Associate Director

Eligo Recruitment Ltd; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Eligo Recruitment Ltd is seeking an Associate Director to lead advisory on data centre developments across the full lifecycle, from site selection to commissioning. You would guide decisions for an international portfolio, advising on design, resilience, procurement and buildability while engaging with investors, developers and operators.

The role requires turning complex engineering problems into clear commercial recommendations and presenting insights to senior stakeholders across multiple

Qualifications

• Career built in data centre design, construction or delivery across multiple stages.
• Strong knowledge of critical data centre systems and MEP infrastructure.
• Understanding of data centre design and construction best practice.
• Experience across complex design or delivery programmes.
• Ability to communicate clearly with senior clients and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Advising clients on data centre design and programme delivery.
• Leading and supporting technical due diligence and feasibility assessments.
• Providing design oversight and technical reviews.
• Advising on procurement and construction strategy.
• Acting as subject matter expert across MEP, resilience, layouts and buildability.
• Collaborating with designers, engineers, project managers and clients.
• Producing technical reports, risk assessments and client recommendations.
• Supporting construction oversight and commissioning strategy.
• Keeping clients informed on emerging technologies and industry standards.
• Representing the consultancy in client meetings and workshops.

Skills

Data centre design

MEP systems

Project delivery

Stakeholder management

Education

Engineering degree

Job description

Fancy being the technical voice clients turn to before they commit to a data centre design?

Our client is a consultancy that advises investors, developers, operators and enterprise clients on major data centre developments, and they are hiring an Associate Director to lead that advice. You would work across the full development lifecycle, from site selection and feasibility through design, procurement and construction to commissioning strategy, on a varied international portfolio.

The appeal is where you sit in the process. Rather than delivering one part of one project, you would be advising on decisions about design, resilience, procurement, phasing and delivery strategy while they are still open, which is where the money and the risk actually get decided.

What the role involves

• Advising clients on data centre design and programme delivery
• Leading and supporting technical due diligence and feasibility assessments
• Providing design oversight and technical reviews
• Advising on procurement and construction strategy
• Acting as subject matter expert across MEP systems, critical infrastructure, layouts, resilience, phasing and buildability
• Working alongside designers, engineers, project managers and senior client stakeholders
• Producing technical reports, risk assessments, design reviews and client recommendations
• Supporting construction oversight and commissioning strategy
• Keeping clients current on emerging technologies, market developments and industry standards
• Representing the consultancy in client meetings, workshops and industry discussions

What you need

• A career built in data centre design, construction or project delivery, typically over five to ten years, gained with an operator, engineering consultancy, main contractor or specialist contractor
• Strong knowledge of critical data centre systems, including mechanical, electrical and cooling infrastructure
• A solid grasp of data centre design and construction best practice
• Experience across complex design or delivery programmes
• The confidence to hold your own with senior clients and technical stakeholders
• The ability to turn a complex engineering problem into a clear commercial recommendation
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Comfort running several projects and stakeholder groups at once
• A degree in engineering or a related discipline

Chartered status is welcome but not essential.

Why this one is worth a look

The variety is the point. You would move across different projects, clients and stages of the development lifecycle rather than being tied to a single programme, and you would see how different investors, developers and operators approach data centre development, which is a perspective very few engineers get.

It is also a growing, entrepreneurial environment, so there is room to shape the wider technical advisory offering alongside the client work, and the hybrid arrangement is built around delivery rather than attendance.