Data Center Designer Consultant

Brightsmith; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Brightsmith is partnering with a leading green data-centre developer to recruit an experienced Electrical & Mechanical Design Consultant for their Amsterdam engineering team. The role is hands-on and spans full-facility electrical design, requiring close collaboration with Design Managers and multi-disciplinary teams.

You will develop and review electrical designs for data centre facilities, grade technical drawings, and ensure designs are coordinated for successful project delivery, working

Qualifications

• Proven Data Centre design experience in the Netherlands.
• Strong electrical engineering background.
• Experience across full-facility Data Centre design.
• Experience with grading drawings and design schedules.
• Strong understanding of design coordination and multidisciplinary interfaces.
• Structural/CSA experience or understanding highly advantageous.
• Hands-on and technically experienced, not purely design-management.
• Strong written and spoken English; Dutch language skills preferred but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Support electrical design and development of full-scale Data Centre facilities.
• Collaborate with Design Managers and the wider engineering team.
• Develop and review electrical designs for Data Centre facilities.
• Review and grade technical drawings.
• Coordinate electrical designs with structural and CSA teams.
• Support full-facility design and multidisciplinary coordination.
• Coordinate designs and reporting information with Design Managers.
• Work across the wider facility rather than focusing on a single specialist electrical area.
• Ensure designs are technically coordinated and suitable for project delivery.

Skills

Data centre design

Electrical engineering

Facility design

Coordination across disciplines

Hands-on design

Grading drawings

Dutch Data Centre

Job description

Brightsmith are partnering with a leading green data-cententre developer with over 500MW under management. Due to continued project growth, we are looking for an experienced Electrical & Mechanical Design Consultant to join their engineering team in Amsterdam.

The Role

You will be responsible for supporting the electrical design and development of full-scale Data Centre facilities, working closely with Design Managers and the wider engineering team. This is a hands-on engineering position for someone who can contribute across the full facility rather than focusing solely on one electrical system.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and review electrical designs for Data Centre facilities.
• Review and grade technical drawings.
• Work with the latest generation of Data Centre electrical equipment.
• Coordinate designs and reporting information with Design Managers.
• Support full-facility design and multidisciplinary coordination.
• Coordinate electrical designs with structural and CSA teams.
• Work across the wider facility rather than focusing on a single specialist electrical area.
• Ensure designs are technically coordinated and suitable for project delivery.

Requirements

• Proven Data Centre design experience in the Netherlands - essential.
• Strong electrical engineering background.
• Experience working across full-facility Data Centre design.
• Experience with grading drawings and design schedules.
• Strong understanding of design coordination and multidisciplinary interfaces.
• Structural/CSA experience or understanding would be highly advantageous.
• Must be hands‑on and technically experienced rather than purely design‑management focused.
• Strong written and spoken English.
• Dutch language skills are preferred but not essential.

Interview Process

One-stage interview with the Chief Engineer and Design Manager.