About the company
This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Director, Mechanical Engineering based in Ireland.
This is a senior technical leadership opportunity to shape the mechanical engineering strategy behind a global portfolio of AI infrastructure facilities. As the mechanical engineering design authority, you will oversee engineering standards, reference designs, and project delivery across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Americas.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the mechanical engineering subject matter expert and design authority across the global portfolio
- Develop, implement, and maintain mechanical design standards, technical specifications, and basis-of-design documentation
- Contribute to the reference design for AI infrastructure facilities
- Own the liquid cooling architecture, including facility water systems, technology cooling systems, and coolant distribution units
- Provide technical guidance to active projects
- Monitor developments in AI hardware and cooling technologies
- Lead mechanical design reviews and technical assurance activities
- Collaborate with electrical, controls, structural, and other engineering specialists
- Partner with Procurement to standardise specifications for long-lead mechanical equipment
- Champion safety by design, reliability, maintainability, and energy and water efficiency
- Oversee the mechanical engineering scope delivered by external design partners, mentor engineers, and build the mechanical engineering team
Requirements
- Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Building Services Engineering, or a related discipline; CEng or PE preferred
- Significant experience in data centre or mission-critical mechanical engineering, including senior technical leadership
- Deep technical knowledge of data centre cooling systems, including chilled water, heat rejection, air-side design, hydraulic design, and cooling control philosophies
- Proven experience developing and deploying mechanical design standards, reference designs, or basis-of-design documentation
- Hands-on experience designing and delivering high-density and liquid-cooled environments, including direct-to-chip cooling, coolant distribution units, and facility water systems
- Understanding of how GPU cluster thermal requirements influence facility-level mechanical design
- Familiarity with ASHRAE guidelines and NFPA standards
- Strong commercial judgement