Technical Project Manager - Data Center Spain

Eaton Group; Aragón; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work option

Mentoring & training

Global opportunities

Inclusive culture

Job summary

The Electrical Project Engineer at Eaton's EMEA Projects team in Zaragoza will coordinate all engineering activities for data center fit-out projects, from design to handover. You may base your work locally or from home and will travel as needed to customer sites, suppliers, and Eaton facilities across the region.

Key requirements include a degree in Electrical Engineering and 2–5 years in electrical design and project management, with fluency in English and Spanish.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering.
• 2–5 years of experience in electrical design (MV/LV).
• 2–5 years of experience in Customer Project Management.
• 2–5 years of experience in Datacenter construction projects is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Analyze technical drawings and specifications to determine electrical requirements.
• Coordinate with Eaton engineers and clients to ensure project execution.
• Provide and manage technical documentation (SLD, Layout, Site Methods, Cx processes).
• Manage and monitor electrical projects to ensure on-time delivery of documentation.
• Ensure health and safety codes are obeyed at all times.
• Perform QA on electrical components and projects and write reports.
• Support root cause analysis.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Project coordination

Root cause analysis

Technical presentation

Team collaboration

English proficiency

Spanish proficiency

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Electrical Engineering

Tools

CAD

Job description

Location: Candidates must be based in Zaragoza or nearby, or willing to travel regularly (30% of the time) to the customer construction site in Zaragoza.

Traveling: 30% in EMEA region, rotating possibility between the countries

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Join Eaton’s EMEA Projects team and lead the delivery of complex, large-scale Datacenter projects. Our solutions span power distribution from medium to low voltage equipment, UPS systems, and battery technologies, all integrated with advanced automation and monitoring systems like DCIM and EPMS.

What you’ll do:

The electrical Project Engineer is responsible to coordinate all engineering activities including design, develop, and control the electrical systems for customer projects. Such projects are mainly for data center fit out, but could include other types of large and complex projects requiring system integration. Working as an integral part of the customer Project execution team, the PE can work from a local (or home) base, whilst travelling as needed to other locations including suppliers, Eaton manufacturing facilities and client offices and construction sites during pre-order/post order phases. The role requires an experienced, composed, highly motivated, Electrical Engineer who can effectively communicate and work with a wide variety of stakeholders in a dynamic environment and who demonstrate an understanding of all project's electrical requirements. The PE needs to work to specifications and liaise with Engineering consultant, General contractors, subcontractors and clients.

Eaton’s Data Centre projects can involve every aspect of power distribution from low to medium voltage, UPS (uninterrupted power supply), and automation such as EPMS (Energy Power Monitoring System) and SCADA. The Project Engineer brings electrical knowledge during Design and implementation until handover.

Responsible for Technical Scope Management of projects including but not limited to CDE review and coordination with all relevant stakeholders (internal, external...) from tendering to close-out. Ensure technical alignment between projects and coordination with customer. Support PM to manage technical risk by ensuring rapid sharing of lessons learned as well as coordination of approach for maximum effect.

Main responsibilities are,

• Analyzing technical drawings, interpreting specifications, and determining the electrical requirements of a given project.
• Coordinating and liaising with Eaton engineers (Application engineers, Product engineers, Power system engineer, Cx team, Quality engineers...) and clients to ensure overall project execution.
• Provide and manage technical documentation and techsubs (SLD, Layout, Site Methods, Cx process and sequence) for any required projects.
• Managing and monitoring all assigned electrical projects to ensure documentation is delivered on time.
• Ensuring health and safety codes are obeyed at all times.
• Completing quality assurance on electrical components and projects, and writing up reports.
• Support Root cause analysis.

Site assignment for a short period of time can be necessary depending on the progress of the execution of the project.

Qualifications:

• A Bachelors’ Degree or Masters' Degree from an accredited institution in Electrical Engineering.
• 2-5 years of experience in Electrical design from a system perspective (MV/LV)
• 2-5 years of experience in Customer Project Management
• 2-5 years of experience in Datacenter construction project is a plus.

Skills:

• English and Spanish language proficiency are required for this position.
• UPS/MV Cx experience is a plus.
• Electrical & System Engineering with power distribution knowledge.
• Basic electrical calculation knowledge.
• CAD experience.
• Technical ability to write specifications and procedures.
• Project Management/Technical coordination.
• Construction site constraint.
• UPS & MV knowledge with CX activities is a plus.
• Automation is a plus.
• Knowledge of datacenter environment is a plus.
• Strong collaborative team player with interpersonal skills.
• Comfortable providing technical presentations to peers, customers and leadership regarding the details of technical issues.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to do Root Cause Analysis (RCA) to understand and resolve problems.

We offer

• Being part of a company that has been in business for more than 100 years, is well known in the industry, and has a major impact on the energy industry.
• Work in a company with commitment to Inclusion & Diversity and Sustainability (Foster an inclusive culture with a strategic goal to increase a female representation including in Leadership).
• Annual mentoring program, Eaton University, a reward, and recognition system.
• Ongoing Learning and Career Development Opportunities in a global company. Build your career and apply internally for our open positions worldwide.
• Strong, agile, and diverse team locally and globally.
• Strong processes and state-of-the-art systems and tools.
• Structured employee development processes, open feedback culture with development plans.
• Detailed induction support and well-structured onboarding.
• Balance your work and life with a 100% remote worktime model.
• For this position, we offer a base salary, sales incentive and other local benefits.

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