AECOM
Associate Electrical Director: Data Centres
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Job Title
Electrical Associate Director – Data Centres Market Sector
Company Description
At AECOM, we're delivering a better world.
- Improve commutes, ensure lights stay on
- Provide clean water access
- Transform skylines
- Solve complex global challenges
- Build legacies for future generations
"There has never been a better time to be at AECOM" We invite professionals to join a global team of 50,000+ across: 🔹 Planners ✔️ Designers ✔️ Engineers ✔️ Scientists ✔️ Digital innovators ✔️ Program/construction managers ✔️ Manufacturing & services specialists
Bringing big dreams and bold ideas will help us create a positive impact worldwide.
Join AECOM and be part of our mission to deliver a better world.
About the Role
Working within the Data Centres Market Sector as a technical ambassador across EMEA, you will:
Collaborate globally with: ✔️ UK-based tech teams ✔️ Liberal Europe teams ✔️ Global Data Centre colleagues
Build on the rapid growth of our Technology / Data Centre Sector by leading electrical design and business development.
Key Responsibilities
Technical Leadership
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Own full electrical lifecycle from feasibility to handover:
- Design (feasibility, concept, scheme, detailed)
- Procurement & construction support
- Commissioning & client handover
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Validate and define power architectures, including: ➡️ Utility intake ➡️ MV/LV distribution systems ➡️ UPS topologies & generator systems ➡️ Switchgear, PDUs ➡️ STS & busway design ➡️ Earthing ➡️ Lighting systems
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Lead technical studies & protection design:
- Load flow
- Short circuit analysis
- Protection coordination, arc-flash studies, & harmonic analysis
- Tools: ETAP/SKM proficiency
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Integrate monitoring & controls (BMS/EPMS/SCADA)
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Design metering strategies and resilience features to meet: ✅ Tier II–IV availability objectives ✅ Client-specific needs
Sustainability & Efficiency
- Embed decarbonization & energy efficiency:
- High-efficiency UPS
- Advanced controls
- Heat recovery systems
- Demand response strategies
- On-site renewables
- Grid-interactive solutions
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Compliance & Interdisciplinary Coordination
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Ensure adherence to standards: ✔️ IEC/BS/EN ✔️ NEC/NFPA (U.S.)
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Meet client specifications and AECOM quality procedures
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Coordinate cross-functional interfaces for fully integrated designs, including:
- Mechanical engineers
- Structural designers
- Architects
- Fire/life safety experts
- Security specialists
- ICT professionals
Requirements
Essential
✅ Five years'({plus}) experience in electrical project execution for Data Centres & Mission Critical Environments
✅ or equivalent combination of relevant roles:
- Ten-years experience in Electrical Engineering with five years in Data Centres/Hyperscale
- Eight-years experience in Mission Critical sites with three years in Data Centres
✅ Hyperscale/multi-site project delivery experience:
- Fast-track projects
- Design-build execution
✅ Technical expertise in: ✔️ Multi-feed electrical distribution ✔️ Generator sizing & systems (automatic/bypass sync) ✔️ Data Centre development drivers (client mindset, revolution in tech & markets)
✅ Cross-disciplinary technical knowledge of Mechanical aspects & their interface with electrical systems
✅ Client-centric mindset with:
- Strong Business Development skills
- Technical presentation capabilities
- Client trust-building ability
- Confident bid strategy initiation (from tech inputs)
✅ Technical decision-making experience for clients
✅ Business unit growth mindset:
- Search for opportunities to widen AECOM’s footprint within the Data Centre sector, enhancing markets in UK, LI, and across EMEA
- Provide significant leadership to align technical growth with bottom-line delivery
Preferred Skills
- Detailed BMS/controls design experience & understanding
- Exposure to LLC/LD2 equivalents & renewable integration studies
Personal Attributes
- Recognised as rapid and thorough in reviews and quality checks by another Associate Director or Director
- Multidisciplinary attitude with capacity to resolve conflicts
- Strong & influenceable technical leadership with equity & adaptability
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Diversity & Inclusion
AECOM celebrates diversity, including neurodiversity. We value contributions from all backgrounds and abilities. Accommodations available for disabled candidates:
🔎 Request accommodations? Contact ReasonableAccommodations@aecom.com
About AECOM
We are a Fortune 500 injective services firm offering project lifecycle consulting in: 🏗️ Transportation 🏠 Buildings 💧 Water ⚡ New energy 🌍 Environment
Our public & private sector clients trust our complex challenge-solving expertise in enhancing communities & infrastructure. Authentic commitment to social responsibility, equity, and inclusion defines us.
FY2025 revenue: $16,1B (~45,000 employees globally)
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Employee Benefits & Culture of Growth
Flexibility in Work Environment
- Hybrid work model for dynamic collaboration
- Work bust from AECOM offices, remote locations, or client sites
Well-being & Success
- Value individuality and one’s contribution to transformative outcomes
- Strict ethical culture & well-being programs to support employee growth
- Focus on resident/volonteer-driven impact projects
- Cross-functional community of appreciation & integrity champions
Performance & Development
- Continue tapping into potential with the backing of a publicly traded firm
- Continuously refine entrepreneurial & leadership skills at AECOM
Commitment to Equal Opportunity
We affirm the potential in each individual. AECOM is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Disabilities at AECOM
- Participant in the UK Disability Confident Scheme
- If eligible, apply for interviews through: Disability Confident Interview Scheme
Security Note
Note: Performance of an in-person day-1 onboarding* is a condition of employment.
Join us—great maps of tomorrow start here! 🌐✨
ReqID: J10150387
Location: Hybrid (UK/EMEA)
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