Associate Electrical Director: Data Centres

AECOM
Liverpool
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Executive & General ManagementSkills: ["Leadership","Mentoring","Client communication","Work-winning","Commercial acumen"]

Lead electrical design and delivery for data centre projects across the feasibility-to-handover lifecycle, including power architectures and protection systems. Drive technical excellence, quality, and mentoring for a team of electrical experts across the UK, partnering with colleagues across EMEA. Own power systems studies and resilience features, integrate monitoring and controls, embed decarbonization strategies, assure standards compliance, and coordinate multi-disciplinary interfaces to win and deliver low‑carbon outcomes.

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Associate Electrical Director: Data Centres

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Job Summary

Lead electrical design and delivery for data centre projects across the feasibility-to-handover lifecycle, including power architectures and protection systems. Drive technical excellence, quality, and mentoring for a team of electrical experts across the UK, partnering with colleagues across EMEA. Own power systems studies and resilience features, integrate monitoring and controls, embed decarbonization strategies, assure standards compliance, and coordinate multi-disciplinary interfaces to win and deliver low‑carbon outcomes.
Location: Liverpool
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Executive & General Management
Seniority: Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own electrical design across feasibility, concept, scheme, and detailed design through procurement support, construction, commissioning, and handover.
  • •Define and validate power architectures, including utility intake, MV/LV distribution, UPS topologies, generators, switchgear, PDUs, STS, busway, earthing, and lighting.
  • •Lead power systems studies and protection design (load flow, short circuit, protection coordination, arc-flash, harmonic analysis) using ETAP/SKM.
  • •Integrate monitoring and controls (BMS/EPMS/SCADA), metering strategies, and resilience features aligned to availability objectives (e.g., Tier II–IV).
  • •Embed decarbonization and energy efficiency strategies and assure compliance with applicable standards and codes while coordinating multi-disciplinary interfaces.

Key Requirements

  • •Hyperscale and/or multi-site program experience, including fast-track and design-build environments.
  • •Strong background delivering electrical project work across data centres and mission critical environments.
  • •Proven experience leading data centre project work streams in the UK and preferably across EMEA.
  • •Demonstrable client-facing and work-winning experience with strong commercial acumen and experience managing project financials.
  • •Able to provide excellent team leadership and development, with strong written and verbal communication skills.
Experience:Data centresMission critical environmentsTechnical deliveryBusiness development
Skills:LeadershipMentoringClient communicationWork-winningCommercial acumen
Languages:English
Tech Stack:ETAPSKMBMSEPMSSCADA

Company Brief

AECOM
AECOM is a global infrastructure firm providing design, consulting, construction, and management services across transportation, buildings, water, environment, and energy sectors, delivering large-scale projects for public- and private-sector clients worldwide.
Industry: Civil Engineering
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Los Angeles, United States
Founded: 1990
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