Mechanical Design Engineer

About Mercury

Mercury stands as Europe's premier construction solutions provider, delivering complex engineering and construction projects for global corporations. Our work facilitates innovative technologies and life-enhancing advancements that build connections among individuals, communities, and enterprises, empowering them to accomplish remarkable goals. We value innovation, determination, and precision, ensuring consistent delivery on our commitments.

We specialize in cutting-edge construction solutions for diverse sectors including Enterprise Data Centres, Advanced Technology & Life Sciences, Hyperscale Data Centres, and Fire Protection.

At Mercury, we prioritize nurturing our people, fostering their growth within supportive and dynamic teams to help them achieve their fullest potential.

Role Responsibilities

• Ensure that all assigned projects comply with necessary technical standards.
• Complete the mechanical scopes of work effectively within projects.
• Oversee the selection of consultants and establish clear responsibility assignments (RACI matrices).
• Participate actively in design team meetings, both in-person and via MSTF Teams.
• Coordinate design schedules to align with planning teams.
• Review client responsibility matrices for compatibility with project and commercial teams.
• Manage RIBA stages 3 through 5 design procedures and workflows.
• Develop comprehensive design management plans for projects.
• Implement Central Engineering checklists across projects to maintain quality and standards.
• Manage design processes to support safe manufacturing and assembly as required.
• Maintain and control key project trackers such as procurement schedules, technical submittal registers, drawing registers, RFI logs, deviation trackers, lessons learned logs, and design change logs from initiation to handover.
• Regularly monitor all schedules and tracking tools throughout project lifecycles.
• Conduct scheduled technical submittal and working drawing reviews with relevant teams.
• Support the project teams in workload management related to technical submittals, drawing reviews, RFIs, and similar activities.
• Collaborate with teams to optimize purchasing decisions by reviewing orders for cost-efficiency.
• Drive value engineering initiatives by challenging consultants and internal teams.
• Ensure adherence to ISO19650 standards in project documentation and processes.
• Prepare and deliver project reports regularly to direct managers as agreed.
• Contribute to tenders and pre-construction estimating activities as needed.
• Assist in managing the value engineering log for Data Centre & Building Services groups.
• Perform any other design-related duties as assigned by direct management.
• Participate in weekly Central Engineering Stage 5 model review meetings.
• Facilitate lessons learned sessions during the design stages to improve future practices.
• Provide coaching and mentoring to graduate engineers in producing technical submissions, managing drawing production, issuing RFIs, and client communication.
• Attend occasional site visits across Europe for project oversight.
• Join monthly face-to-face Central Engineering meetings.

Candidate Requirements

• Possess a third-level qualification in Mechanical Engineering or Mechanical Design Engineering.
• Have a minimum of three years' experience working on large-scale industrial plant projects.
• Be proficient with mechanical design software/tools related to the role.
• Demonstrate excellent communication abilities.
• Show high standards for the quality and presentation of work.
• Be able to work onsite at our headquarters in Dublin.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with data centre projects will be viewed favorably, though it is not mandatory.

Additional Information

Mercury is committed to equal opportunity employment. The role involves occasional travel within Europe for site visits.