Technical & Engineering Director – Data Centers
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Power International Holding seeks a senior engineering director to lead data center projects from design through handover. The role oversees multi-disciplinary teams across power, cooling, civil, and ICT systems, ensuring hyperscale and colocation standards.
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Responsibilities
- Lead multi disciplinary engineering teams across power, cooling, civil/structural, and ICT disciplines
- Own technical standards and design basis documentation through to FEED
- Ensure all designs are constructable, installation logic aligned, and ready for site execution
- Manage inter discipline coordination and clash resolution using 3D plant modelling tools
- Oversee HV/MV/LV power architecture design including utility intake, MV switchgear, transformers, and LV distribution
- Manage UPS, battery storage, and generator system design and OEM interfaces
- Lead cooling system design including air side economization, chillers, air cooling, and liquid cooling for high density AI compute
- Manage civil and structural design scope including foundations, raised floor systems, data halls, and façade
- Oversee ICT infrastructure design including structured cabling, fiber backbone, and carrier neutral meet me rooms
- Engage the commissioning team from FEED stage to ensure testability and safe energization sequences are designed in
- Embed safety by design principles across all engineering disciplines and own HAZOP/HAZID planning
- Act as primary technical interface with hyperscale and colocation clients during design development
Requirements
- Degree in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, or related discipline (BEng/MEng)
- 10+ years of engineering experience in mission critical facilities or data center projects
- Demonstrated experience delivering hyperscale or large scale colocation data center projects
- Deep working knowledge of data center power architecture
- Strong cooling systems experience
- Proven ability to lead multi disciplinary design teams of 10+ engineers
- Experience with FEL/FEED driven delivery models
- Proficiency in design tools including AutoCAD, REVIT, or equivalent
- Working experience in the Middle East or comparable international markets
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Position Overview
- The Data Center Technical Manager is a senior engineering role within UCC Holding's Power & Digital delivery division.
- Responsible for end to end technical integrity of data center projects from front end definition through to construction handover.
- Ensures power, cooling, civil, and ICT systems are designed to hyperscale and colocation standards and are fully constructable and operable at commissioning.
- Works in close alignment with the COO, Data Center Executive Director and the project execution team.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead multi disciplinary engineering teams across power, cooling, civil/structural, and ICT disciplines.
- Own technical standards and design basis documentation through to FEED.
- Ensure all designs are constructable, installation logic aligned, and ready for site execution.
- Manage inter discipline coordination and clash resolution using 3D plant modelling tools (REVIT, etc.).
- Oversee HV/MV/LV power architecture design including utility intake, MV switchgear, transformers, and LV distribution.
- Manage UPS, battery storage, and generator system design and OEM interfaces.
- Ensure power redundancy models are correctly implemented, targeting AI ready campuses.
- Coordinate protection, metering, and power quality studies with specialist consultants.
- Lead cooling system design including air side economization, chillers, air cooling, and liquid cooling for high density AI compute.
- Target PUE benchmarks in line with hyperscale client requirements; industry benchmark for AI campuses is 1.2–1.4 PUE.
- Oversee plumbing, drainage, HVAC, and fire suppression system design and integration.
- Interface with energy modelling teams to validate system performance and efficiency projections.
Qualifications & Experience
- Degree in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, or a related discipline (BEng / MEng).
- 10+ years of engineering experience in mission critical facilities or data center projects.
- Demonstrated experience delivering hyperscale or large scale colocation data center projects.
- Deep working knowledge of data center power architecture.
- Strong cooling systems experience.
- Proven ability to lead multi disciplinary design teams of 10+ engineers.
- Experience with FEL/FEED driven delivery models.
- Proficiency in design tools including AutoCAD, REVIT, or equivalent.
- Working experience in the Middle East or comparable international markets.
- LEED, BREEAM, or equivalent sustainability certification experience (desirable).
- Familiarity with hyperscale client design standards (Google, Microsoft Azure, Meta, AWS, Oracle) (desirable).
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