MEP Design Manager

JR United Kingdom; Chester; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading data centre developer in the UK seeks an MEP Design Manager to oversee electrical design integrity across all stages. You will coordinate with various stakeholders ensuring compliance with technical standards. Join a dynamic team focused on enhancing their extensive portfolio of sites.

Benefits

Hybrid working

Benefits

Qualifications

• 3+ years experience in a similar role.
• Must have Data Centre experience.
• Must have UK Passport or RTW in UK.

Responsibilities

• Lead Electrical Design Coordination ensuring compliance with data centre requirements.
• Manage Design Consultants & Specialist Subcontractors for project brief consistency.
• Ensure technical assurance & compliance with UK standards and regulations.
• Support construction and commissioning phases with technical oversight.

Skills

Data Centre experience

Electrical design coordination

Technical assurance

UK/EU regulations compliance

Job description

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Our client is a dynamic, fast growing data centre developer. They have grown rapidly, mainly through acquisitions, over the last few years and now operate 60 different sites across Europe. The organisation is still heavily in acquisition mode and are about to add a further 10-sites to their portfolio with advanced talks for others that may come to fruition over the next 12-18 months

Our client is about to embark on a series of upgrades, improvements, refurbishment and extensions to their existing UK sites and they are now seeking a MEP Design Manager to join the team.

Responsibilities

Lead Electrical Design Coordination

Take ownership of the electrical design scope across all project stages, ensuring alignment with data centre requirements such as redundancy (e.g. N+1, 2N), scalability, and Tier-level compliance (Uptime Institute). Coordinate with mechanical and public health counterparts to ensure integrated and clash-free MEP design delivery.

Manage Design Consultants & Specialist Subcontractors

Act as the lead interface between the developer and electrical design consultants, specialist vendors (e.g. UPS, generators, switchgear), and main contractors. Review and challenge technical submissions, ensuring consistency with project briefs, performance specs, and UK/EU regulations (e.g., BS7671, IEC standards).

Technical Assurance & Compliance

Ensure electrical systems are designed to meet strict data centre requirements for uptime, resilience, and energy efficiency (e.g., Power Usage Effectiveness PUE). Validate that electrical designs comply with British Standards, CDM regulations, grid connection requirements (DNO/IDNO), and fire protection systems integration (e.g., LV cabling separation).

Support Construction and Commissioning

Provide technical support during installation, testing, and commissioning phases, ensuring that the as-built electrical systems reflect the design intent. Assist with Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT), Site Acceptance Testing (SAT), and Integrated Systems Testing (IST) for critical electrical infrastructure.

Identify and manage electrical design and delivery risks such as long-lead items (e.g., MV/LV switchgear, transformers), supply chain constraints, or grid delays. Work with project planners to ensure electrical design milestones align with procurement, build, and energisation timelines.

Requirements

Must have Data Centre experience

Must have 3+ years experience in a similar role

Must have UK Passport or RTW in UK

£65,000 - £100,000+ & Hybrid working & Benefits