Associate / Senior Associate Electrical Engineer (Data Centres and Mission Critical)

We have an exciting opportunity for an Associate / Senior Associate Electrical Engineer to join our Data Centre & Mission Critical (MCDC) team at Hoare Lea.

Data centres are central to the modern economy and the technology that powers them is evolving rapidly. Our Mission Critical team helps clients navigate these changing requirements. At Hoare Lea you’ll gain a truly unique experience working across the full spectrum of the data-centre sector.

You’ll work across complex live plant upgrades, grey and white space in facilities, electrical design, critical engineering, and due-diligence reviews of existing facilities. Projects span mainly in the UK, but also across Ireland and Europe.

You will join a collaborative, knowledgeable and highly engaged team with a positive, supportive and flexible culture. Working alongside the Project Leader, you will engage directly with clients, develop designs and produce reports, specifications and guidance, and support testing and commissioning activities to deliver consistent, high-quality outcomes.

In this key and varied role, you will:

Lead electrical design delivery for data centre and mission-critical projects.

Act as a senior client-facing engineer.

Coordinate multidisciplinary inputs to deliver integrated building and campus solutions.

Prepare and review design deliverables, specifications and technical reports.

Provide pragmatic technical input during early-stage site appraisals, masterplanning and test-fit studies.

Oversee testing, commissioning and handover activities.

Support monitoring of fee expenditure, resource allocation and project delivery.

Mentor and develop next-gen professionals.

To be successful in this role you’ll need:

Proven experience as an Electrical Engineer delivering Mission Critical and Data Centre projects.

Experience with Revit, BIM workflows and electrical design tools.

Demonstrable client-facing consultancy experience.

Strong technical judgement and a collaborative mindset.

Experience mentoring and supporting others.

Mission critical and data centre engineering across new-build, live operational upgrades, technical due diligence, feasibility studies and test fits.

Large-scale, multi-megawatt data centre developments.

Hyperscale, colocation and enterprise/research environments.

Early-stage site appraisal, masterplanning and test-fit studies.

Critical power and cooling infrastructure.

Resilience and uptime design thinking.

High-density and AI-ready infrastructure.

Live operational environments and phased upgrades.

Campus-scale developments and multidisciplinary coordination.

Energy efficiency and sustainability in mission-critical design.

Experience working across the UK; international experience is desirable.

If there are adjustments or accommodations that we can put in place to help you participate and give your best at any stage of the recruitment process (whether relating to disability, neurodivergence or anything else) please let us know.

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