Senior mechanical engineer – technical operations emea
Pubblicato il 07-08-2026 - Jobtailor in Milano
Responsibilities
- Provide technical leadership and expert guidance on mechanical and cooling systems across the EMEA portfolio.
- Develop and maintain mechanical engineering standards, equipment specifications and resilience strategies aligned to STACK operational requirements.
- Support modelling, performance analysis and validation of mechanical and cooling systems.
- Review design and engineering documentation, technical submissions and commissioning activities to ensure compliance with operational and performance requirements.
- Support commissioning, operational acceptance and handover activities for new facilities, expansions and major upgrades.
- Define and assure operational acceptance criteria, testing requirements and documentation standards to support successful transition into live operations.
- Serve as the Authorising Engineer (AE) for Mechanical Safety Rules, ensuring robust governance, safe systems of work and compliance with applicable regulations and standards.
- Support asset lifecycle planning, reliability initiatives and continuous improvement programmes across the portfolio.
- Conduct technical assurance reviews and site audits, identifying opportunities to improve safety, resilience and operational performance.
- Provide technical escalation support during major incidents, supporting high‑quality root cause analysis and corrective action planning.
- Identify opportunities to improve cooling performance, operational efficiency and water utilisation.
- Provide technical oversight of vendors,
contractors and service providers, ensuring consistency and quality across facilities.
- Coach and mentor engineers and operational teams, supporting capability development across the EMEA portfolio.
Requirements
- Extensive experience working with mission‑critical mechanical and cooling infrastructure, ideally within data centre environments.
- Experience reviewing and supporting the design of mission‑critical mechanical systems.
- Advanced knowledge of cooling systems, mechanical plant and critical infrastructure used within high‑availability facilities.
- Strong understanding of resilience, operational risk management and asset lifecycle considerations within live critical environments.
- Experience supporting design reviews, commissioning, operational acceptance and technical assurance activities.
- Proven ability to develop engineering standards, governance frameworks and operational best practices.
- Strong analytical and problem‑solving capability with a structured approach to risk management and decision‑making.
- Ability to influence, coach and collaborate effectively across engineering, operations and delivery teams.
- Degree, HND/HNC or equivalent in Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline, or equivalent demonstrable experience.
- Professional accreditation or chartership is desirable.
- Strong written and verbal English language skills.
- Experience working across multiple European markets is advantageous.
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