Data Center Infrastructure Engineer

Actus Search; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Actus Search in London is seeking a Site Management Specialist to oversee data centre and office fit-outs, driving programmes from planning to delivery.

You will coordinate power, cooling, cabling, and security, work with MEP partners, write scopes of work, manage vendors, and travel to project sites as needed.

Qualifications

• Degree in Electrical/Mechanical engineering; Master preferred but a strong Bachelor’s welcome.
• 3–8 years experience in mission-critical projects, data centre operations or financial services infra.
• Good grasp of power calculations, UPS, switchgear, PDUs and HVAC.

Responsibilities

• Plan white space, racks, cabling pathways, power distribution and cooling strategy.
• Support MEP side of new office builds from desk-level power to UPS rooms and critical rooms.
• Write Scopes of Work and RFPs; direct vendors and contractors.
• Manage capacity, inventory and alerting; use data to recommend improvements.
• Build tools/workflows to convert requirements into on-site DC Ops tasks; travel to sites as needed.

Skills

Technical project management

Data centre operations

Electrical engineering basics

Power calculations

Scripting (Python)

Networking exposure

Education

Bachelor's in Electrical/Mechanical Engineering

Job description

We’re partnering with a leading global quantitative investment firm to hire a Site Management Specialist into their London office. This team has the overall responsibility for managing Infrastructure space, power, physical security and structured cabling behind a growing global footprint of data centre's, colocation sites and offices. Expansion includes new large-scale data centre builds across the globe.

The role:

You’ll act as a technical project manager. You’ll get into the detail of data centre and office fit-outs and drive programmes through to delivery. Day to day responsibilities could include:

• Planning white space: racks, overhead cabling pathways, power distribution and cooling strategy
• Supporting the MEP side of new office builds, from desk-level power and connectivity to UPS rooms, generator space and critical room cooling
• Writing Scopes of Work and RFPs, and directing vendors and contractors
• Managing capacity, inventory and alerting, then using the data to recommend improvements
• Building tools and workflows that turn requirements from compute, storage and network teams into work for the on-site DC Ops team
• Candidates will need to be open travelling to support projects on the ground

Background:

• A degree in Electrical, Mechanical or a related Engineering discipline. A Master’s is preferred, but a strong Bachelor’s is welcome.
• Between 3-8 years experience. This could be with an MEP engineering firm on mission-critical projects, in data centre operations, or within financial services infrastructure.
• A good grasp of single and 3-phase power calculations, electrical diagrams, and systems such as UPS, switchgear, ATS, PDUs and HVAC.
• A process-driven, detail-oriented approach and the ability to juggle large projects with many dependencies.
• Full right to work in your location, with no sponsorship required, and the freedom to travel internationally.

Nice to have:

• Python or other scripting experience
• Exposure to networking, servers or structured cabling.

*Very few people have it all, and the team will teach you what you don’t yet know.*