Exyte GmbH — a world-leading engineering, procurement, and construction company focused on high-tech industries — is seeking a Group Leader Mechanical Engineering (f/m/d) at its Bad Homburg, Hesse site within the Engineering & Design department, focused on Plant Utility & HVAC systems for Data Centers. This leadership role leads and develops a team of engineers, plans and designs building services systems (Heizung, Lüftung/Klimatechnik, Sanitär, Sprinkler) for new construction and renovation projects, ensures compliance with DIN, VDI, and VDE standards, coordinates with clients and partners, and supports tender and commissioning processes. Requires a degree in building services, HVAC, or mechanical engineering, solid TGA/Haustechnik project experience, fluent German and English, CAD proficiency, and a structured, solution-oriented approach. Contact: ugur.guezel@exyte.net — apply via Exyte portal only.
About Exyte — Global High-Tech Engineering Leadership
Company: Exyte GmbH — a world-leading engineering, procurement, and construction company delivering advanced facilities for high-tech industries including data centers, semiconductors, life sciences, and batteries — operating globally with deep engineering expertise and a mission to enable the technologies that shape the future
Department: Engineering & Design — Plant Utility & HVAC Systems for Data Centers — a technically demanding and commercially critical discipline within Exyte’s data center project portfolio, where mechanical building services engineering determines the operational reliability, energy efficiency, and regulatory compliance of mission-critical infrastructure
Role: Group Leader Mechanical Engineering (f/m/d) — team leadership, HVAC and TGA planning, DIN/VDI/VDE compliance, client and partner coordination, tender support, quality assurance through commissioning
Contact: Ugur Guezel — ugur.guezel@exyte.net — apply via Exyte application portal only (email applications cannot be considered due to data protection regulations)
Why This Grouplead Mechanical Engineering Role at Exyte Stands Out
Data Center Mechanical Engineering — Future-Critical Infrastructure: Work on the Plant Utility and HVAC systems that keep data centers — the backbone of the digital economy — operating reliably, efficiently, and safely at the scale and uptime standards that hyperscale and enterprise data center operators require, in a globally active engineering firm at the technology frontier
Team Leadership + Full Project Lifecycle: Lead and develop a team of engineers from planning and design through tender, construction, and commissioning — the complete project ownership and technical leadership scope that develops and demonstrates the rounded Group Leader capability that builds careers at world-class engineering consultancies
DIN / VDI / VDE Standards Competency — Industrial TGA Germany: Deep expertise in the German building services regulatory framework (DIN, VDI, VDE) applied to industrial-scale data center environments — a technically distinctive and commercially valuable specialisation in the rapidly growing data center engineering market
Exyte Buddy System + Onboarding + Qualitrain Fitness: Two-day onboarding event with new colleagues, a personalised Buddy System for a thorough team integration, Qualitrain fitness subsidy at 5,000+ German locations, mobile working flexibility, and free coffee and water on every floor at Bad Homburg
Position Overview — Group Leader Mechanical Engineering (f/m/d), Exyte Bad Homburg
This Group Leader Mechanical Engineering (f/m/d) at Exyte Bad Homburg leads and develops a team of engineers within the Engineering & Design department — plans, designs, and implements building services systems (Heizung, Lüftung/Klimatechnik, Sanitär, Sprinkler) for new construction and renovation projects — ensures compliance with DIN, VDI, and VDE standards — coordinates with internal departments, clients, and external partners — prepares and reviews technical specifications, bills of quantities, and design plans — supports tender and proposal processes — ensures quality through to commissioning — assists in budget and resource planning — and participates in site visits, planning meetings, and coordination discussions — for Plant Utility and HVAC systems in Data Center projects at a globally leading high-tech engineering company in Bad Homburg, Hesse.
Why This Role Matters: As Group Leader Mechanical Engineering at Exyte in Bad Homburg, the HVAC and Plant Utility systems you plan, design, and lead your team to deliver are the physical infrastructure that determines whether a data center can operate at the availability levels its clients have contracted — typically 99.999% uptime for Tier 4 facilities — while meeting the energy efficiency targets that data center operators are under increasing commercial and regulatory pressure to demonstrate. When your team’s HVAC design correctly sizes the chilled water distribution system for the peak IT load of a hyperscale hall while maintaining the redundancy configuration that allows any single cooling unit to fail without impacting server inlet temperatures, your coordination with the structural engineer correctly identifies that the primary air handling unit’s maintenance access clearance conflicts with a structural beam that the latest architectural revision has added, and your DIN/VDI compliance review correctly identifies that the sprinkler system activation response time specified in the tender documents does not meet the applicable VdS class requirement for the server hall occupancy type — you are not designing building services. You are engineering the critical infrastructure of the digital economy. That is the engineering consequence and commercial significance of excellent mechanical engineering group leadership at Exyte’s data center practice in Bad Homburg.
