Chief Engineer

Quanta Consultancy Services Ltd; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading international data centre developer is seeking a Chief Engineer in London. This role involves managing mechanical and electrical maintenance, overseeing technical staff, and ensuring operational readiness for data centre projects. The ideal candidate will bring extensive data centre experience and a strong engineering background to help drive efficiency and improvement in operational procedures.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in the data centre industry.
• Ability to comprehend and analyze engineering drawings and operational manuals.
• Experience managing mechanical and electrical services.

Responsibilities

• Manage mechanical & electrical services maintenance for assigned facilities.
• Coordinate with external service providers and contractors.
• Develop and maintain building-specific maintenance and safety procedure manuals.

Skills

Mechanical services management

Electrical services management

Troubleshooting

Problem-solving

Budget management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in associated engineering discipline

Time served mechanical and/or electrical apprenticeship

Job description

Chief Engineer - UK, London - Permanent Contract

Are you looking to grow your career at a company that is going through a hypergrowth phase? Our client is an international data centre developer providing large-scale assets across EMEA.

To support the client’s management, we are looking for aChief Engineer to manage all aspects of onsite generation and power provision activities.

Responsibilities:

• Manages mechanical & electrical services maintenance for assigned facilities and assists in the development of operating (OpEx) and capital (CapEx) budgets.
• Manages technical staff, including direct employees, outsourced supply partners and external contractors.
• SME for mechanical & electrical services operations within the assigned site.
• Assists in operations and maintenance issues, troubleshooting and problem solving as required.
• Owner of site mechanical & electrical services operational procedures and continuous improvement of preventative maintenance programs on an ongoing basis.
• Develops/maintains effective building-specific maintenance and safety procedure manuals.
• Coordinates maintenance efforts with change control, external service providers and contractors.
• Interface with the project delivery team in terms of commissioning and operational readiness for all delivery projects.

Requirements:

• Extensive experience, within the data centre industry.
• Time served mechanical and or electrical apprenticeship with the relevant experience is essential plus/or Bachelor’s degree in an associated engineering discipline.
• Experience of new data centre/facility start up and commissioning desirable, but not essential.
• Direct experience managing data centre mechanical and electrical services and contributing to site availability and continuous improvement.
• Thorough understanding of data centre critical mechanical and electrical system infrastructure.
• Ability to comprehend, analyse, and interpret engineering drawings, P&ID, safety files and operational manuals.
• Proven experience managing data centre mechanical and electrical services delivered through either a directly managed team or third-party service provider.

If this role is of interest to you, please apply now to show your interest and we will be in touch.
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