Senior Electrical Design Lead, Hyperscale Data Centers

Hamilton Barnes Associates Limited; Amsterdam; Hybrid; EUR 117,000 - 143,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus scheme

Share scheme

Pension scheme

Flexible hybrid working

EMEA travel

Job summary

Hamilton Barnes Associates Limited is seeking a senior electrical engineering leader to define design strategy for AI infrastructure across international hyperscale data centres. You will provide technical leadership on site acquisition, due diligence, and design, shaping electrical standards for global campuses.

This role involves leading end-to-end design reviews, overseeing MV/LV distribution, substations, UPS, generators, and critical power, and collaborating with engineering, acquisitions

Qualifications

• Extensive experience designing electrical systems for hyperscale or large-scale data centers.
• Strong background in mission-critical environments, ideally supporting global infrastructure programs.
• Experience assessing technical feasibility of new sites or early-stage data center development projects.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end electrical facilities design strategy across new hyperscale builds and major campus expansions.
• Travel regularly across EMEA and internationally to assess prospective data center sites with Site Acquisition and Technical Due Diligence teams.
• Evaluate site electrical infrastructure, identify technical risks, constraints and feasibility before land or capacity is acquired.
• Define and standardise electrical design principles across multiple global regions.
• Lead design reviews, ensuring scalability, efficiency and operational resilience.
• Provide technical oversight across substations, MV/LV distribution, UPS, generators and critical power infrastructure.
• Act as the senior technical authority for complex design decisions and engineering trade-offs.
• Collaborate with design consultants, utilities, vendors, construction and operations teams throughout the project lifecycle.
• Support commissioning strategy and ensure a seamless transition from construction into live operations.
• Drive long term capacity planning, AI-ready power architecture and design innovation across the global portfolio.

Skills

Hyperscale data centers

Electrical design leadership

MV/LV distribution

Substations

UPS & generators

Site acquisition support

Technical due diligence

Stakeholder management

International travel

Job description

Hamilton Barnes Associates Limited is seeking a senior electrical engineering leader to define design strategy for AI infrastructure across international hyperscale data centres. You will provide technical leadership on site acquisition, due diligence, and design, shaping electrical standards for global campuses.

This role involves leading end-to-end design reviews, overseeing MV/LV distribution, substations, UPS, generators, and critical power, and collaborating with engineering, acquisitions