Data Centre Engineering Supervisor – Lead Critical Systems

PRS; Slough; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Overtime

Annual Bonus

Excellent Benefits

Job summary

PRS is seeking an experienced Engineering Supervisor to lead a Data Centre engineering team at a premier UK campus in Slough. The role focuses on operation, maintenance, and resilience of critical electrical and mechanical infrastructure in a live mission-critical environment.

You will drive safety, compliance and continuous improvement while coaching engineers and coordinating contractor activities, ensuring uptime and high engineering standards across the site.

Qualifications

• Experience in data centres or other critical environments.
• Supervisory or team leadership experience within engineering maintenance.
• Strong understanding of critical electrical infrastructure including UPS, standby generators, LV/HV distribution, BMS.
• Experience managing Permit to Work systems, RAMS and safe systems of work.

Responsibilities

• Lead Data Centre Engineers in a live critical environment.
• Coordinate planned maintenance, corrective works and contractor activities.
• Act as the technical escalation point for engineering issues and incidents.
• Maintain 100% service availability across critical infrastructure.
• Operate safe systems of work, including Permit to Work and RAMS.
• Coach, mentor and develop engineers through structured training and sign-off.
• Support recruitment, onboarding and technical competency assessments.

Skills

HV AP status

Electrical safety leadership

Incident management

Communication skills

Education

Electrical qualification (Apprenticeship, NVQ Level 3, City & Guilds, HNC/HND or equivalent)

18th Edition Wiring Regulations

IOSH Managing Safely

Water Hygiene (L8)

Job description

PRS is seeking an experienced Engineering Supervisor to lead a Data Centre engineering team at a premier UK campus in Slough. The role focuses on operation, maintenance, and resilience of critical electrical and mechanical infrastructure in a live mission-critical environment.

You will drive safety, compliance and continuous improvement while coaching engineers and coordinating contractor activities, ensuring uptime and high engineering standards across the site.