Key Responsibilities — Your Tasks at Exyte
Team Leadership & Engineering Development
- Lead and develop a team of engineers within the Engineering & Design department — providing the technical leadership, professional mentoring, and clear direction that engineers in a demanding data center project environment need to do their best work, developing individual capability within the team while ensuring collective project delivery quality and schedule performance
- Plan, design, and implement building services systems for new construction and renovation projects — applying comprehensive TGA and HVAC engineering expertise to develop the Heizung, Lüftung/Klimatechnik, Sanitär, and Sprinkler designs that data center Plant Utility projects require, with the technical depth, normative accuracy, and practical constructability awareness that high-quality building services engineering demands
- Participate in site visits, planning meetings, and coordination discussions — maintaining an active physical project presence that gives the Group Leader and the team the site-based engineering awareness and stakeholder access that effective building services project leadership requires beyond office-based design work
DIN / VDI / VDE Compliance, Quality & Standards
- Ensure compliance with applicable German standards and regulations in building services engineering — applying systematic knowledge of DIN, VDI, and VDE norms to data center HVAC and Plant Utility design, with the regulatory expertise and compliance management discipline that ensures Exyte’s data center projects pass regulatory review, achieve the required certifications, and operate within the legal framework that German building services law requires
- Ensure quality throughout project execution up to commissioning — establishing and maintaining the technical quality standards, review processes, and documentation practices that ensure every building services system delivered by Exyte’s mechanical engineering team is designed correctly, installed as specified, tested thoroughly, and handed over to the client in a fully commissioned, operationally ready state
- Prepare and review technical specifications, bills of quantities, and design plans — producing and critically reviewing the planning deliverables, Leistungsverzeichnisse, and technical drawings that define exactly what contractors must price and build, with the technical precision and completeness that avoids scope gaps, pricing ambiguities, and construction disputes
Tender Support, Client Coordination & Budget Management
- Coordinate and communicate with internal departments, clients, and external partners, planners, and service providers — managing the multi-stakeholder communication demands of complex data center building services projects with the professional clarity, technical authority, and collaborative approach that effective coordination between design teams, clients, contractors, and specialist consultants requires
- Support tender processes, proposal evaluations, and supplier selection — contributing mechanical engineering expertise to the commercial and technical assessment of tender submissions, helping clients and project teams make well-informed supplier selection decisions based on technical capability, compliance, and value
- Assist in budget and resource planning as well as schedule tracking — contributing the engineering planning intelligence that allows project managers and clients to maintain realistic budgets, appropriate resource allocations, and achievable schedules for building services engineering scopes in complex data center construction programmes
Qualifications & Profile — What You Bring
Essential Requirements
- Degree in building services engineering (Haustechnik/TGA), HVAC engineering, mechanical engineering, or a comparable field — the academic foundation for technical leadership and engineering delivery in a data center Plant Utility and HVAC design environment
- Solid experience in planning and executing building services systems in an industrial project environment — with the TGA and HVAC engineering depth, normative knowledge, and project delivery experience that leadership of a data center mechanical engineering team requires
- Strong knowledge of relevant German standards, guidelines, and legal requirements for building services in industrial projects — DIN, VDI, and VDE compliance expertise applied to HVAC, Sanitär, and Sprinkler systems
- Fluent in both German and English, spoken and written — essential for professional client, partner, and internal communication in Exyte’s international project environment
- Willingness to travel — for site visits, planning meetings, and coordination with clients and construction partners at data center project locations
- Proficiency in CAD systems, planning tools, and MS Office — for building services design, documentation, and project management
- Structured, solution-oriented approach and a high sense of responsibility — the professional working style that Group Leadership in a demanding data center engineering environment requires
Preferred & Advantageous
- Leadership experience — “a plus but not mandatory; initiative and team spirit are key” — Exyte values the engineering mindset and collaborative capability that makes a Group Leader genuinely effective, even when formal prior leadership experience is still developing
About Exyte — Enabling the Future of High-Tech Infrastructure
Exyte GmbH is a world-leading engineering, procurement, and construction company delivering advanced high-tech facilities for data centers, semiconductor fabs, life sciences, and battery production — combining deep engineering expertise with global project delivery capability to enable the industries and technologies that shape the future of the digital economy. The Group Leader Mechanical Engineering (f/m/d) role at Exyte’s Bad Homburg site is the opportunity for an experienced TGA and HVAC engineer to combine technical leadership, data center mechanical engineering specialisation, and career development in a globally active engineering organisation with the professional breadth, collegial culture, and competitive position to offer a genuinely outstanding engineering leadership career. Apply via the Exyte application portal and contact Ugur Guezel at ugur.guezel@exyte.net for further information.
Career Excellence: Plant Utility & HVAC Data Centers, DIN/VDI/VDE TGA, team leadership, tender & commissioning — Group Leader Mechanical Engineering (f/m/d), Exyte Bad Homburg Hesse Germany 2026.
Who Should Apply?
- TGA / HVAC Engineers — Data Center Group Lead Germany: With Haustechnik or HVAC engineering degrees, solid industrial-project building services experience, DIN/VDI/VDE standards knowledge, and fluent German/English — ready to lead a mechanical engineering team on Plant Utility and HVAC for data center projects at Exyte Bad Homburg with genuine career development prospects
- Mechanical Engineers — Data Center Building Services Hesse: With mechanical or building services engineering backgrounds applied to industrial or high-tech facility projects — bringing the plant utility, cooling system, and building services technical expertise that data center HVAC group leadership at Exyte requires
- Senior HVAC Engineers — First Leadership Step Germany: With solid HVAC and TGA project delivery experience and initiative to take a Group Leader role — Exyte explicitly welcomes engineers without prior formal leadership experience who demonstrate the team spirit, solution orientation, and technical confidence that Group Leadership in a collaborative engineering environment needs
- Building Services Planners — DIN/VDI/VDE Industrial Projects: With strong German building services standards knowledge and industrial project planning experience — CAD proficient, structured, and motivated to develop and lead a team of engineers in Exyte’s expanding data center practice
- Bad Homburg / Rhein-Main Area Engineers — Global High-Tech Employer: Seeking a Group Leader Mechanical Engineering position at Exyte Bad Homburg — where data center Plant Utility and HVAC project leadership, DIN/VDI/VDE compliance, team development, tender support, commissioning responsibility, Buddy System onboarding, Qualitrain fitness, and mobile working flexibility combine in a globally leading engineering career opportunity
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