Principal Electrical Engineer - Data Centres
HybridLondon, England, United Kingdom
London, England, United KingdomHybridFull TimeMid LevelConstructionEnterprise
Full TimeMid LevelEnterpriseConstruction
Job Summary
Lead electrical design and project delivery for data centre MEP teams, managing multi-disciplinary scopes from feasibility through RIBA plan of work stages. Produce designs, contract documentation, and specifications while overseeing site supervision, inspections, and technical reporting. Liaise with clients, contractors, and suppliers to present solutions and coordinate design meetings, alongside mentoring junior engineers and driving project planning and cost control. Requires CEng accreditation, ETAP/Revit proficiency, and ability to obtain security clearance for international travel.
Required Qualifications
- Chartered Principal Electrical Engineer
- Data centre experience
- Enthusiasm
- Confidence
- Ability to run projects
- Ability to take ownership for project delivery
- Ability to lead a team of engineers
- Ability to work with a wider team of multi-discipline engineers
- Post Graduate experience in a building services design role
- Focus on data centres
- Conversant with ETAP
- Conversant with Relux/Dialux
- Conversant with MS project
- Conversant with AutoCAD
- Conversant with Revit
- Ability to approach projects with forward thinking
- Open mindedness
- Confidence in liaising with clients
- Confidence in liaising with project managers
- Confidence in liaising with contractors
- Familiar with relevant regulations
- Familiar with standards
- Familiar with industry good practice requirements
- Ability to produce designs relevant to all stages of RIBA plan of work
- Skills to undertake site supervision
- Skills to undertake inspection roles
- Ability to produce feasibility reports
- Ability to apply their own initiative
- Working under guidance and supervision from a Principal engineer
- Working under supervision from the wider team
- Full clean driving licence
- Passport
- Willingness and ability to travel to projects across the region
- Willingness and ability to travel beyond the region
- Ability to stay over on projects
- Ability to travel internationally
- Ability to fulfil criteria to obtain Security Clearance
- Project planning
- Project management
- Providing specialised technical input to studies
- Design for staff's specific area of expertise
- Preparation of contract documentation
- Preparation of specifications
- Estimating
- Cost control on projects
- Managing own workload
- Meeting deadlines on task assigned
- Compiling technical project reports
- Self-starter
- Using own initiative
- Problem solver
- Presenting technical solutions to clients
- Presenting technical solutions to peers
- Participating in development of technical proposals
- Attending design team meetings
- Attending coordination meetings
- Attending site inspection meetings
- Liaising with clients
- Liaising with professional organizations
- Liaising with contractors
- Liaising with suppliers
- Liaising with sub-contractors
- Liaising with other design team members
- Mentoring junior and intermediate engineers
- Development of junior and intermediate engineers
- Master's degree qualified in electrical engineering
- Building services bias in degree
- Member of a professional accreditation body
- IET membership
- CIBSE membership
- CEng accredited
- Working towards CEng accreditation
- Experience in a wide range of medium to large-scale projects
- Experience in leading and supervising multi-disciplinary design teams
- In-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location
Desired Qualifications
- Experience in data centre design
- Exposure to the data centre sector
- Knowledge of basic design principles of electrical services in data centre
- Knowledge of basic design principles of electrical services in industrial facilities
- Master's degree qualified with requisite post qualification experience if degree qualified
- Degree qualified in electrical engineering
- Building services bias in degree (not compulsory)
- Experience in leading and supervising multi-disciplinary design teams
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