Posted 01 August, 2026
Senior Design Solution Engineer
NTT Global Data Centers EMEA UK ltd
City of London, ENG, GB
Full Time
Job Description
Your role at a glanceAs a Senior Design Solution Engineer (mechanical discipline), you will be taking the lead in ensuring there is a high quality, accurate and tenderable mechanical scope of work defined for each of the data centre fit-out opportunities. The role can be based out of London, Amsterdam, Frankfurt or Berlin and will have input on projects across the wider region which will include a variety of upgrades and fit out projects. The position may occasionally involve supporting global initiatives, which may include out-of-region opportunities or conducting or contributing to supporting peer reviews with colleagues across regions. The Senior Design Solution Engineer will drive a multi-disciplinary design delivery process acting as the primary contact to NTTs external design vendors, liaising with various internal stakeholders and consulting with other technical members in both Local and Global Technical Operations and Design teams to ensure best-in-class solutions are made with careful assessment of risks and opportunities to RIBA Stage 2 (30% level plans) only. They will help develop and promote the adoption of best practice processes and procedures in both design and engineering and wider delivery teams. What we are looking forKey responsibilities: Review intake forms and scoping material created by Solution Engineers and produce an end-to-end scope of work that is tenderable covering any site / base build modifications required including any commissioning or documentation outputs as well as the client specific requirementsLead the technical review ensuring input and sign off from other stakeholder teams including but not limited to Local Operations and Engineering teamsCarry out any appropriate capacity checks to ensure solution proposed can be serviced via existing M&E infrastructure and/or suggest modifications required to support proposed requirementsInput into both cost and schedule creation relating to design activities per opportunityDrive and manage external parties supporting the volume of requests ensuring performance goals and outputs are met specifically around quality, accuracy and timeline KPIs.Undertake site surveys (or co-ordinate local resource) as necessary across EMEA to establish the feasibility of design proposalsSupport design reviews (for specific projects) to ensure compliance with company design standards, local code requirements and the project briefProactively involve the wider NTT team where required to capture any infrastructure or system upgrades that are required to meet the scope of requirements including power, cooling ancillary systems (e.g. security, monitoring, metering and fire safety) and any necessary CFDs to RIBA Stage 2 (30% plans)Actively participate in the lessons learned process post RFS to ensure knowledge is applied and implemented in future designsAssess, track and validate any change to scope and manage the change through the change management processAssess, mitigate, and manage risks connected with design to reduce/eliminate residual project risks and resolve design related issues.Knowledge & Abilities: University Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalentDemonstratable experience in mechanical design of mission critical data centres or similar critical M&E led industries (e.g. semiconductor, pharmaceuticals, oil and gas, energy)Experience working within multi-disciplinary design teams, preferably in a leading roleExperience in design consultant/client engineer/site engineer/contractor engineer rolesExperience in whitespace fit outs, particularly on the solutioning and design aspectsExperience in liquid cooling design in data centresInternational experience and outlook both in type of company (multi-national Consultant/ Contractor/Operator) and project experience (have worked on projects outside home country)Support the development of new tools, processes, and procedures for best practice design managementContribute driving innovation in design to improve reliability, constructability and ease of operation, keeping a focus on sustainability as an overarching requirement in line with NTTs commitment to our sustainable development goalsStrategic thinking with structured and target-oriented approachProficient in AutoCAD/BIMKnowledge of CFD modeling is a plusAbility to work in multinational, interdisciplinary and culturally diverse teamsPassion for start-up and ramp up environmentsPassion for listening to stakeholders and customers and a world-class service mentalityOutstanding relationship-builder and communicator, both internally and externallyGood written and oral communication skills in English. German language skills would be beneficial.Who we areAs the third largest data center provider, we operate over 150 data centers in more than 20 countries and regions. We understand that every business large and small has its own unique needs and goals. We offer local-to-global data center expertise, aligned with our connected platform of AI-ready data centers to create solutions that enable our clients to seamlessly scale their digital businesses, anywhere and anytime.TPBN1_UKTJ
