The successful candidate will be expected to understand these systems beyond day-to-day operation, including design intent, protection, failure modes, maintenance, testing, commissioning and system resilience.

HV Electrical Safety

• Previous experience and qualification as a High Voltage Authorising Engineer is essential.
• You will be involved in:
  • Supporting and developing Electrical Safety Rules.
  • Providing technical guidance on HV/LV electrical safety.
  • Supporting Authorised Persons and operational engineering teams.
  • Reviewing electrical switching and safety procedures.
  • Supporting electrical incident investigations.
  • Providing technical input into electrical risk management.
  • Ensuring consistent electrical safety standards across the portfolio.

Engineering Leadership & Development

• You will provide technical leadership to Electrical Engineers and apprentices across the organisation.

Responsibilities include:

• Technical mentoring and coaching.
• Supporting engineering competence development.
• Establishing consistent technical standards.
• Developing engineering capability across multiple sites.
• Supporting succession planning and professional development.
• Promoting a strong engineering, safety and continuous-improvement culture.

This is a hands-on technical leadership role. We are looking for someone who enjoys getting into the engineering detail while also having the ability to influence, mentor and develop others.

Root Cause Analysis & Continuous Improvement

• You will act as a senior escalation point for complex electrical issues and support investigations into incidents and system failures.

You will:

• Lead or support root-cause analysis.
• Identify recurring electrical issues.
• Develop corrective and preventative actions.
• Review system performance.
• Identify opportunities to improve reliability, resilience and efficiency.
• Share technical learning across the wider engineering organisation.

SOP / EOP / Change Management

• Develop, review and improve electrical SOPs and EOPs.
• Provide technical input into operating and maintenance procedures.
• Support Change Advisory Board (CAB) processes.
• Review proposed engineering changes and associated risks.
• Ensure appropriate technical controls are implemented.
• Support planned maintenance, testing and commissioning strategies.

Design & Commissioning Support

• The role will provide technical input into projects and infrastructure development, including:
  • Electrical design reviews.
  • Design assurance.
  • Technical specifications.
  • FAT / SAT / IST.
  • Commissioning support.
  • Technical due diligence.
  • Equipment selection and review.
  • Post-project technical assurance.

The Ideal Candidate

This position is suited to an experienced Electrical Engineer who has developed into a Senior Engineer, Electrical SME, Technical Authority, Engineering Manager or HV Authorising Engineer within a mission-critical environment. We are looking for someone who is technically curious, proactive, commercially aware and ambitious to progress their career.

Essential Experience

• Electrical Engineering degree, HNC, HND or equivalent.
• Significant electrical engineering experience within a mission-critical environment.
• Strong Data Centre experience.
• Previous HV Authorising Engineer experience and qualification – essential.
• Strong understanding of HV and LV electrical distribution.
• Detailed knowledge of UPS, generators, transformers and switchgear.
• Experience with electrical maintenance, testing and commissioning.
• Experience with Electrical Safety Rules and safe systems of work.
• Strong understanding of critical power resilience and availability.
• Experience developing or reviewing SOPs and EOPs.
• Experience providing technical leadership, mentoring or team management.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.

Desirable

• CEng or active progression towards Chartered status.
• Experience with discrimination studies.
• Short-circuit calculations.
• Arc-flash studies.
• Protection coordination.
• BMS / EMS.
• Previous EMEA or multi-country engineering responsibility.
• Experience supporting major data centre projects and commissioning.
• Additional European language skills including Dutch, Spanish, French or German.

Why Consider This Opportunity?

This role offers the opportunity to move from site or individual project responsibility into a regional Electrical SME / Technical Authority position.

You will have the opportunity to influence engineering standards, support critical infrastructure across multiple countries, develop technical teams and work on some of the most complex electrical environments within the data center sector.

The organisation offers significant scope for professional development, international exposure and long-term career progression within a major global technology and critical infrastructure business.

If you are an experienced Electrical SME, HV Authorising Engineer or Senior Electrical Engineer with strong data center / mission-critical experience and are looking for a role with genuine UK & EMEA technical influence, we'd like to hear from you.