Data Centre PM - Liquid-Cooling & MEP Infra Lead Remote

DARA PEOPLE LTD.; Bradley Stoke; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

DARA PEOPLE LTD. is seeking a hands-on Professional Services / PMC ML Project Lead for data centres, primarily UK/Ireland remote.

You will drive ML infrastructure upgrades across a hyperscale data centre programme, focusing on liquid cooling and MEP infrastructure. You'll lead complex contractor delivery from appointment through construction, integration and commissioning, coordinating power, cooling and containment, and ensuring proper handover to operations.

Qualifications

• Strong data centre construction and infrastructure delivery experience.
• Proven delivery of complex MEP / M&E packages.
• Solid contractor, programme and site management capabilities.
• Experience taking technical infrastructure through commissioning and handover.
• Confident communicator who can drive multiple technical and commercial stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead contractor delivery, scope, change orders, SoWs and RFIs.
• Manage programme, critical-path milestones and site execution.
• Coordinate dependencies with data centre fit-out, including power, cooling and containment.
• Drive delivery of liquid cooling / CDU infrastructure.
• Coordinate electrical, mechanical and fibre/network interfaces.
• Manage OFE, integrator and supply-chain dependencies against critical dates.
• Lead M&E commissioning through Level 3 CDU commissioning, supporting Operations into Level 4.
• Own delivery risks, reporting and lessons learned across the programme.

Skills

Data centre construction

Infrastructure delivery

MEP / M&E packages

Contractor management

Commissioning & handover

Job description

DARA PEOPLE LTD. is seeking a hands-on Professional Services / PMC ML Project Lead for data centres, primarily UK/Ireland remote.

You will drive ML infrastructure upgrades across a hyperscale data centre programme, focusing on liquid cooling and MEP infrastructure. You'll lead complex contractor delivery from appointment through construction, integration and commissioning, coordinating power, cooling and containment, and ensuring proper handover to operations.