3 jobs in Vallan

Overview

Our client is a fast‑growing data centre operator building a portfolio of cutting‑edge, high‑density colocation campuses across APAC. They are investing heavily in next‑generation cooling – with liquid cooling as a core pillar of their strategy – and are hiring a VP Mechanical Engineering to lead the mechanical and MEP agenda for the region.

This role owns the end‑to‑end mechanical design strategy for both greenfield and brownfield sites, ensuring resilient, efficient and scalable solutions that keep mission‑critical facilities running at peak performance.

Key responsibilities

• Lead mechanical engineering strategy for new‑build and existing data centre campuses across the APAC portfolio
• Drive concept and detailed design for mechanical and MEP systems, with a particular focus on cooling architecture and high‑density / liquid cooling solutions
• Direct and coordinate external consultants on design deliverables, ensuring completeness, quality and alignment with group standards
• Oversee upgrades, retrofits and live‑site modifications within operating data halls, including phasing, migration and risk management
• Provide technical leadership during testing and commissioning, troubleshooting issues and resolving design or site conflicts

Experience and qualifications

• Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline; professional registration preferred
• Significant experience (typically 12+ years) in mechanical / MEP design for mission‑critical facilities, with a strong emphasis on data centres
• Track record delivering both greenfield campuses and complex brownfield upgrades in live environments
• Deep understanding of cooling strategies for high‑density compute, including chilled water systems, air‑side solutions and emerging liquid cooling technologies
• es.Hands‑on involvement in testing, commissioning and performance optimisation of data centre mechanical systems.

Competencies and personal attributes

Strategic yet hands‑on technical leader, comfortable moving between portfolio‑level decisions and detailed design reviews

• Highly collaborative, with the ability to build strong relationships with design, construction and operations teams
• Proactive, solutions‑oriented mindset; calm under pressure in live‑site scenarios
• Clear and confident communicator, able to explain complex technical topics to non‑technical stakeholders
• Strong interest in innovation, sustainability and energy efficiency in the data centre sector

Why this role

• Chance to shape the mechanical and cooling roadmap for a high‑growth data centre platform across APAC
• Opportunity to work at the forefront of liquid cooling and high‑density campus design
• Senior seat at the table with direct impact on portfolio performance and strategy

EA14C5969

Data Centre Architect, Singapore

You already know how to design a building. The question is whether you want to design the kind that can't ever go dark.

This is for an architect who's spent the last decade getting good at the craft, layout, façade, space planning, civil works, and the last five years pointing that craft at mission-critical facilities where downtime isn't an inconvenience, it's a headline.

If you've worked on hyperscale or large-scale infrastructure and you understand what Tier III/IV and TIA-942 actually demand on the floor, not just on the cert, keep reading.

What you'll actually be doing

Leading the architectural design of data centre facilities from white space out: layout, façade, support areas, and the expansion room everyone forgets until it's too late. You'll own the BDx specifications, review the detailed drawings and models, and make sure the building works as hard as the kit inside it.

You'll be designing for high availability and redundancy, getting fire separation, security zoning, and airflow containment right, and building in modular scalability so the next phase doesn't mean tearing up the last one.

On delivery, you'll coordinate structural, MEP, and ICT into one coherent design, review contractor submissions and shop drawings, and walk the site to make sure what gets built matches what you drew. New builds, retrofits, expansions, all of it.

You'll handle the regulatory side too: local building codes, planning approvals, permits, and the authorities who issue them. Plus the sustainability piece, Green Mark, LEED, done properly, not bolted on.

And you'll manage the external architects, consultants and contractors, while standing in front of leadership to present the design and defend the decisions.

Who this is for

• 10+ years in architecture or civil design, with at least 5 in data centres, mission-critical, or high-tech facilities
• A degree in Architecture, Civil Engineering or similar
• Fluent in AutoCAD, Revit/BIM and SketchUp, and in how MEP integrates with what you draw
• Genuinely comfortable in uptime-critical, high-pressure environments
• APAC exposure that matters here, Indonesia, Taiwan, Singapore, and ideally a network across the DC ecosystem: authorities, partners, vendors, clients
• Bahasa is a real plus
• RA registration, LEED/Green Mark, and Uptime Institute familiarity all count in your favour

EA 14C6959