Critical Systems Associate (Electrical)

Cundall Johnston & Partners LLP; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Cundall Johnston & Partners LLP’s data centre team in Edinburgh seeks an experienced Associate with electrical expertise to lead design delivery on major data centre projects. You will manage engineers, coordinate cross-disciplinary work, monitor budgets and programmes, and develop client relationships to secure repeat business.

You will be Chartered Engineer or equivalent, with consultancy experience in data centres.

Qualifications

• A Chartered Engineer with a degree in Electrical or Building Services Engineering.
• Consulting engineering experience in the data centre sector preferred.
• Customer- and quality-focused with client management experience.
• Proven ability to manage small-to-medium projects and small teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and delivery of electrical systems for data centres.
• Produce electrical schematics, reports, specifications, and layouts.
• Mentor and motivate a team of engineers to deliver high-quality work.
• Coordinate with other disciplines to ensure integrated designs.
• Act as primary client contact, building long-term relationships.
• Review and approve designs to standards and client specs.
• Contribute to project management processes including budgeting and scheduling.
• Support design strategy on resilience, redundancy, and power distribution.
• Participate in site visits, meetings, commissioning, and post-occupancy reviews.

Education

Chartered Engineer

Job description

Cundall is a global, independent, multi-disciplinary consultancy delivering sustainable engineering and design solutions across the built environment. We operate across 29 locations with over 1,200 engineers and designers who are empowered to act with flexibility and agility in response to the local market conditions and practices. We are 100% owned by Partners working in the practice. We have been named Building’s ‘Engineering Consultant of the Year’ in 2024, 2022, and 2021, priding ourselves on our exemplary track record of designing innovative and sustainable projects.

Established in 2006, our data centre team has been at the forefront of mission-critical design and exceptional in-house engineering services. Collaborating with clients worldwide, we have delivered over 2,000MW of data centre capacity. Our team’s primary objective is to design the world’s most energy efficient, low-emission, and socially responsible data centres leveraging engineering excellence. Our multi-disciplinary engineering-led team takes pride in working closely with clients on every project achieving the highest levels of engineering resilience and excellence. We were named Data Centre Review’s ‘Data Centre Consultancy of the Year’ in 2025.

The Role

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced and client-focused Associate with electrical experience to join our data centre team in our Edi nburgh office. You will play a leading role in ensuring the successful deliver of our design solutions on some of the most notable and large-scale data centre projects in the world.

You will collaborate within our data centre team and work closely with colleagues of various disciplines to help drive and manage the delivery of technically excellent projects.

The role will include you managing engineers to deliver designs and ensure the production of project deliverables. You will monitor budgets and programme, check designs, and communicate with the wider project and client team.

You will develop new and nurture existing client relationships that maximise satisfaction and ensure repeat business and will use your wealth of expertise and determination to manage, motivate, and inspire junior engineers.

You will support and be supported by senior management staff.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and delivery of electrical systems for hyperscale and enterprise-level data centres.
• Produce and oversee electrical schematics, reports, specifications, and detailed layouts.
• Manage, mentor, and motivate a team of engineers to ensure high-quality design output and commercial performance.
• Coordinate closely with other disciplines to ensure seamless integration of design systems.
• Act as a primary point of contact for clients, building long-term relationships and repeat business.
• Review and approve designs to ensure compliance with relevant standards, regulations, and client specifications.
• Contribute to and support internal project management processes including fee tracking, progress monitoring, and programme delivery.
• Be involved in design strategy, advising on system resilience, redundancy, and power distribution methodologies.
• Participate in site inspections, technical meetings, commissioning activities, and post-occupancy reviews.

The Skills

A Chartered Engineer, educated to degree level in Electrical or Building Services Engineering. You will have gained significant experience in a consulting engineering role within your engineering field, preferably in the data centre sector.

You will have a proven customer and quality-focused approach with experience in managing clients. In your most recent position, you will have demonstrated your ability to manage small-to-medium scale projects and small teams of engineers to deliver projects.

We know that to be the best at what we do we need a diverse workforce underpinned by an inclusive culture. Creating environments where everyone can find joy doing their best work is also great for everyone. That’s why we positively welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and identities, and encourage, support, and celebrate the diverse voices of our people.