Design Manager - Electrical

About the Business

Our client is a well-funded organisation at the forefront of digital infrastructure, with a significant international footprint and a fast-growing portfolio of mission-critical facilities across multiple regions. They are deep into a major build phase, bringing a next-generation AI-ready data centre to life as part of an ambitious and well-resourced expansion strategy.

The Opportunity

As Design Manager – Electrical, you will step into a genuine owner-side design authority position, with full accountability for electrical and critical power infrastructure across a major hyperscale build. Working within a multi-project technical governance team, you will own the standards, direct the consultants and shape the design from early concept all the way through to commissioning.

This is not just a delivery role - it is full technical ownership across the entire electrical scope.

What You'll Be Doing

• Serving as the owner's design authority, setting the electrical standard that others deliver to

• Developing and maintaining the Basis of Design and reference architectures across the full power chain, from HV/MV utility intake through to rack-level power delivery

• Running rigorous design reviews at every project gate, keeping consultants honest and designs on track

• Directing and challenging electrical engineering studies including load flow, short-circuit, arc-flash, protective device coordination and earthing

• Leading the multi-discipline coordination effort, ensuring electrical, mechanical, BMS, ICT and security all work together through BIM

• Steering procurement decisions on major electrical equipment including gensets, transformers, UPS, switchgear and busway, and holding vendors to account on performance

• Getting hands-on during commissioning, from FAT/SAT through to integrated systems testing and load-bank programmes

• Translating complex tenant power requirements into compliant, commercially sound solutions for pre-sales and RFP responses

• Keeping one eye on sustainability, optimising for PUE impact, power factor, transformer and UPS efficiency without sacrificing reliability

• Building the team's electrical capability over time, providing technical mentorship to SMEs within the group

What You'll Bring

• A strong Electrical Engineering background, ideally degree-qualified or higher

• A career built in mission-critical environments where you know data centre power infrastructure inside and out, at a level where you can set the standard, not just follow it

• Expert depth across the full electrical topology including HV/MV/LV distribution, standby generation, UPS, BESS, switchgear and rack power, backed by hands-on delivery experience

• The analytical confidence to specify, challenge and validate electrical studies produced by others, with familiarity with tools such as ETAP or SKM

• Experience on the owner or client side, directing consultants and vendors rather than working for them

• Solid BIM coordination experience and a working command of the codes that govern this space including IEC, IEEE, NFPA, Uptime Institute and TIA-942

• The communication skills to hold a room, whether in a design review, a vendor negotiation or a customer conversation

• A practical mindset that is rigorous on the detail but always keeps the buildable, operable outcome in view

What's On Offer

• Competitive salary and benefits

• Wellbeing support and genuine work-life balance

• Real investment in your professional development

• The chance to set the electrical design standard for a major hyperscale build, within a global group with serious momentum behind it

If you want to own the electrical standard on one of the most ambitious data centre builds in the region, we would love to hear from you.

Ready to make an impact? Apply now.