Lead Mechanical Engineer

Job description

Mechanical Operations Engineer

£105,000 Plus 20% Bonus

London

On‑Site Monday to Friday

Why work here?

You’ll be joining one of the world’s leading operators of large‑scale, mission‑critical data centres an organisation powering the digital economy across Europe and Asia‑Pacific. You’ll join a culture built on collaboration, ownership, and innovation, where people are trusted to lead, encouraged to think boldly, and supported to grow. It’s a place where your work directly strengthens the infrastructure that keeps the modern world running.

The Opportunity-

We’re hiring a Group Operations Engineer (Mechanical) to help drive operational excellence across a multi‑site data centre estate.

In this central engineering role, you will play a key part in defining, standardising, and implementing operational processes across mechanical disciplines — supporting resilience, compliance, and consistent operations across mission‑critical sites.

What You’ll Do

• Lead and enhance mechanical engineering standards across all data centres.
• Improve maintenance governance, risk management, and incident readiness.
• Support infrastructure upgrades, lifecycle planning, and capacity modelling for mechanical systems.
• Ensure regulatory compliance, health & safety alignment, and audit readiness.
• Work cross‑functionally with site operations, projects, and contractors to strengthen uptime and performance.

What You’ll Bring

• Strong mechanical engineering background in critical environments
• Experience implementing or standardising multi‑site operational processes
• Deep understanding of compliance frameworks, safety standards, and engineering governance
• Clear communicator with strong stakeholder influence and a continuous‑improvement mindset.

Company Benefits -

Health & Wellness

• Private medical insurance (individual, couple, or family)
• Dental & eye‑care plans incl. Eye tests + £150 for VDU glasses
• MYNDUP mental health platform (therapy, coaching, meditation)

Financial & Lifestyle

• 10% employer pension contribution (no mandatory employee contribution)
• Income protection (up to 75% salary)
• Life assurance (4× salary)
• Discretionary bonus eligibility
• £2.5k or £5k referral bonus
• Cycle‑to‑Work scheme
• Season ticket loan (interest‑free)
• £7 daily lunch subsidy
• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
• LinkedIn Learning access

Family Support

• 16 weeks paid maternity leave
• 2 weeks paid paternity leave
• Adoption leave matching maternity/paternity
• Employee Touchpoint Programme for life events & milestones

Interested?

Apply now or message me for more details.

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

City of London

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Published at

03-04-2026

Profession type

Manufacturing / Industrial

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English