Maintenance Team Leader

Pure Data Centres Group; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Pure Data Centres Group is seeking a hands-on Team Leader for London to manage on-shift maintenance, monitor site performance, and lead a team of engineers and apprentices. You will coordinate planned and reactive maintenance, drive safety, and ensure 100% uptime of essential data centre infrastructure.

The role includes incident management, change control, and close collaboration with engineering and operations teams to maintain reliability and customer service standards.

Qualifications

• Recognised technical qualification in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering (e.g., NVQ, City & Guilds, BTEC).
• Authorised Person / AP12 / AP15 or equivalent (Electrical) certification, or demonstrable AP experience under Safety Rules.
• IT literate (MS Office, CMMS/CAFM).
• Desirable management training in leading teams.
• IOSH Working Safely (Desirable).
• Minimum 2 years post-qualification leadership experience.
• Experience in critical environments (data centre, hospital, utilities).
• Experience in customer-facing roles in high-pressure settings.
• Knowledge of safe systems of work (PTW, RAMS, Change Management).
• Strong knowledge of BMS, PPM, CAFM, and Change Management processes.
• Knowledge of international HSE standards and safe electrical/mechanical practices.
• Experience maintaining HVAC, chillers, cooling towers, LV/MV, UPS, generators.
• Strong troubleshooting and repair of critical building infrastructure.
• Ability to follow procedures and maintain CMMS records.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and deliver planned, preventative, and reactive maintenance across site systems as directed by senior management.
• Own on-shift site performance, monitor asset condition, alarms, and operational trends to ensure uptime and reliability.
• Mentor engineers and apprentices to develop skills and capability.
• Utilise change management system for planning and labour management to maintain uptime and avoid customer impact.
• Identify deficiencies and propose improvements to boost site performance.
• Produce incident reports and drive corrective actions.
• Lead incident and emergency response at site level, including equipment failures and evacuations.
• Coordinate with internal teams and contractors to safely deliver maintenance and customer-impacting activities.
• Maintain accurate CMMS/CAFM data, asset info, and maintenance records.
• Direct line management of Shift Maintenance Engineers and oversight of on-shift engineers.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Problem-solving

Decision-making

Mentoring

Education

Electrical Engineering qualification

Mechanical Engineering qualification

Tools

CMMS/CAFM

BMS

PTW

Job description

The role involves hands‑on maintenance delivery, coordination of on‑shift activities, and monitoring of site performance and asset condition to maintain infrastructure availability and reliability. The Team Leader provides technical leadership, supports operational continuity, and drives high standards of performance, safety, and customer service.

This role operates on a rotating shift pattern and reports to the Operations or Engineering Manager, acting as a peer to the Data Centre Engineering Supervisor.

Responsibilities

Leadership & Site Operations

• Coordinating and delivering planned, preventative, and reactive maintenance across all site systems as instructed by Operations Engineering Manager and Engineering Supervisor.
• Take full ownership of on‑shift site performance, monitoring asset condition, alarms, and operational trends to maintain availability, reliability, and resilience of critical infrastructure.
• Mentor and support engineers and apprentices to develop skills, competency, and operational capability.
• Utilise change management system to support planning and labour management to maintain 100% uptime and zero customer impacting failures.
• Identify operational deficiencies and recommend improvements to enhance site performance.
• Produce incident reports, and complete corrective actions assigned by management/supervisory teams.
• Understand engineering design and operational aspects of all site systems.
• At site level, lead incident and emergency response, including equipment failures, fires, evacuations, and security incidents.

