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Chief Engineer (Critical Infrastructure)
📍 London
🗓️ 6-Month Contract
💷 Up to £330 per day
Inside IR35
We are currently recruiting for an experienced Chief Engineer to lead the operation, maintenance, and continuous improvement of critical infrastructure within a large-scale data centre environment. As the technical lead on site, you will be responsible for ensuring the reliability, availability, and performance of electrical and mechanical systems while providing leadership to engineering teams and supporting strategic infrastructure projects.
Key Responsibilities
- Act as the senior engineering authority for all critical facility operations.
- Lead and support engineering teams in the maintenance and operation of electrical and mechanical systems.
- Oversee planned preventative maintenance (PPM), corrective maintenance, and emergency response activities.
- Ensure maximum uptime and reliability of critical infrastructure.
- Serve as the escalation point for complex technical and operational issues.
- Support infrastructure upgrades, capacity expansion projects, and system improvements.
- Conduct root cause analysis and develop corrective actions following system or equipment failures.
- Implement engineering best practices, standard operating procedures, and safety initiatives.
- Coordinate with internal stakeholders, contractors, and specialist vendors.
- Monitor system performance and identify opportunities to improve resilience, efficiency, and operational excellence.
- Ensure compliance with all health & safety, regulatory, and site-specific requirements.
- Participate in an on-call rota and provide out-of-hours support when required.
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Required Experience
- Significant experience operating within a critical environment such as data centres, utilities, power generation, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, healthcare, or other mission-critical facilities.
- Strong technical knowledge of:
- Electrical distribution systems
- Switchgear
- UPS systems
- Transformers
- Circuit breakers
- Standby generators
- HV/LV systems
- Proven experience leading engineering teams and managing critical incidents.
- Strong understanding of preventative and reactive maintenance strategies.
- Experience conducting fault finding and root cause analysis.
- Ability to interpret technical drawings, schematics, and engineering documentation.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
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Desirable Experience
- Previous experience as a Chief Engineer, Lead Engineer, Engineering Manager, or Critical Facilities Manager.
- Data centre or critical facilities background.
- Knowledge of cooling infrastructure, including chillers, CRAC/CRAH units, and associated mechanical systems.
- Experience delivering infrastructure improvement projects.
- Relevant engineering qualifications in Electrical, Mechanical, or Building Services Engineering.
What's on Offer?
- 6-month contract.
- Up to £330 per day.
- Inside IR35.
- Opportunity to contribute to large-scale, mission-critical infrastructure projects.
- Collaborative environment with exposure to industry-leading engineering practices.
If you are interested, please apply or send your CV to luke.sandilands@cpl.com
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