Director of Engineering
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LOBA GROUP seeks a seasoned Technical Engineering Director to lead a Data Centre business unit. The role requires 20+ years of experience executing turnkey, mission-critical infrastructure projects.
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Responsibilities
- Serve as the ultimate engineering leader, ensuring design robustness, scalability, and Uptime Tier compliance across all projects
- Oversee the full project lifecycle: from FEED and detailed MEP/CSA design to procurement support, construction, and final Integrated Systems Testing (IST)
- Drive modular construction, cost optimization, and schedule compression without compromising quality
- 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
Requirements
- Minimum 20 years of experience delivering greenfield data centre projects from inception to client handover within an EPC environment
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, or Civil Engineering
- Professional/Chartered Engineer (PE/CEng) status
- Deep knowledge of HV/MV power, UPS/DRUPS, advanced cooling, and BMS/EPMS
- Strong understanding of turnkey contract structures, CAPEX drivers, and large scale vendor management
- Master's/MBA preferred
- Uptime Institute ATD/ATS certification highly desirable
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Overview
- We are seeking a heavyweight Technical Engineering Director to lead a Data Centre business unit. As a premier EPC contractor, they deliver complex, hyper scale data centre projects from concept to final handover. This role requires a seasoned engineering authority with no less than 20 years of exper
Key Responsibilities
- Technical Authority: Serve as the ultimate engineering leader, ensuring design robustness, scalability, and Uptime Tier compliance across all projects
- End to End Execution: Oversee the full project lifecycle: from FEED and detailed MEP/CSA design to procurement support, construction, and final Integrated Systems Testing (IST)
- Value Engineering: Drive modular construction, cost optimization, and schedule compression without compromising quality
- Team Leadership: Mentor and scale a multidisciplinary engineering team while acting as the primary technical interface for hyper scale clients and major vendors
- Risk Management: Lead constructability reviews, HAZOP studies, and technical risk assessments to pre empt execution bottlenecks
Required Qualifications & Experience
- Minimum 20 years of experience with a proven track record of delivering greenfield data centre projects from inception to client handover within an EPC environment
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Mechanical, or Civil Engineering (Master’s/MBA preferred)
- Credentials: Professional/Chartered Engineer (PE/CEng) status. Uptime Institute ATD/ATS certification is highly desirable
- Technical Mastery: Deep knowledge of HV/MV power, UPS/DRUPS, advanced cooling (chilled water, direct to chip), and BMS/EPMS
- EPC Acumen: Strong understanding of turnkey contract structures, CAPEX drivers, and large scale vendor management
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