Associate Electrical Director: Data Centres
AECOM
In this role you will lead electrical design and power systems delivery for hyperscale data center projects, shaping resilient, low-carbon solutions. You’ll mentor teams, drive technical excellence, and win work while coordinating with multidisciplinary teams across the UK, EMEA, and globally. You’ll partner with clients to deliver efficient, standards-compliant designs that support scalable digital infrastructure and sustainability goals. This is a hands-on leadership role at a global firm with a strong focus on decarbonization and technology-enabled delivery.
Pay / Benefits- hybrid work options
- competitive compensation and well-being programs
- global, multinational firm environment
- access to industry-leading technology and thinking
- transformational work with big impact
- equal opportunity employer
- Own electrical design across all design stages and through handover
- Define power architectures including utility intake, MV/LV distribution, UPS, generators, and switchgear
- Lead power systems studies and protection design using ETAP/SKM
- Integrate monitoring and controls (BMS/EPMS/SCADA) and metering for resilience
- Embed decarbonization and energy efficiency features (high-efficiency UPS, on-site renewables)
- Ensure compliance with IEC/BS/EN and NEC/NFPA standards and AECOM procedures
- Coordinate multidisciplinary interfaces to deliver integrated designs
- Hyperscale and/or multi-site program experience in fast-track or design-build environments
- Strong background delivering electrical projects for Data Centres and mission-critical environments
- Proven leadership of DC project work streams in UK and ideally across Europe, Middle East, and Africa
- Demonstrated client-facing and business development capabilities
- Excellent team leadership and development skills
- Knowledge of mechanical design interfaces with data centre electrical systems
- Strong commercial acumen and project financial management experience
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- team leadership
- client facing
- clear communication
- ETAP
- SKM
- Power distribution design (MV/LV, UPS, generators)
Reference: WJ-747_30184530