Engineering Operations, Maintenance & Asset Management

• Respond to identified issues across all site infrastructure and items that are assigned via management and supervisory teams.
• Perform hands‑on maintenance activities, inspections, and site walkthroughs to verify equipment condition and operational performance.
• Ensure all faults, incidents, and remedial actions are logged, tracked, and closed via the Service Desk Incident Management System.
• Oversee PPM activities and manage close‑out of findings, defects, and remedial works. Ensure all findings are raised in relevant systems to track to completion.
• Act as an Authorised Person (AP) for electrical works, controlling isolation and execution in accordance with company procedures and statutory requirements.
• Manage and control the Permit to Work (PTW) and change management processes for all maintenance and critical works on shift. Ensure Risk Assessments and Method Statements (RAMS) are reviewed and applied.
• Coordinate with internal engineering teams and contractors to safely deliver maintenance, repairs, and customer‑impacting activities.
• Maintain accurate operational records, including CMMS/CAFM data, asset information, incident reports, and maintenance documentation.
• Safety, Compliance & Procedures
• Ensure all activities comply with HSE legislation, local regulations, and company policies.
• Promote and maintain a strong health and safety culture across the site.
• Utilise monitoring systems (BMS, PMS, CMS) to support effective fault response, performance monitoring, and operational decision‑making.
• Be fully conversant with company policies, operating and emergency procedures, and initiate improvements to minimise risk and promote best practice.
• Incident & Customer Management
• Lead and be responsible for first‑line response to site incidents, alarms, and system failures, including fault diagnosis, isolation, escalation, and restoration activities.
• Support incident investigations and Root Cause Analysis (RCA), implementing corrective and preventative actions to reduce repeat failures.
• Work closely with site teams and stakeholders on incident activities to ensure clear communication and service continuity to relevant end users.
• Conduct site walkthroughs to maintain system performance and operational readiness. Raise concerns immediately for rectification action.
• Direct line management of Shift Maintenance Engineers.
• Indirect supervision of all maintenance engineers working on shift.
• Collaborates with the Operations Engineering Manager, Engineering Supervisor, Central teams, contractors, and site stakeholders.

Qualifications

Core Skills (Required)

• Strong written and verbal communication skills across diverse stakeholder groups.
• Collaborative leadership style with the ability to motivate, develop, and support teams.
• Strong problem‑solving capability and continuous improvement mindset.
• Ability to make sound leadership decisions in operational and high‑pressure environments.
• Lead by example, providing guidance, support, and mentoring to all site engineering teams.

Qualifications

• Recognised technical qualification in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering (e.g, NVQ Level, City & Guilds, BTEC, or equivalent).
• Authorised Person / AP12 / AP15 or equivalent (Electrical) certification, or demonstrable experience operating as an AP under a formal Safety Rules system.
• IT literate, including MS Office, CMMS/CAFM systems.
• Desired management level training in leading and motivating teams.
• IOSH Working Safely (Desirable)
• Minimum 2 years post‑qualification experience, including proven leadership capabilities.
• Experience working in critical environments (data centre, hospital, pharmaceutical, utilities, or similar).
• Experience operating in customer‑facing roles and resolving technical problems in high‑pressure environments.
• Understanding of safe systems of work and able to evidence the implementation of these in previous roles (PTW, RAMS, Change Management etc).
• Strong knowledge of BMS, PPM, CAFM, and Change Management processes.
• Knowledge of and experience working to international HSE standards.
• Knowledge of safe electrical and mechanical practices in line with regulatory standards.
• Experience maintaining HVAC systems, chillers, cooling towers, low/medium voltage electrical systems, UPS, generators, and associated plant.
• Strong troubleshooting and repair experience of critical building infrastructures.
• Competence following documented procedures and maintaining accurate records in a Service Desk/CMMS system.

About Us

Pure specialises in the design, build and operation of ‘White Label’ data centres for global clients. Our main market being the provision of infrastructure to IT service providers, telecommunications companies and financial services clients. Our goal is to become an integral part of our clients business to support the development of their business in new markets or locations.

Pure is privately owned and controlled by its management. Our major shareholders include Oaktree Capital Management, a global private equity company with c. USD 100 billion of assets under management, and the Investment and Development Office of the Government of Ras Al Khaimah. These investors provide the financial strength required to deliver projects of almost any scale and in any location with a long‑term view on returns allowing us to compete with in‑house or self‑build solutions.

We have a common vision for what we are trying to achieve and common values as to how we go about our business in terms of fairness, integrity and quality of service. Our strategy is to service underserved markets with leading edge, ultra‑secure facilities. We are committed to global best practice in everything we do.

Job Info

• Job Identification 1461
• Posting Date 09/29/2026, 09:10 AM
• Locations 12 Priestley Way, London, United Kingdom, NW2 7AP, GB