Associate Electrical Director: Data Centres

Overview

As Electrical Associate Director in the Data Centres Market Sector, you drive technical excellence and leadership across electrical design for hyperscale and mission-critical projects. You mentor multi-disciplinary teams, shape strategy, and win work while delivering resilient, low-carbon power systems. You’ll collaborate with global colleagues to ensure compliant, efficient, and integrated solutions. This role offers impact at scale within a mobilizing global infrastructure leader.

Pay / Benefits

• hybrid work options
• comprehensive compensation and well-being programs
• global opportunities and collaboration
• inclusive, diverse workplace
• Disability Confident Employer
• onboarding and professional development

Responsibilities

• Oversee electrical design across feasibility to handover including procurement and commissioning
• Define and validate power architectures (utility intake, MV/LV, UPS, generators, switchgear, busways, earthing, lighting)
• Lead power systems studies and protection design (load flow, short circuit, protection coordination, arc-flash, harmonics) using ETAP/SKM
• Integrate monitoring/controls (BMS/EPMS/SCADA), metering, and resilience features
• Embed decarbonization and energy efficiency (high-efficiency UPS, controls, heat recovery, on-site renewables)
• Ensure compliance with IEC/BS/EN and NEC/NFPA and client specs
• Coordinate multi-disciplinary interfaces to deliver integrated designs

Key requirements

• Hyperscale and/or multi-site program experience
• Strong background delivering Electrical project work for Data Centres and Mission Critical Environments
• Proven DC project leadership in UK and preferably across EMEA
• Demonstrated client-facing and work-winning experience
• Excellent team leadership and development capability
• Knowledge of Mechanical design interfaces for Data Centres
• Strong commercial acumen and project financial management experience
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Good financial understanding for project success

• leadership
• client-facing communication
• team development
• ETAP
• SKM
• BMS

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