About this role
Company Description
Egis is a leading global consulting, construction engineering and operating firm. We work together with our clients, across every aspect of transport, energy, and the built environment to build a more balanced, sustainable, and resilient world. The Egis Group has more than 50 years of experience and a team of 23,500 employees in over 70 countries around the world. Joining our Group means, above all, sharing our values as a people-first company, strongly committed to sustainability and innovation.
Job Description
The position is open across Bengaluru, Mumbai, Chennai, and Gurgaon.
Role purpose
- Lead the technical delivery and reputation of Egis's data centre mechanical design offer across India
- Act as the senior mechanical authority on hyperscale and colocation programmes, from concept through to handover
- Combine technical leadership with client engagement, bid support and P&L accountability
Key responsibilities
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Provide mechanical discipline leadership on hyperscale and colocation data centre projects
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Set and uphold design standards, QA/QC and technical governance
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Lead client presentations, design reviews and technical interviews at senior level
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Support bids and proposals, including strategy, scope, resourcing and fee build up
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Own P&L performance for the mechanical discipline: utilisation, margin, forecasting and resource planning
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Coach, mentor and develop senior engineers and team leads
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Work with BIM and digital teams to drive coordinated, efficient delivery
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Build relationships with hyperscalers, colocation operators, developers and contractors
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Discipline focus: Mechanical
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Cooling strategy for hyperscale and colocation facilities, including air, hybrid and liquid cooling (direct to chip, immersion)
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Chilled water systems, heat rejection, and water use optimisation
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PUE and WUE performance and energy efficiency
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Resilience concepts (N+1, 2N) and input to testing and commissioning
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Coordination with electrical, architecture, structure and BIM teams
Qualifications
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18+ years in mechanical or HVAC engineering, with 8+ years in data centres
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Proven delivery of hyperscale and colocation facilities, ideally multi site and multi region
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Prior experience at Director, Associate Director or Technical Director level
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Track record of managing a P&L or significant commercial responsibility
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Excellent presentation, negotiation and interpersonal skills, comfortable with C level and client stakeholders
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Strong coordination skills across multidisciplinary teams, with a working knowledge of BIM
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Chartered or professionally qualified engineer (CEng or equivalent), registered with a relevant professional body
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Degree in mechanical engineering or a related discipline
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Desirable
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Middle East data centre experience
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Experience working on international or multicultural teams
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Experience building or scaling a data centre practice
Additional Information
- Chartered Engineer (CE) or equivalent professional certification
- Experience with Building Information Modeling (BIM) projects
- Familiarity with project management tools and methodologies
- Experience in client liaison and stakeholder management
- Knowledge of sustainable design practices and green building standards
- Experience with site inspections and quality assurance verification
- Proven track record of delivering projects on time and within budget
- Ability to adapt to changing project requirements and work in a fast-paced environment
- Strong organizational and time management skills
- Commitment to professional development and continuous learning