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Electrical Engineering Manager – Data Center’sEssex, Herts, Slough and EMEA – Global
OTE Potential – c£100,000+
- Salary range £70,000 to £85,000 depending On experience
- Annual Bonus 10% – 15% plus
- Car allowance / Travel allowance / Salary Sacrifice
- Travel time from Main work Location to sites
- Expenses and mileage
- Pension
- 25 Days Holiday
- Health care
- Career development
- Travel in the UK and Abroad – 25%
As Electrical Engineering Manager you will be part of the Central Engineering and part of and leading a group of Electrical Engineers.
As subject matter experts (SME’s) you and your team and you will be responsible for all electrical systems in your area of responsibility.
You will be acting as an interface to our Data Centre Operations, Design teams, OEM’s and to our customers.
Authoring and deploying Electrical Safety Rules will be part of your remit along ensuring the highest levels of efficiency and reliability and securing the delivery to the highest standard.
You will be reporting to the Senior Electrical Engineer Mgr- EMEA.
What you will do
- Responsible for the management and development in Electrical Engineering for UK and Western Europe (UK, Netherlands, Spain, France) and some Asia travel
- Managing, developing and expanding the Electrical Engineering Team, including workload management
- Ensure time management and quality delivery from different stakeholders
- Client-oriented strong stakeholder management, providing frequent updates (externally, internally) to ensure continuous clarity
- Conduct thorough root-cause analysis and implement lessons learned to drive continuous improvement
- Involvement in training development for electrical systems, ensuring adherence to company standards and regional requirements
- Acting as 2nd and 3rd level escalation for electrical and control issues
- Provide SOP/EOP development, approve drafts, and provide approvals for MOP, SOP, and EOP within the CAB process
- Responsibility for managing and writing electrical safety rules for the area of responsibility, ensuring the electrical safety and harmonization through the company standards
- Serve as a sparring partner for Design, External Consultants, and OEMs, leveraging strong technical expertise to ensure effective collaboration and innovative solutions
What we are looking for
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in electrical engineering, HND, HNC or a related field such as other mission critical engineering environments.
- Proven leadership experience, managing a team of electrical engineers and apprentices
- Experienced in leading a technical function within a mission critical environment and being very customer facing and focussed
- Extensive electrical engineering, maintenance, commissioning and safety standards experience in Data Centre or other mission critical sector is essential
- Previous experience as a High Voltage Authorising Engineer (HV AE)
- Detailed technical knowledge of the type of large-scale electrical systems, including HV, LV, UPS, Standby Power and related electrical systems and BMS/EMS and control systems
- Proficient knowledge in discrimination, short circuit and arc flash studies is desirable
- Proven track record of electrical optimization and efficiency improvements, preferably in Data Centre’s
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
- Ability to conduct root-cause analysis and implement lessons learned
- Experience in developing and delivering training programs
- Familiarity with SOP/EOP development and the CAB process
- Ability to act as an escalation point for complex electrical and control issues
- Strong problem-solving skills and a proactive approach to continuous improvement
- C Eng Status or being in progress to achieve
- Fluent in English; additional languages relevant to the region (e.g., Dutch, Spanish, French, German) are a plus
- Willingness to travel regularly nationally and internationally (up to 25%)