AECOM
Technical Design Lead- Data Centres
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Technical Design Lead – Data Centres (Hyperscale/Colocation/Enterprise)
Company Description
At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving travel, ensuring energy resilience, safeguarding water supplies, or reshaping cityscapes, our work helps people and communities thrive.
We are the world’s trusted infrastructure consultancy, partnering with clients across the globe to tackle complex challenges and build lasting legacies. With surging infrastructure investment worldwide, our expertise is in high demand—now more than ever.
Join over 50,000 professionals—planners, designers, engineers, digital innovators, and programme managers—who are shaping projects with meaningful and far-reaching impact. Your bold ideas can change the world here.
About the Role
AECOM is seeking a late-stage Technical Design Lead to spearhead the design and delivery of complex hyperscale, colocation, and enterprise data centre projects across Europe. This is a client-facing, hands-on delivery role, with opportunities for career advancement and exposure to high-profile, fast-moving projects.
This role requires extensive travel across our UK & Ireland (UKI) and European offices.
Key Responsibilities
As the Technical Design Lead, you will:
- Lead and coordinate multi-disciplinary design teams (including Architecture, Civil, Structural, Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, Security, Fire Protection, ICT, and BMS/EPMS) across UKI and Europe.
- Oversee all project phases—from site due diligence and campus planning through conceptual, schematic, and detailed design, to construction documentation.
- Ensure high-quality design outputs that align with client expectations and project timelines, while proactively managing project risks.
- Work alongside Sector and Commercial teams to ensure compliance, contractual governance, and risk mitigation.
- Build and maintain strategic client relationships, acting as the interlocutor with Client CAM (Client Advisory Meetings).
- Present complex technical and design considerations to clients and stakeholders.
- Collaborate with local design and delivery teams to ensure they meet local permitting and regulatory requirements.
- Deliver prompt responses to client needs in a dynamic environment.
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Qualifications & Requirements
Essential
✔ Chartered Engineer or Architect (or equivalent professional qualification). ✔ Extensive hands-on experience in data centre design and/or project management in the data centre sector. ✔ Proven leadership in directing multi-disciplinary teams for large, complex data centre projects. ✔ Deep knowledge of permitting processes, building systems, regulations, and construction methodologies. ✔ Ability to manage multiple critical projects under tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment. ✔ Willingness to travel extensively across UKI and European markets. ✔ Strong communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills.
Preferred
🔹 Degree in Architecture, Mechanical or Electrical Engineering (or related field). 🔹 Uptime Institute Accredited Tier Designer or Accredited Tier Professional. 🔹 Familiarity with Revit and digital design tools. 🔹 Clear professional development record—continuous learning and proof of specialisation.
About AECOM
AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm offering global infrastructure expertise—from advisory, planning, and design to engineering and construction management. Our services touch transportation, buildings, water, new energy, and environmental sustainability, helping private and public sector clients solve their most complex challenges.
We drive sustainable change through: 🌍 Unrivalled technical and digital expertise 🌟 A culture of equity, diversity, and inclusion 🌱 Strong Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) commitment
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Why Join AECOM?
Work Flexibility & Growth
You’ll enjoy hybrid working options, allowing you to work across AECOM offices, remote locations, and client sites. Our culture rewards integrity, entrepreneurship, and innovation—fostering an environment where your talents and ideas drive real-world impact.
🔹 Hybrid work flexibility—work from offices, remote, or client locations. 🔹 Collaborative culture—trust, ownership, and risk-taking are encouraged. 🔹 Inclusive environment—we welcome and celebrate diversity at all levels.
Career & Compensation
Join one of the world’s leading infrastructure firms, where your professional growth, compensation, and well-being are prioritised. Benefits include: 💼 Performance-driven compensation ✨ Industry-leading technology and innovation access 🔧 Opportunities to craft transformative projects with long-term meaning 🌟 Pathways for advancement—we invest in your future
Equal Opportunity Employer
AECOM is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer—diversity and inclusion are at our core.
As part of our Disability Confident Employer scheme, we guarantee an interview to applicants with disabilities or long-term conditions who meet the minimum criteria. Please email mlumsden@aecom.com to apply under the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.
AECOM takes security and fairness seriously; fraudulent applications will result in no further consideration.
Onboarding Requirement
All new hires must attend in-person day-one training at an AECOM office as part of the employment conditions.
Location: London, City of Business Group: DCS – Data Centres & Systems Legal Entity: AECOM Limited Work Location Model: Hybrid
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