Data Center Electrical Technical Director

Job Description

The Data Center Electrical Technical Director manages the utilisation, growth, and development of professionals in the Electrical Engineering Discipline, including Electrical Engineers, Power Systems Specialists, HV/LV Engineers, Controls Engineers, and Critical Electrical Systems SME’s across the region. The Director ensures the resilience, efficiency, and technical excellence of electrical systems for all data centre projects and operational environments. We are looking for a Data Center Electrical Technical Director to join our talented team at one of our offices in either the UK or Europe.

The Data Centre Electrical Technical Director shall:

• Be Responsible and Accountable for the Electrical Engineering discipline.
• Ensure consistent, high-quality deliverables through QA/QC reviews, technical audits, and discipline governance.
• Support business development with technical input, proposal content, and work hour estimating.
• Possess deep technical proficiency in data center electrical design including power distribution, redundancy philosophies, UPS systems, generators, switch gear, grounding, arc flash analysis, and controls integration.
• Support strategic initiatives related to reliability, energy efficiency, sustainability, digitalisation, and power infrastructure innovation.
• Act as an SME for electrical systems standards, reliability engineering, and mission critical infrastructure.
• Ensure alignment with global electrical procedures, standards, software tools, and compliance requirements (IEEE, IEC, NFPA
  70, EN standards, Uptime Institute).

• Coordinate with Regional Senior Directors, Project Managers, and Proposal Managers to understand the scope, cost, complexity, schedule, and deliverables for electrical design and commissioning activities.
• Assign appropriate engineering resources to deliver cost effective, technically robust design and support.
• Define electrical design philosophies, execution workflows, and levels of detail (LOD) required for project success.
• Estimate work hours required for electrical deliverables, engineering studies, factory witness tests, and commissioning support.
• Ensure quality, accuracy, consistency, and compliance of electrical engineering outputs with established engineering principles, company quality standards, codes, and legislation.
• Develop a strategic business plan for the electrical discipline aligned with long term organisational goals, including innovation in power distribution, monitoring, protection, automation, modularity, and energy efficiency.
• Lead Electrical Engineering Communities of Practice to drive continuous improvement of discipline standards, guidelines, and best practices.
• Liaise with global discipline leaders to ensure a consistent approach to electrical system design and documentation.
• Drive innovation through adoption of digital tools (ETAP, SKM, BIM, AI based reliability tools, digital twins, automated reporting) to increase productivity and engineering quality.
• Maintain strong engagement with relevant industry organisations (IEEE, IET, Uptime Institute, NFPA, IEC committees) and promote CPD activities for the electrical team.
• Conduct hiring, performance reviews, salary recommendations, and development planning for electrical engineering staff.
• Plan and schedule the discipline workload to ensure effective distribution of resources.
• Serve as the technical authority for inter office labour sharing, outsourcing, and consultant oversight.
• Perform discipline capability assessments regularly, identifying knowledge gaps and resolving them through training, mentoring, or recruitment.
• Review discipline productivity and quality metrics, driving continuous improvement.
• Participate in business development through client engagement, technical presentations, and proposal support.
• Provide expert input for electrical design documentation, including:
• Single line diagrams
• Load flow studies
• Harmonics, short circuit, and arc flash analysis
• Emergency and standby power system design
• UPS and battery system configuration
• Grounding and bonding
• SCADA/EPMS/BCMS integration
• Support commissioning processes for electrical systems, including integrated systems…