Technical Director (DC CA lead)
AECOM
Overview
As Mechanical Director in the Data Centre Market Sector, you lead a growing CA team across disciplines to deliver multi‑discipline mechanical and electrical services for hyperscale and co‑location projects. You shape delivery, act as a pivotal interface with clients and AHJs, and drive work-winning and business development. You will contribute to sector thought leadership while coordinating globally with colleagues. This role offers strategic impact in a high-growth, technology‑driven environment.
Pay / Benefits- hybrid work options
- broad compensation and well-being programs
- global collaboration and access to leading technology
- career growth in a Fortune 500 firm
- equity, diversity and inclusion priorities
- transformational work with impact
- Lead and develop the Data Centre CA team across multiple disciplines
- Provide Principle Designer and Responsible Designer services during construction interfacing with AHJs and GCs
- Manage multi-discipline, site-based teams supported by office design teams
- Oversee design delivery through construction with client-driven design changes
- Ensure consistent, compliant CA services across projects and sites
- Involve in work winning and business development to generate MEP opportunities
- Provide programme management and commercial oversight for major projects
- Monitor project risk and manage mitigation strategies and KPIs
- Deliver seamless, on-time mechanical services across the region
- Engage with clients to understand their business needs and adapt to market changes
- Strong background delivering Mechanical or Electrical project work for Data Centres and mission critical environments
- Proven experience leading DC project work streams in UK and preferably across EMEA
- Demonstrated client-facing and work-winning experience
- Excellent team leadership and development capability
- Detailed knowledge of mechanical or electrical design for data centres and client interfaces
- Strong commercial acumen and experience managing project financials
- Excellent internal and external communication skills
- Good financial understanding of project requirements for success
- leadership
- client-facing
- communication
- Mechanical and Electrical design for Data Centres
- MEP project delivery
- project management and risk mitigation
Reference: WJ-747_31163786