MEP Design Lead (Data Centres)

Overview

The Project

You’ll Be Responsible For

• Lead and manage all MEP design activities across the project, ensuring coordination, quality, and compliance with project standards.
• Oversee the transition of MEP design from detailed design through to construction, ensuring design deliverables are complete, coordinated, and buildable.
• Act as the primary interface between design consultants, contractors, and the wider PMC team for all MEP-related matters.
• Review and approve MEP design packages, ensuring alignment with project specifications, codes, and performance requirements.
• Drive design coordination across disciplines, resolving interface issues between MEP, architectural, structural, and specialist systems.
• Provide technical leadership on complex MEP systems, including mechanical cooling, electrical distribution, ELV, and specialist infrastructure.
• Support value engineering initiatives, identifying opportunities to optimise design, cost, and programme without compromising quality.
• Ensure design delivery aligns with programme milestones, proactively identifying risks and implementing mitigation strategies.
• Champion health, safety, and sustainability considerations within the design process.
• Support construction teams during mobilisation and delivery, providing technical guidance and resolving design-related queries.
• Contribute to project reporting, including design progress, risks, and key technical issues for senior stakeholders.

You’ll Need To Have

• Degree qualified in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Extensive experience operating at a senior level within MEP design, ideally within PMC/consultancy environments.
• Proven track record delivering large-scale, MEP-intensive or mission-critical developments.
• Strong technical expertise across a broad range of MEP systems, with the ability to lead multidisciplinary coordination.
• Experience managing the transition from design through to construction/delivery phases.
• Strong knowledge of international design standards and codes, with Middle East experience highly desirable.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills, with the ability to influence at all levels.
• Strong commitment to health, safety, quality, and sustainability standards.
• Our values
• Safety first - Going home safe and well:
• We champion a safe, diverse and inclusive working environment, understanding the importance of wellbeing in every team.
• Client focus - Deliver on our promise:
• We own the quality of deliverables, strategic outcomes and build long term relationships with our clients.
• Integrity - Always do the right thing:
• We influence positive outcomes within our industry, while always aligning with our compliance obligations.
• Create opportunity - For our people to excel:
• We champion a continuous improvement culture throughout all activities, inspiring our people and teams to develop.
• Mace is an inclusive employer and welcomes interest from a diverse range of candidates.
• Even if you feel you do not fulfil all the criteria, please apply as you may still be the best candidate for this role or another role within our organisation.
• We are also open to discussing part time, flexible, and hybrid working options if suitable with-in the role