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Senior Mechanical EngineerJob Description Summary
Senior Mechanical Engineer provides technical leadership and direction to onsite multi-skilled teams and vendors, with a specialized focus on the integrity of critical mechanical workstreams. This role ensures strict adherence to safety and operational policies while managing the resolution of critical system failures to maintain 100% uptime within data center environments.Job Description
About the Role:
- Lead mechanical design coordination and construction delivery for new data center facilities and major upgrades, ensuring solutions align with project milestones, budget, and quality standards.
- Conduct comprehensive technical due diligence and land suitability assessments during site acquisition, specifically evaluating cooling capacity, water availability, and infrastructure constraints.
- Design and review critical mechanical systems, including chilled water infrastructure, CRAH/CRAC units, and redundancy configurations (N, N+1, 2N) to support high-load environments.
- Serve as the primary technical interface for clients, contractors, and internal stakeholders to ensure alignment on design intent, risk mitigation, and project handover requirements.
- Collaborate with construction, operations, and procurement teams to manage project schedules, cost estimates, and the integration of tenant-specific mechanical requirements.
About You:
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Industrial, or Building Services Engineering from an accredited institution.
- 5+ years of technical project management experience, specifically in data center design, construction, or large-scale mission-critical projects.
- Licensed Chief Electrical Engineer (or equivalent) with a deep understanding of MEP coordination and redundancy strategies (N+1, 2N).
- Solid mastery of Japanese regulatory standards (JIS, Technical Standards for Electrical Equipment) and building/fire codes.
- Proven ability in site due diligence, contractor management, and proficiency in AutoCAD or related design tools.
Why join Cushman & Wakefield?
As one of the leading global real estate services firms transforming the way people work, shop and live working at Cushman & Wakefield means you will benefit from;
Being part of a growing global company;
Career development and a promote from within culture;
An organisation committed to Diversity and Inclusion
We're committed to providing work-life balance for our people in an inclusive, rewarding environment.
We achieve this by providing a flexible and agile work environment by focusing on technology and autonomy to help our people achieve their career ambitions. We focus on career progression and foster a promotion from within culture, leveraging global opportunities to ensure we retain our top talent. We encourage continuous learning and development opportunities
We have a vision of the future, where people simply belong.
That's why we support and celebrate inclusive causes, not just on days of recognition throughout the year, but every day. We embrace diversity across race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or persons with disabilities or protected veteran status.
We ensure DEI is part of our DNA as a global community - it means we go way beyond than just talking about it - we live it. If you want to live it too, join us.
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Skills Required
- 7-10 years relevant experience in mechanical engineering operations
- 5 years in operation of mechanical services in critical facilities or Tier III data centers
- Bachelor's and advanced degree in Engineering management or related field
- Professional qualification for Chilled water systems and equipment
- Experience with operations management software
Cushman & Wakefield Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Cushman & Wakefield and has not been reviewed or approved by Cushman & Wakefield.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with company match is consistently referenced as part of the package. Feedback suggests this provides a solid baseline for long‑term savings across many U.S. roles.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off and company holidays are regularly highlighted and described as a meaningful part of the offering. Feedback suggests time‑off benefits add tangible value alongside base pay.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave for primary and secondary caregivers, plus backup care and wellbeing resources, are described as available. These offerings indicate a supportive approach to family needs in many roles.
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What We Do
Cushman & Wakefield (NYSE: CWK) is a leading global real estate services firm that delivers exceptional value for real estate occupiers and owners. Cushman & Wakefield is among the largest real estate services firms with approximately 53,000 employees in 400 offices and 60 countries. In 2019, the firm had revenue of $8.8 billion across core services of property, facilities and project management, leasing, capital markets, valuation and other services.
