Data Centre Technical Lead - Netherlands (Multi-Site)

Umbilical Advanced; Nederland; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Umbilical Advanced is seeking a Senior Data Centre Engineer to provide technical leadership across multiple Netherlands facilities. This hands-on role focuses on supporting engineering teams, improving operational standards, and ensuring safe, reliable critical infrastructure performance.

The position suits an experienced professional who enjoys coaching others, enhancing procedures, and lifting technical standards across sites. Site-based role with travel and on-call duties.

Qualifications

• Significant experience within data centres or critical facilities.
• Fluent Dutch and English.
• Full Category B driving licence.
• Experience writing and applying SOPs, EOPs and MOPs.
• Experience coaching engineers.
• Experience coordinating operations across multiple sites.
• Experience reviewing RAMS and conducting risk assessments.
• Experience managing contractors and external technical works.
• Strong understanding of Permit-to-Work, LOTO and safe isolation processes.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior technical guidance during planned maintenance, reactive works and operational incidents
• Coach engineers and support the development of technical capability across the site teams
• Create, review and standardise SOPs, EOPs, MOPs and other operational documentation
• Coordinate contractors, technical works, permits, isolations and work completion
• Review RAMS and risk assessments, ensuring safe systems of work are consistently followed
• Support troubleshooting across critical electrical and mechanical infrastructure
• Improve operational consistency, reliability, safety and procedural discipline across multiple facilities
• Act as a technical point of contact for engineers, customers, contractors and operational stakeholders

Skills

Data centre operations

Technical leadership

Coaching engineers

SOP writing

RAMS & risk assessments

Contractor coordination

Permit-to-Work/LOTO

Multi-site operations

Tools

BMS

DCIM platforms

Job description

Umbilical Advanced is seeking a Senior Data Centre Engineer to provide technical leadership across multiple Netherlands facilities. This hands-on role focuses on supporting engineering teams, improving operational standards, and ensuring safe, reliable critical infrastructure performance.

The position suits an experienced professional who enjoys coaching others, enhancing procedures, and lifting technical standards across sites. Site-based role with travel and on-call duties.