Senior Electrical Engineer – Milan

Black & White Engineering; Milano; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Black & White Engineering in Milan is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to lead the design of high‑profile, data centre building services. You’ll own electrical distribution topologies, UPS strategies, emergency lighting, and mains power planning from concept through to delivery, ensuring robust, compliant, and client‑focused solutions.

As part of a newly established Milan office, you’ll mentor engineers, coordinate multi‑disciplinary design teams, and help define how the business grows in

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading electrical design of complex building services projects, ideally data centres.
• Strong knowledge of electrical distribution topology design, emergency lighting, and UPS solutions.
• Experience as lead engineer and liaising with clients and external design teams.
• Ability to coordinate multi-disciplinary design teams and ensure regulatory compliance.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design of electrical systems for large-scale data centre developments.
• Own concepts from distribution topologies to detailed specifications and delivery.
• Mentor and grow the local Milan team while collaborating with Europe-wide engineers.

Skills

Electrical design

Data centre experience

Distribution topology

Emergency lighting

UPS systems

Client liaison

Education

Degree in Electrical Engineering or Building Services Engineering

Job description

Do you enjoy leading the design of complex electrical building services systems and seeing your ideas brought to life on some of the most high profile data centre projects in Europe?

This is an opportunity to take a senior technical and leadership role within a rapidly growing international consultancy, at a pivotal moment in our Milan expansion.

Technical leadership on landmark projects

You’ll lead the design of electrical systems for large‑scale, mission‑critical data centre developments, working with major global clients and shaping robust, resilient power and distribution solutions.

Influence from concept to delivery

From electrical distribution topologies and UPS strategies to emergency lighting and detailed specifications, you’ll have ownership across all stages of design, ensuring solutions are technically excellent, compliant, and client‑focused.

Build and shape a growing team

As part of a newly established Milan office, you’ll play a key role in developing the local engineering team, mentoring others, and helping to define how the business grows in Italy.

Collaboration across Europe

You’ll work closely with experienced engineers across Europe and globally, gaining exposure to international best practice while remaining embedded in a supportive, collaborative environment.

Career progression and visibility

With Black & White Engineering’s continued growth, this role offers real opportunity to progress into broader leadership positions while gaining strong recognition for your contribution and expertise.

Join a business that values Accountability, Integrity, Simplicity and Supportiveness, where technical excellence and professional development go hand in hand.

• Degree in Electrical Engineering or Building Services Engineering
• Proven experience leading the electrical design of complex building services projects, ideally within the data centre sector
• Strong capability in electrical distribution topology design, emergency lighting systems and UPS solutions
• Experience acting as lead engineer and liaising directly with clients and external design teams
• Ability to manage and coordinate multi‑disciplinary design teams
• Registered Engineer in Italy, with strong knowledge of relevant codes, standards and regulations

In addition, you will be joining a community that prioritises ongoing learning and development through regularknowledge‑sharingsessions and investment in accredited professional courses and educational programmes. You set the pace for your professional development—whatever direction you choose,you’llreceive full support along the way.

About Black & White Engineering

Black & White Engineering is a multi-award-winning engineering consultancy with more than 1,300 employees across the UK, Europe, Middle East and Asia Pacific.

We specialise in the full spectrum of engineering design consultancy for the data centre sector, including Mechanical, Electrical & Plumbing (MEP), Civil & Structural, Design Management, Sustainability, BIM, Power Systems and other infrastructure-related services.

Our engineering approach is grounded in practicality, technical excellence and operational efficiency. With rapid growth across regions, many colleagues have progressed from engineering roles into leadership positions — your future development is supported and recognised.