Role: Director - Mission Critical Mechanical Building Services
Type: Full-time, Permanent, Hybrid
Location: Bristol

We're looking for a Director of Mission Critical Mechanical Building Services in Bristol!

About:
The industry leader - both in revenue and reputation-with 30,000 staff internationally.
Our partnered organisation is a leading provider of engineering services to the Mission Critical sector. They are looking for a commercial leader and Director to join their team and help to drive their growth in this sector.

The Director of Mission Critical Mechanical Engineering will be responsible for developing and executing technical excellence within the mission critical market.

This role requires a deep understanding of the data centre mechanical design & associated building services, strong project leadership skills and the ability to collaborate across multiple disciplines.

Your Purpose:

• Client Development - Identify and establish relationships with key external stakeholders in the client data centre project teams. Nurture and enhance relationships with existing clients.
• Technical Excellence - Develop and maintain technical design standards. Provide guidance within their internal national technical forums. Extend this thought to engage with clients in securing new business opportunities.
• Resource - Within the mission critical team, setup and maintain technical capability for engineers. Be the point of contact within the business for technical design support.
• Technology Analysis - Conduct market research to identify trends, opportunities, competitor activities, and the competitive landscape.
• Provide insights and recommendations to senior management.
• Provide strategic partnerships with the supply chain at regional and national level.
• Collaboration - Work closely with internal teams, including architecture and engineering, sales, and project management, to ensure a cohesive approach to client engagement and project delivery.
• Project Delivery - Work with multi-disciplinary project delivery teams to deliver design for clients. Within this element, provide project management experience to deliver the services to align with both the client and business objectives. This will require financial accountability.
• Reporting - Prepare and present regular reports on technical development activities and progress, project health, supplier engagements, and mission critical technical trends.

What you can bring:

• Education - Bachelor's degree in Engineering, or a related field. Chartered status preferred.
• Strong understanding of data centre technical detailed design requirements.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills. Be prepared to present to the national team and externally at conferences.
• Proven track record of successfully delivering large and complex projects (>£100m) while developing client relationships.
• Established network of contacts within the mission critical sector.
• Ability to work collaboratively across multiple disciplines.
• Strong leadership and team management skills.

Security clearance:
This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview. The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require candidates to provide proof of residency in the UK of 5 years or longer. If applying to this role please do not make reference to (in conversation) or include in your application or CV, details of any current or previously held security clearance.

Aldwych Consulting values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.

Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

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