Principal Delivery Engineer (Mechanical)

About the role

As Principal Delivery Engineer, you will shape and deliver the technical vision for Global Switch’s capital projects, ensuring robust, innovative engineering solutions that align with business objectives and industry standards. You will provide expert technical leadership across multiple campuses and regions, collaborating closely with engineering managers, directors, and site‑based technical teams.

Key responsibilities

• Define comprehensive technical specifications and project briefs, ensuring alignment with business goals and regulatory standards.
• Oversee multidisciplinary design integration, guaranteeing compliance with local, national and international codes.
• Assess design proposals for robustness, scalability and cost efficiency, identifying opportunities to enhance resilience and reduce lifecycle costs.
• Maintain risk registers, develop contingency strategies and manage design‑related risks throughout the project lifecycle.
• Conduct rigorous evaluations of critical systems, detect infrastructure deficiencies and implement corrective actions to maintain system integrity.

Required profile

• Highly experienced engineering professional with a proven track record delivering complex, mission‑critical infrastructure projects across multiple sites or regions.
• Deep expertise in data centre engineering combined with a delivery‑focused mindset, ensuring designs are robust, compliant and aligned to operational and long‑term business objectives.
• Trusted technical authority capable of guiding multidisciplinary teams, challenging design assumptions and driving consistency through standards and best practice.

Required skills

• Advanced knowledge of data centre systems and engineering principles for high‑performance, resilient infrastructure.
• Expertise in technical risk evaluation and mitigation strategy development.
• Ability to provide expert advice and hands‑on support to project and site teams.