Electrical Associate Director, Data Centre Systems

AECOM Corporation; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

AECOM is seeking an Associate Electrical Director to lead the electrical design of data centre projects. You will oversee feasibility through detail design, procurement support, and handover, guiding a team of specialists across the UK.

You will shape power architectures, run protection studies, and integrate BMS/EPMS/SCADA while driving decarbonisation, energy efficiency, and risk management in a fast-growing market sector.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience delivering electrical design for data centres.
• Proven leadership of DC projects and multi-disciplinary teams.
• Strong client-facing and business-development capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Own electrical design across feasibility to handover for data centre projects.
• Define power architectures including MV/LV distribution, UPS, and generators.
• Lead studies and protection design using ETAP/SKM.
• Coordinate interfaces across mechanical, structural, ICT and safety disciplines.
• Drive decarbonisation and energy efficiency measures in projects.

Skills

Electrical design

Power systems

Team leadership

Client facing

DC project delivery

Power distribution

Protection coordination

Tools

ETAP

SKM

Job description

AECOM is seeking an Associate Electrical Director to lead the electrical design of data centre projects. You will oversee feasibility through detail design, procurement support, and handover, guiding a team of specialists across the UK.

You will shape power architectures, run protection studies, and integrate BMS/EPMS/SCADA while driving decarbonisation, energy efficiency, and risk management in a fast-growing market sector.