Our client is a rapidly growing data centre platform providing mission critical infrastructure solutions to enterprise, cloud and technology customers. Backed by leading private equity investors, the business is executing an ambitious growth strategy focused on expanding capacity, enhancing operational performance and delivering long term value. As a capital intensive infrastructure business operating in a high growth sector, they combine operational excellence with disciplined financial management to support scalable growth and strong investor returns.
This is a business that values technical excellence, commercial discipline and long term thinking, and offers a rare prospect to be part of shaping an organisation's engineering DNA from a formative stage of its growth.
About The Role
This is a genuine prospect for an experienced engineering leader to take ownership of the design and technical delivery of hyperscale and AI ready data centre developments, from concept through to construction and commissioning.
Reporting to the Director of Engineering, you will provide technical leadership across electrical, mechanical, civil, structural, hydraulics and fire protection disciplines, coordinating consultants, utility providers, equipment vendors, contractors and customer technical representatives throughout the design lifecycle.
Key responsibilities include:
Leading engineering design and technical development of hyperscale and AI ready data centre projects
Managing the end to end design process and chairing design workshops and technical coordination meetings
Establishing and maintaining engineering design standards and governance processes
Leading value engineering, constructability and operational readiness reviews
Coordinating with electricity network providers,



water authorities and telecommunications carriers
Supporting procurement, technical evaluations and contract negotiations
Providing engineering oversight during construction, commissioning and handover
Acting as the primary engineering interface for customers, consultants and regulatory authorities
About You
Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline
8 to 15 years' experience in engineering design, design management or technical project delivery within data centres, mission critical facilities or complex infrastructure
Demonstrated experience managing multidisciplinary consultants through concept, detailed design, procurement, construction and commissioning
Strong understanding of mission critical electrical and mechanical systems, redundancy philosophies and operational resilience
Excellent knowledge of Australian Standards, the National Construction Code and statutory approval processes
Experience delivering hyperscale, colocation or high density AI ready infrastructure highly regarded
Experience within a developer, owner operator or private equity backed organisation is advantageous
Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng), or progressing towards chartership, well regarded
Strong stakeholder management, communication and presentation skills
Play a key technical leadership role in a rapidly growing digital infrastructure platform
Shape engineering standards and design philosophy across a growing portfolio of hyperscale developments
Work on nationally significant, mission critical AI ready infrastructure projects
Private equity backed business with genuine career growth and long term value creation
Collaborative, high performance culture with exposure to senior leadership and major stakeholders
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📌 Mechanical Design Engineer (Melbourne)
🏢 Arkadia Talent
📍 Melbourne