Principal Electrical Engineer – Data Centres

Location: London, UK (Hybrid)

Employment Type: Permanent

We are supporting a leading engineering consultancy in the appointment of a Principal Electrical Engineer to join their established and growing Data Centre team in the UK. This is a senior technical and leadership role, suited to an experienced electrical engineer with a strong background in mission‑critical environments.

The Role

You will take a lead role in the delivery of complex data centre projects, acting as a senior technical authority while managing and developing multi-disciplinary MEP teams. This position offers significant influence over design strategy, technical standards, and project execution.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead electrical design across large-scale data centre projects from early concept through detailed design and delivery
• Act as the principal electrical authority on mission‑critical infrastructure including HV/LV systems, UPS, generators, and redundancy strategies
• Provide leadership, mentoring, and technical oversight to MEP engineers across multiple projects
• Engage directly with clients, contractors, and internal stakeholders at senior level
• Ensure compliance with UK and international standards, codes, and industry best practice
• Support project planning, resourcing, and technical risk management
• Contribute to the ongoing development of technical standards and best practices within the data centre team

Requirements

• Degree qualified in Electrical Engineering or a related discipline
• Strong, demonstrable experience delivering electrical designs for data centres or other mission‑critical facilities
• Proven experience leading and managing MEP or multi‑disciplinary engineering teams
• In‑depth knowledge of critical power infrastructure and resilience strategies
• Chartered Engineer or working towards Chartership (IET or equivalent) preferred
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills

Package

• Salary range £95,000 – £110,000, dependent on experience
• Opportunity to work on complex, high‑profile data centre developments
• Clear career progression within a growing specialist data centre team

If you're interested in discussing this position further, please apply with your CV and I will be in touch. Otherwise, you can email me directly at Jake.edwards@g2recruitment.com.