Senior Data Centre Electrical Project Engineer – Live Ops

Ethos Engineering; Greater London, Birmingham; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working times

25 Days holidays

Pension Scheme

Travel out-of-pocket expenses

Regular training/mentoring

Chartership support

Health insurance support

Professional subscription fee paid

Paid statutory leaves

Referral scheme

Social club events

Job summary

Ethos Engineering is seeking a Senior Project Engineer – Electrical to lead design and delivery of electrical upgrades in live data centre environments. You will oversee M&E refurbishments, tie-ins to live systems, and outage planning while maintaining uptime and safety standards.

You will mentor junior engineers, manage multi-million-euro MEP-type projects in Europe, and collaborate with clients and contractors to deliver high-quality engineering solutions.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years in building services engineering.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and delivery of electrical building services upgrades in live data centre environments.
• Develop retrofit design strategies with tie-ins to live systems and outage planning.
• Conduct due diligence of existing facilities for capacity unlocks (power, cooling, white space).
• Prepare and review detailed design drawings, schematics and tender docs.
• Manage scope, budget, programme and contracts; mitigate risks in live environments.
• Liaise with clients, contractors and vendors to achieve project goals with zero downtime.
• Drive QA/governance and comply with live-environment protocols.
• Mentor junior engineers and graduates within retrofit stream.
• Support business development with proposals and technical strategies for retrofit opportunities across EMEA.
• Champion innovation in live-environment engineering and continuous improvement.

Skills

Electrical design

Live data centre

AutoCAD

Revit MEP

Power distribution

UPS systems

Generator integration

Standards knowledge

Project management

Client liaison

Team mentoring

BMS EPMS

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Electrical Engineering

Tools

ETAP

Amtech

DIALux

Job description

Ethos Engineering is seeking a Senior Project Engineer – Electrical to lead design and delivery of electrical upgrades in live data centre environments. You will oversee M&E refurbishments, tie-ins to live systems, and outage planning while maintaining uptime and safety standards.

You will mentor junior engineers, manage multi-million-euro MEP-type projects in Europe, and collaborate with clients and contractors to deliver high-quality engineering solutions.