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Job Description

Senior Technical Engineering Manager

A leading developer and operator of advanced, AI-focused data centres is expanding its technical operations function and seeking a Senior Technical Engineering Manager to play a key role in the leadership of its Data Centre estate.

With a hyperscale-inspired, industrial-scale platform, the business provides cutting-edge, sustainable and highly secure environments for some of the world’s most demanding compute requirements. The Operations function owns the 24/7 live environment, ensuring the resilience of all critical infrastructure — from power and cooling to fire systems, cabling, maintenance, compliance and capacity planning. Working closely with every function, the team drives reliability, governance, customer confidence and 100% uptime.

We’re now looking for a senior technical leader to help shape the next phase of operational excellence.

The Role

As Senior Technical Engineering Manager, you will be the principal technical authority for all mechanical and electrical systems across the data centre estate. Supporting the Operations Director, you will provide leadership, governance and strategic direction across Data Centre Operations and the Integrated Facilities Management (IFM) partner.

This role will see you:

Safeguard the resilience, reliability and efficiency of critical infrastructure supporting 24/7/365 operations

Provide strong technical leadership across multi-disciplinary teams, driving capability, performance and continuous improvement

Partner with the outsourced engineering provider to deliver best-in-class uptime and engineering standards

Oversee capital and operational budgets, ensuring value, lifecycle planning and cost optimisation

Help shape the operational strategy across multiple facilities, aligned with future growth and industry best practice

Lead operational reporting, SLA/KPI performance, metrics and incident management

Ensure compliance, quality, safety and operational readiness at all times

Act as a senior escalation point during major incidents, ensuring calm, clarity and customer assurance

Contribute to strategic projects, risk mitigation and service improvement initiatives

This is a senior, visible position within a growing platform, with significant influence over operational direction and engineering excellence.

Who We’re Looking For

You’ll thrive here if you bring:

Strong Mechanical & Electrical qualifications and training

Senior leadership experience within Data Centre M&E environments

Strong background in data centre operations, IFM/outsourcing or large-scale technical service

Experience supporting major enterprise or hyperscale clients

Proven success driving operational excellence and customer satisfaction

P&L awareness and strong budget management capability

Deep understanding of critical infrastructure across multiple sites

A collaborative, customer-focused leadership style

Strong organisational, communication and stakeholder management skills

If you’re passionate about engineering quality, operational resilience and continuous improvement, this is a role where you can have real impact.

What’s on Offer

Work at the forefront of AI and high-performance computing infrastructure

A growing platform with meaningful opportunities for development

Collaborative, supportive culture with a strong focus on excellence

Private Medical (including dental & optical), Pension, Life Assurance & Income Protection

Enhanced parental leave

EV salary sacrifice scheme, volunteering days, mental health support and more

25 days annual leave + UK bank holidays

If interested click to apply or drop an email to ben.palmer@dataxconnect.com

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