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AboutRequest talent

Mechanical and cooling technician.

Installs, commissions and maintains the cooling and mechanical plant that keeps IT loads within limits.

Estimate the cost
Sheet
R-15
Family
Power and critical infrastructure
Weighted most on
Technical depth, Range, Reliability

On a deployment.

Cooling is now the pacing constraint on many builds. Mechanical technicians install and commission chillers, CRAHs and CRACs, liquid cooling loops, pumps and controls, and maintain them on live estates where a temperature excursion is an incident.

The move to higher rack densities and liquid cooling means the best technicians are learning fast and can work alongside controls and electrical teams.

What good looks like.

Preparation
Commissioning data recorded against design values, every reading logged.
Judgment
Understands airflow and containment as well as the plant itself.
Handover
Works safely on live estates without disturbing running loads.

What Riviot checks.

Required items must be held. Advantageous items move the rate and the shortlist order. Every item is declared until a reviewer checks it.

  • EPA 608 (US) or F-Gas (UK)(declared)Required
  • Manufacturer training (Vertiv, Stulz, Carrier, Trane)(declared)Advantageous
  • Mechanical qualification or equivalent experience(declared)Advantageous
  • OSHA 30 (US) or ECS card (UK)(declared)Required

How Vio assesses this role.

Weighted most on Technical depth, Range, Reliability.

  1. Technical depth
  2. Execution
  3. Judgment
  4. Communication
  5. Reliability
  6. Range
A scenario used in the assessment

A hot spot in a containment aisle after a density change. The candidate explains how they investigate and what they change first.

Rate context.

Contract, US (Dallas-Fort Worth)
$420 to $660 a day
Contract, UK (London)
£300 to £470 a day
Permanent, US
$85,000 to $118,000
Permanent, UK
£44,000 to £64,000

Illustrative rate table v0.1, September 2026. Indicative ranges before certification and shift uplifts. Use the calculator for your profile.

Estimate project cost

Typical projects.

  • New build mechanical plant
  • Liquid cooling installations
  • CRAH and CRAC replacement
  • Planned maintenance

Markets with the most demand.

Related roles.

Controls and BMS specialistConfigures, integrates and commissions building management and control systems for critical plant.$520 to $820 a dayCommissioning engineerPlans and runs the tests that prove mechanical and electrical systems perform as designed, through to integrated systems testing.$600 to $950 a dayUPS, battery and generator engineerInstalls, commissions and maintains the standby power that keeps a critical facility running through a utility failure.$480 to $740 a day

Questions about this role.

How quickly can you shortlist a mechanical and cooling technician?

Shortlists typically arrive within two working days of a complete brief. You get two to five masked scorecards, each with a note from the recruiter. If the site needs clearance or a rare certification, the recruiter will say so on the day the brief arrives.

Contract or permanent?

Both. We place mechanical and cooling technicians on contract and permanent terms. On contract work, Riviot can act as employer of record or agent of record. The contract versus permanent tool shows where the crossover sits for your market.

What if the site needs a certification not listed here?

Put it in the brief. The recruiter shortlists against it, and it shows on each scorecard as declared until a reviewer has checked the document.

Do engineers travel between markets?

Many do. Engineers in the network travel between the six launch markets. Travel and lodging terms are agreed at brief stage. Say in the brief if you need someone local.