M&E Project Manager Data Centres

Eden Brown Limited; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Eden Brown Limited is recruiting for a Project Manager to oversee the expansion and upgrade of a data centre near Liverpool. The role involves coordinating electrical, mechanical, and control disciplines, managing scope, timelines and budgets, and ensuring safety and compliance on site.

You will liaise with client-side operations teams, drive program efficiencies, report blockers, and develop actionable recommendations to keep the project on track in a live data centre environment.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering data centre projects.
• Ability to report blockers and provide recommendations.
• On-site safety and quality management.
• Strong communication with client-side operations teams.

Responsibilities

• Project management and oversight of build/retrofit activities for data centre infrastructure upgrades.
• Provide management for initiatives increasing data centre resiliency.
• Review construction/project drawings and scopes; oversee capital requests.
• Coordinate with contractors and vendors to ensure high-quality turnovers.
• Lead multi-disciplinary teams to align with company strategy and goals.

Skills

Data centre experience

Stakeholder management

Project management

Contractor coordination

Problem solving

Tools

AutoCAD

MS Project

Job description

This is a Client side opportunity working within Construction Projects team for a significant Data Centre owner / operator. Helping deliver and oversee a phased expansion of their data centre near Liverpool

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Can hold others accountable.
• Stake holder management.
• Drive efficiencies in the program.
• Able to deliver under pressure and look for opportunities.
• MEP background comfortable managing contractors, consultants.
• Good communication skills able to work with client side internal operations teams and get the best from them.
• Strong experience in data centres, live DC environments and maintaining SLA availability tier 3 requirements.
• Strong Admin skills understanding of audit trails and developing/working to process. Methodical and effective in decisions.
• Able to report up blockers issues next steps and recommendations and track weekly progress.
• Solution orientated able adapt and overcome issues and problems without compromising safety.
• Client representation and always have our best interests at the forefront.
• Manage risk.
• trace all things back to impact on cost & time and how we can better a situation.
• Comfortable in ACC share point working on site and on drawings/plans.
• Understands the importance of temporary works and able to develop a plan to put this in place.

All works are within the BMS, Electrical or Mechanical (cooling) disciplines so both technical services experience and data centre live site experience are important. The Project Manager is ultimately responsible for project oversight and review of all disciplines including electrical, mechanical, controls, and architectural. A fundamental understanding of these systems is required, as the individual will be expected to identify areas for improvement as well as act on data provided from other team and organisations

This role requires both independent contribution as well as the ability to work within multi-disciplinary teams and internal business units. The Project Manager is responsible for the overall direction, coordination, implementation, execution, control and completion of specific projects ensuring consistency with company strategy, commitments and goals

Responsibilities include:

• Project management and oversight of build and retrofitting related activities as they relate to modifying existing infrastructure for the purpose of installing new or to replace end of life equipment. This will include the ownership of the project scope, timeline, and budget.
• Provide project management for specific initiatives aimed at increasing the resiliency of the data centers.
• Construction/project package drawing review.
• Creation of project scope, request for proposals, and capital requests.
• Total project quality including the creation of a commissioning plan and oversight of the execution.
• Recording and reporting key metrics to team members and management.
• Operational support including review of procedures, best practices, and maintenance initiatives.
• Drive teams to perform troubleshooting and root cause failure analysis associated with equipment or electrical failures.
• Work with contractors and vendors to deliver efficient and high quality project turnovers.
• Be a leader within the group as well as within internal and external teams that support the data center.

You should be able to some understand drawings MEP & civils/arch and is someone who can look for gaps and opportunities to expedite programs and work packages.

This is a great long term opportunity within a great industry

Role is outside IR35

Candidates must be UK based and happy to conduct site visits as appropriate

Eden Brown is committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. Eden Brown is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.