Spencer Ogden
Electrical Design Manager – Data Centres
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Location: London, UK Working arrangement: Hybrid Salary: Up to £120,000 Sector: Data Centres / Mission Critical Sponsorship: Not available – applicants must already have the unrestricted right to work in the UK
Please note: Significant data centre experience is essential for this position. Candidates without direct data centre experience will not be considered.
A global engineering and power management organisation is expanding its Data Centre engineering capability across EMEA and is looking for an experienced Electrical Design Manager to provide technical leadership across major data centre projects.
This position provides electrical engineering leadership throughout the project lifecycle, from early-stage concept and solution development through detailed design, construction support, commissioning, and project closeout.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead electrical engineering and design activities across major data centre projects
- Take technical ownership from concept and detailed design through construction support and closeout
- Lead the development and review of electrical designs, calculations, specifications, and technical documentation
- Provide technical leadership across MV and LV distribution systems
- Support the design and integration of transformers, UPS systems, standby generation, and associated critical power infrastructure
- Lead technical discussions with clients, consultants, contractors, and other project stakeholders
- Undertake design reviews, optioneering, and value engineering
- Coordinate electrical engineers and technical subject-matter experts
- Ensure designs comply with applicable standards, client requirements, and engineering best practice
- Support construction, installation, testing, and commissioning activities
- Resolve technical issues arising throughout project delivery
- Contribute to the development of engineering standards, procedures, and best practice
- Coordinate with mechanical, cooling, BMS/EMS, and wider multidisciplinary engineering teams
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Essential Experience
- Significant, direct data centre engineering experience
- Strong electrical design background within mission-critical data centre environments
- Strong knowledge of MV/LV electrical distribution
- Experience with UPS systems, transformers, standby generation, and critical power infrastructure
- Experience delivering electrical designs across multiple stages of the data centre project lifecycle
- Strong understanding of data centre electrical infrastructure, redundancy, and resilience requirements
- Experience reviewing and approving electrical engineering designs and documentation
- Comfortable operating as the technical interface with clients and project stakeholders
- Ability to provide technical leadership while remaining hands-on with engineering
- Degree in Electrical Engineering or an equivalent engineering discipline
- Experience with AutoCAD and/or Revit would be advantageous
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Right to Work
Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. Candidates must already hold the unrestricted right to work in the UK and must not require current or future employer sponsorship.
The Opportunity
This is broader than a traditional OEM-focused engineering position. The organisation is increasingly involved at the early stages of data centre development and maintains technical involvement throughout design and delivery.
The position combines hands-on electrical engineering with technical ownership, client engagement, and influence across the full data centre project lifecycle, providing an attractive next step for experienced Principal, Associate, or Technical Lead-level electrical engineers with a strong data centre background.
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