Technical Operations Life Cycle Replacement Manager - Critical Environments

PRS; Essex; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

15% Bonus

Fantastic Benefits Package

33 days annual leave

Private medical

Life assurance

Paid travel between locations

Job summary

PRS is seeking a seasoned Data Centre Lifecycle Replacement Manager to lead the Lifecycle Replacement Programme across live critical infrastructure. The role focuses on identifying asset degradation, obsolescence and operational risk, building business cases and delivering replacements through design, procurement, construction and handover.

The role is strategic and hands-on, requiring a solid track record in lifecycle replacement within data centres or similarly critical environments.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated lifecycle replacement experience essential.
• Experience delivering asset lifecycle/replacement programmes in critical environments.
• Strong track record in developing investment cases and CAPEX budgets.
• Ability to manage complex M&E replacement projects within live data centres.

Responsibilities

• Own and develop the Lifecycle Replacement Programme and multi-year investment strategy.
• Conduct asset condition, obsolescence and operational risk assessments.
• Develop business cases and investment recommendations for senior stakeholders.
• Deliver complex M&E replacement projects within live data centres and ensure safe handover.

Skills

Lifecycle replacement

Data centre engineering

Asset management

Stakeholder communication

Cost control

Education

HNC/HND or degree

Tools

HV/LV systems

UPS

Generators

Switchgear

BMS/EPMS

Job description

Technical Operations & Lifecycle Replacement Manager - Data Centres | Mission-Critical Infrastructure

• 15% Bonus
• Travel between Locations if needed – all paid
• Fantastic Benefits Package
• 33 days annual leave including bank holidays
• Private medical
• Life assurance.

Are you an experienced Data Centre Engineering professional with proven Lifecycle Replacement experience?

We are looking for a technically strong Technical Operations & Lifecycle Replacement Manager to take ownership of critical infrastructure lifecycle strategy and the delivery of complex replacement and upgrade programmes across live mission-critical environments.

This is not a traditional Project Manager role.

We are looking for someone who understands how critical infrastructure operates, can identify asset degradation, obsolescence and operational risk, build the business case for investment and then take ownership of the replacement programme through design, procurement, construction, commissioning and operational handover.

The Role

You will lead the Lifecycle Replacement Programme (LCRP) across critical M&E infrastructure, developing risk-based investment plans and delivering technically complex projects while keeping live data centre operations protected.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Owning and developing the Lifecycle Replacement Programme, priorities, budgets and multi-year investment strategy.
• Conducting asset condition, criticality, obsolescence and operational risk assessments.
• Developing business cases, CAPEX requirements and investment recommendations for senior stakeholders.
• Delivering complex M&E replacement and upgrade projects within live data centres.
• Managing infrastructure including HV/LV, UPS, generators, switchgear, cooling, BMS/EPMS, controls and associated critical systems.
• Developing outage, isolation, temporary plant, contingency and rollback strategies.
• Managing consultants, contractors, OEMs and specialist suppliers from scope development through to completion.
• Controlling cost, programme, change, risk and procurement.
• Ensuring FAT, SAT, commissioning, IST and operational readiness requirements are achieved.
• Driving effective handover into Operations, including asset information, drawings, O&M documentation, training, spares and maintenance requirements.
• Identifying opportunities for energy efficiency, whole-life cost reduction and improved infrastructure resilience.

What We're Looking For

Demonstrable Lifecycle Replacement experience is essential.

You will need a strong track record of developing and delivering asset lifecycle / replacement programmes within data centres or another highly critical engineering environment.

You should also have:

• 5+ years' experience within Data Centre Engineering, Technical Operations, Asset Management, Lifecycle Replacement or Capital Projects.
• Proven experience replacing or upgrading complex M&E infrastructure in live operational environments.
• Strong understanding of critical electrical and mechanical systems and resilience principles.
• Experience developing condition-based investment plans, CAPEX budgets and business cases.
• Strong commercial and procurement capability, including tendering, contractor management, cost forecasting and change control.
• Experience managing projects from definition and design through procurement, construction, commissioning and handover.
• The technical credibility to challenge consultants, contractors and OEMs.
• Excellent stakeholder and executive-level communication skills.

An engineering qualification such as HNC/HND, degree, or equivalent is desirable, along with project/programme management or asset management qualifications.

Why This Opportunity?

This is an opportunity to take a strategic and hands-on role at the heart of critical infrastructure investment, combining engineering expertise, asset management and major project delivery.

You will have genuine ownership of the lifecycle strategy — identifying what needs replacing, why it needs replacing, when it needs replacing and how it can be delivered safely without compromising Live operations

If you are an experienced Data Centre Engineering or Critical Infrastructure professional who has personally delivered Lifecycle Replacement Programmes, this could be the next major step in your career.