Data Centre Project Manager

Morson Talent; Greater London; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Morson Talent is hiring an on-site Data Centre Project Manager for a London-based role, working full-time at client site 5 days per week. You will lead end-to-end delivery of data centre builds and expansions, focusing on server, network, cabling, power and cooling, with strict safety and quality standards.

You will regularly attend customer and data centre sites, coordinating contractors, budgets, vendors and stakeholders to ensure successful delivery within time and budget constraints.

Qualifications

• 5+ years delivering data centre projects in mission-critical environments.
• Experience with server and network deployments in critical settings.
• Knowledge of Azure, AWS, virtualization, storage, backup and disaster recovery.
• Experience managing contractors, budgets and stakeholders.
• Certifications including PMP or equivalent, ITIL Foundation, Cisco certs.

Responsibilities

• Oversee construction activities across mechanical, electrical and IT infrastructure workstreams.
• Manage server deployments, rack design, power and cooling validation, infrastructure refresh programmes, migrations and resilience initiatives.
• Coordinate deployment of network infrastructure including switching, routing, firewalls, wireless networks, structured cabling and connectivity services while ensuring resilience and security standards.
• Manage data centre design, build and expansion projects, ensuring compliance with technical, operational, health and safety, and customer requirements.

Skills

Infrastructure PM

Data centre delivery

Stakeholder management

Server deployments

Network deployments

Education

PMP certification

ITIL Foundation

CDCP

CDCS

Cisco certifications

Tools

Azure

AWS

VMware

Hyper-V

Structured cabling

PDU

UPS systems

Cisco

Aruba

Juniper

Fortinet

Palo Alto

Hybrid cloud

Job description

On site at client site in London 5 days per week

Up to £55,000 starting salary

The Role

Responsible for the end-to-end delivery of data centre build, expansion, relocation, and infrastructure deployment projects, with a primary focus on server, network, and critical IT infrastructure environments. The role combines traditional project management with technical infrastructure delivery, ensuring that facilities, network infrastructure, server platforms, structured cabling, and supporting technologies are delivered safely, on time, within budget, and to agreed technical and operational standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee construction activities across mechanical, electrical and IT infrastructure workstreams.
• Manage physical and virtual server deployments, rack design, power and cooling validation, infrastructure refresh programmes, migrations and resilience initiatives.
• Coordinate deployment of network infrastructure including switching, routing, firewalls, wireless networks, structured cabling and connectivity services whilst ensuring resilience and security standards.
• Manage data centre design, build and expansion projects, ensuring compliance with technical, operational, health and safety, and customer requirements.

Skills & Experience

• Minimum 5+ years managing infrastructure and data centre projects with a proven track record delivering server and network deployments in mission-critical environments.
• Knowledge of Azure, AWS, networking, virtualisation, storage, backup and disaster recovery technologies.
• Experience managing contractors, suppliers, budgets and enterprise stakeholders.
• Experience delivering projects including VMware, Hyper-V, enterprise storage, backup and disaster recovery, structured cabling, PDUs, UPS systems, generators, LAN, WAN, MPLS, SD-WAN, Cisco, Aruba, Juniper, Fortinet, Palo Alto, Azure, Microsoft 365 and hybrid cloud platforms.

Qualifications

• PMP or equivalent project management certification
• ITIL Foundation
• CDCP
• CDCS
• Cisco certifications

The Successful Candidate

The successful candidate will be comfortable working in active data centre and customer environments, providing hands‑on oversight of infrastructure deployments, contractor activities, commissioning, testing, and handover. Regular attendance at customer, construction, and data centre sites is required, making this role unsuitable for primarily remote working arrangements.