Energy Centre Engineering Manager (Mechanical)

Echelon Data Centres; Dublin; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Echelon Data Centres is seeking an Energy Centre Engineering Manager to lead the on-site generation and power provision for the DUB10 site in Clondalkin, Dublin. You will manage the full power delivery infrastructure, coordinate with site teams and external partners to ensure smooth operations.

The role is predominantly on-site with travel as required to support domestic and international activities, and involves delivering performance reports, budgets, and continuous improvement initiatives

Qualifications

• At least 8 years’ experience in an Energy Centre manager role or similar
• Experience with grid-scale power generation facilities
• Proven vendor management experience
• Strong reporting and stakeholder communication skills
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally
• Honours degree in engineering or related field is desirable

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership across the campus from a power provision perspective and coordinate with design, sales and site teams
• Review, input and support all elements of the power infrastructure design process
• Interface with the project delivery team on commissioning and operational readiness for all power delivery elements
• Devise and implement Operations and Facility Management Strategy for power provision including on-site generation and grid power
• Manage all third parties involved in delivering power services to data centre facilities
• Deliver, manage and report all power provision service levels to data centre facilities
• Manage Capex and Opex budgets related to power provision
• Oversee equipment maintenance and advise on upgrades and servicing requirements
• Identify, mitigate and manage risk across power provision infrastructure

Skills

Energy Centre Mgmt

Power Infrastructure

Vendor Management

Stakeholder Reporting

On-site Travel

Education

Honours degree in engineering

Job description

Echelon Data Centres is an international data centre infrastructure developer providing large-scale assets to support the growing global demand for data and computing resource – sustainably, responsibly and with due regard for the environment.

To support our growing international management team, Echelon is now recruiting an Energy Centre Engineering Manager to manage all aspects of on-site generation and power provision activities on our DUB10 site in Clondalkin, Dublin.

Reporting To The Campus Manager, The Successful Candidate Will

• Provide leadership across the entire [campus] from a power provision perspective – interact with other disciplines including site selection, design and sales to ensure successful delivery of overall company goals.
• Review, input and support all elements of the power infrastructure design process.
• Interface with the project delivery team in terms of commissioning and operational readiness for all elements of the Echelon power delivery infrastructure.
• In conjunction with the Campus Manager, the Energy Centre Engineering Manager will:
• Devise and implement the Operations and Facility Management Strategy for all elements of power provision, including on site generation and grid imported power with a focus on continuous improvement, industry best practice, preventative and predictive maintenance.
• Manage all third parties involved in the delivery of power services to the data centre facilities.
• Take responsibility for delivery, management and reporting of all elements of Echelon’s power provision operational service levels to our data centre facilities.
• Manage suppliers, define and maintain standards, KPIs, dashboards and reporting mechanisms to ensure Echelon is fully compliant with all power provision service levels.
• Manage Capex and Opex budgets.
• Oversee all elements of equipment maintenance, advise on upgrades and servicing requirements.
• Be responsible for risk identification, mitigation and management across Echelon’s power provision infrastructure.

Candidate Profile

• At least 8 years’ experience in an Energy Centre manager role (or similar) with firsthand experience of the operations and facility management of a grid scale power generation facility.
• Thorough understanding of all elements of power provision infrastructure.
• Proven track record in effective third party and vendor management.
• Strong communicator with proven experience providing reports and updates to various stakeholder groups - both internal and external.
• While predominantly based on site or at Echelon head office (Dublin 18), the successful candidate must be able to undertake domestic and international travel when required.
• Honours degree in engineering or related field is desirable.

This is a full time, permanent role and comes with an attractive remuneration package.