Overview
Responsibilities
Qualifications
PM Group's Outsourced Technical Services (OTS) department are seeking an experienced Mechanical Design Engineer to join our Project Delivery Team, supporting the design and execution of large-scale data centre projects. The successful candidate will play a key role in delivering mechanical designs from concept through detailed design, construction support, commissioning, and project closeout.
This position requires a strong understanding of mission-critical facilities and data centre infrastructure, along with the ability to collaborate within multidisciplinary engineering teams to deliver high-quality, technically robust solutions on complex projects.
Responsibilities
- Develop mechanical engineering designs for data centre and mission-critical facilities.
- Design and coordinate HVAC systems including cooling strategies for white space, plantrooms, and support areas.
- Produce calculations, equipment sizing, system layouts, specifications, schedules, and technical reports.
- Support the design of chilled water systems, condenser water systems, CRAH/CRAC units, cooling towers, pumps, and associated mechanical infrastructure.
- Participate in mechanical design reviews to ensure compliance with project requirements, industry standards, and best practices.
- Coordinate with electrical, architectural, structural, and commissioning teams throughout project delivery.
- Conduct technical evaluations of vendor equipment and review supplier submittals.
- Support value engineering initiatives while maintaining reliability, energy efficiency, and maintainability objectives.
- Assist with the preparation of tender documentation and technical bid evaluations.
- Provide engineering support during construction, factory acceptance testing (FAT), site acceptance testing (SAT), commissioning, and handover phases.
- Ensure designs comply with applicable codes, standards, client requirements, and sustainability objectives.
- Attend project meetings and present technical solutions to project stakeholders.
Qualifications
Essential
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline.
- Minimum 5 years' experience in mechanical building services or mission-critical facility design.
- Demonstrated experience delivering mechanical designs for data centre projects.
- Strong knowledge of HVAC systems and chilled water cooling infrastructure.
- Experience working within multidisciplinary engineering project teams.
- Proficiency with industry-standard design software such as AutoCAD, Revit, and BIM coordination platforms.
- Strong understanding of engineering standards, codes, and regulatory requirements.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to manage multiple project priorities in a fast-paced environment.
Desirable
- Chartered Engineer status or progression towards chartership.
- Experience with hyperscale or colocation data centre environments.
- Knowledge of sustainability, decarbonisation, and energy-efficient cooling technologies.
- Familiarity with CFD modelling, energy modelling, and thermal analysis tools.
- Experience supporting commissioning and integrated systems testing activities.
Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related; 5+ years in mechanical building services or mission-critical design; data centre design experience; HVAC and chilled water knowledge; AutoCAD, Revit, BIM proficiency.
Key Responsibilities
- developing mechanical designs
- coordinating HVAC systems
- producing technical reports
Skills & Tools
AutoCAD, Revit, BIM
Job Details
- Category: Engineering
- Seniority: Senior Level
- Commitment: Part Time, Contract
- Workplace: Remote — Ireland
- Languages: English
About PM Group
An engineering consultancy providing outsourced technical services for data centre projects. — Industry: Consulting Services