Principal Electrical Engineer

Iron Mountain

Lutterworth

Hybrid

GBP 120,000 - 170,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Flexible work options

Health, retirement plans

Continuous learning

Global impact

Job summary

Iron Mountain seeks a strategic Principal Electrical Engineer - P5 to lead the global electrical direction for its data center platform. You will govern standard designs, specifications, and risk frameworks while serving as the final authority on high-impact power decisions.

This role reports to the Data Center Engineering team and shapes long-term energy strategy. You will collaborate with executive leadership, sponsor research into new architectures, and partner with Supply Chain for

Qualifications

15+ years of relevant experience leading major electrical engineering initiatives in data center or mission-critical platforms.
Strong knowledge of utility strategy, HV/MV/LV distribution, generation, UPS, energy storage, power quality, and electrical codes.
Ability to establish governance frameworks and set global technical direction.

Responsibilities

Set global technical direction for electrical systems across the data center platform.
Govern global standards, specs, and design basis across sites.
Act as final technical authority for high-impact electrical decisions and platform risks.
Advise executive leadership on long-term power strategy and technology trade-offs.
Sponsor research into emerging architectures and partner with Supply Chain for owner-furnished equipment.

Skills

Global power design

Leadership

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Job description

Set global technical direction for utility, distribution, standby generation, UPS, energy-storage, earthing, and power-quality systems across the data center platform.
Govern global standard designs, technical specifications, basis-of-design requirements, and discipline assurance frameworks.
Act as the final technical authority for high-impact electrical decisions, precedent-setting design deviations, and platform risks.
Manage systemic engineering risks across sites and advise executive leadership on long-term power strategy, operational risk, and technology trade-offs.
Sponsor research into emerging architectures and serve as the senior discipline partner to Supply Chain for owner-furnished equipment.
Typically 15+ years of relevant experience leading major electrical engineering initiatives across data center or mission-critical platforms.
Strong knowledge of utility strategy, HV/MV/LV distribution, generation, UPS, energy storage, power quality, and global electrical codes.
Proven ability in setting global technical direction, establishing governance frameworks, and managing systemic engineering risk.
Exceptional engineering judgment and communication skills to frame complex technical decisions for executive and customer stakeholders.
University degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Engineering, Building Services Engineering, or equivalent practical experience; professional engineering license preferred.
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Are you curious about being part of our growth story while evolving your skills in a culture that will welcome your unique contributions? Iron Mountain is seeking a strategic Principal Electrical Engineer - P5 to join our Data Center Engineering team. As our premier technical authority for power infrastructure across global site developments and operations, you will establish standard designs and govern mission-critical architectures that guarantee platform resilience. In this role, you'll have the opportunity to shape the future of our scalable energy solutions, bridging high-level engineering strategy with complex operational delivery to protect our customers' most vital digital assets., Iron Mountain is a global leader in storage and information management services trusted by more than 225,000 organizations in 60 countries.

We safeguard billions of our customers' assets, including critical business information, highly sensitive data, and invaluable cultural and historic artifacts. Take a look at our history here. Iron Mountain helps lower cost and risk, comply with regulations, recover from disaster, and enable digital and sustainable solutions, whether in information management, digital transformation, secure storage and destruction, data center operations, cloud services, or art storage and logistics. Please see our Values and Code of Ethics for a look at our principles and aspirations in elevating the power of our work together.