and public health engineers including our ICT, Controls, E&S and Smart Team members.
- We make extraordinary efforts to attract, develop, engage and retain the best professionals in our fields of expertise because this is what makes us great.
- We put the highest ethical standards at the centre of all we do, and professionalism is inherent in our offering.
- We are humble and act with moral and intellectual integrity, keep our word, treat everyone with respect, support our colleagues, and embrace diversity.
- We care about individuals and their progress and offer the most fulfilling career development for our professionals.
- We promote our young recruits because we believe fresh perspectives bring great ideas and new energy.
- We are one of the world’s leading engineering and professional services firms.
- Our passionate people are united by the common purpose of creating positive, long-lasting impacts on the communities we serve through a culture of innovation, integrity, and inclusion.
- With over 11,000 professionals across the UK and Ireland, we are dedicated to our local communities and propelled by international brainpower.
Equal Opportunity
- We welcome applicants with varied backgrounds and experiences.
- We enable rewarding careers by encouraging people to bring their whole and authentic selves to work so that our work represents the fullest spectrum of society.
- We celebrate integrity and treat people with respect, supporting each other and embracing a culture of inclusion and belonging at WSP.
- We have our employee resource groups bring together employees and allies with different backgrounds to promote a culture of inclusivity.
- We positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity.
- As a Disability Confident leader, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria, please let us know if you require any workplace adjustments in support of your application.