Electrical Design Manager, Data Centres

Senior Electrical Design Manager, Data Centres

Can be based in London, Dublin, Madrid, Milan, Paris

JDL Recruitment are partnering with a leading global power management business to appoint a Senior Electrical Design Manager to support major data centre projects across Europe.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a business playing a key role in the data centre power infrastructure market, supporting major customers across LV, MV, UPS, standby generation, transformers, white space power and wider critical electrical systems.

The successful candidate will be involved early in the design process, helping shape electrical concepts and reference designs before projects move into detailed design and delivery.

The role

Lead the electrical design scope across major data centre projects, providing hands‑on technical input from concept through detailed design, construction support and closeout.

You will act as a client‑facing technical lead, working with customers, consultants, contractors, internal engineering teams and product specialists to develop robust, efficient and scalable electrical design solutions.

• Remain hands‑on with electrical design, technical reviews and key design decisions.
• Shape early‑stage electrical concepts and reference designs for data centre customers.
• Work across MV/LV distribution, UPS systems, transformers, switch gear, standby generation and white space power.
• Review and challenge electrical designs, calculations, specifications and technical documentation.
• Lead design reviews, value engineering exercises and technical optioneering discussions.
• Coordinate with internal systems engineering teams, application engineers, product teams and external stakeholders.
• Support construction and commissioning stages by resolving technical, installation and integration issues.
• Help develop electrical design standards, engineering processes and best practice across the data centre segment.

• Strong electrical design experience within data centres or mission‑critical environments.
• Proven experience across concept design, detailed design, construction support and commissioning support.
• Strong technical knowledge of MV/LV power distribution, UPS systems, transformers, switch gear, standby generation and critical power infrastructure.
• Experience reviewing and challenging electrical designs, calculations, specifications and technical reports.
• Comfortable working directly with customers, consultants, contractors and multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Ability to provide technical leadership while remaining close to the design detail.
• Degree qualified in Electrical Engineering, Building Services Engineering or a related discipline.
• Experience with hyperscale, colocation or large‑scale data centre projects is highly desirable.
• Comfortable working in a hybrid role with travel across Europe as required.