Director of Engineering – Data Centre EPC

About the role

We are seeking a heavyweight Technical Engineering Director to lead our Data Centre business unit. As a premier EPC contractor, we deliver complex, hyper‑scale data centre projects from concept through to final handover. The role demands a seasoned engineering authority with at least 20 years of experience in turnkey, mission‑critical infrastructure.

Key responsibilities

• Serve as the ultimate technical authority, guaranteeing design robustness, scalability and Uptime Tier compliance.
• Oversee the full project lifecycle – from FEED and detailed MEP/CSA design to procurement, construction and Integrated Systems Testing.
• Drive value engineering initiatives, promoting modular construction, cost optimisation and schedule compression.
• Mentor and scale a multidisciplinary engineering team while acting as the primary technical interface for hyper‑scale clients and major vendors.
• Lead constructability reviews, HAZOP studies and technical risk assessments to pre‑empt execution bottlenecks.

Required profile

• Minimum 20 years of experience delivering greenfield data centre projects within an EPC environment.
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Mechanical or Civil Engineering; Master’s/MBA preferred.
• Professional/Chartered Engineer status (PE/CEng); Uptime Institute ATD/ATS certification highly desirable.

Required skills

• High‑voltage (HV) and medium‑voltage (MV) power systems.
• UPS and DRUPS technologies.
• Advanced cooling solutions – chilled water and direct‑to‑chip.
• Building Management System (BMS) and Energy Performance Monitoring System (EPMS).
• FEED, detailed MEP and CSA design expertise.
• Value engineering, modular construction and cost optimisation.
• Constructability reviews, HAZOP studies and technical risk assessment.
• EPC contract structures, CAPEX drivers and large‑scale vendor management.