Technical Director Electrical Engineering

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About Vantage Data Centers Vantage Data Centers powers, cools, protects and connects the technology of the world's well-known hyperscalers, cloud providers and large enterprises. Developing and operating across North America, EMEA and Asia Pacific, Vantage has evolved data center design in innovative ways to deliver dramatic gains in reliability, efficiency and sustainability in flexible environments that can scale as quickly as the market demands. About Vantage Data Centers Vantage Data Centers designs, builds, and operates mission-critical digital infrastructure for the world's leading hyperscalers, cloud providers, and AI platforms. Operating across North America, EMEA, and APAC, Vantage delivers scalable, high-performance data center solutions with a focus on reliability, speed to market, operational resilience, and long-term asset value. As demand for AI-ready infrastructure, high-density compute environments, and resilient digital platforms accelerates across EMEA, Vantage continues to expand and evolve its engineering capability to support increasingly complex mission-critical infrastructure systems. The Mission Critical Engineering (MCE) team acts as the technical authority within the CTO function, responsible for engineering assurance, technical governance, reference design integrity, resilience validation, engineering leadership across major programmes, and engineering excellence throughout the EMEA portfolio. Position Overview The Technical Director, Electrical Engineering - Mission Critical Engineering, EMEA is a senior engineering leadership role within the CTO organisation, responsible for technical authority, engineering excellence, electrical design governance, leadership of electrical engineering teams across complex mission-critical data centre programmes, and engineering assurance across Vantage's EMEA data centre portfolio. Reporting directly to the Vice President, Mission Critical Engineering, EMEA, this role provides technical leadership across complex mission-critical infrastructure projects spanning hyperscale, colocation, AI, and high-density compute deployments. The role acts as a senior subject matter expert (SME), and a technical lead on DC projects, for electrical engineering systems across the full project lifecycle, from concept planning and reference design through detailed engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, operational readiness, and technical optimisation. This is not simply a project engineering role. It is a portfolio-level technical leadership position responsible for protecting engineering integrity, ensuring technical consistency, managing engineering risk, supporting product deployment, and continuously improving the resilience and performance of the Vantage EMEA platform. The role combines technical leadership, team development, engineering governance, customer engagement, delivery oversight, and strategic growth within a high-performing engineering environment. Role Purpose The Technical Director, Electrical Engineering - Mission Critical Engineering, EMEA is responsible for ensuring the technical quality, robustness, resilience, constructability, operational integrity, and engineering compliance of electrical systems deployed across the EMEA portfolio, aligned with Vantage product standards, engineering governance requirements, customer commitments, and operational objectives. The role acts as a senior technical authority across complex data centre projects from concept through detailed design, construction, commissioning, and operational handover. The role provides leadership across: - HV/MV/LV electrical infrastructure - Utility interfaces and substations - Standby generation systems - UPS systems and critical power architectures - Power distribution systems - Earthing and bonding systems - Protection coordination and system studies - Electrical resilience and redundancy strategies - Power system integration and operational reliability - Electrical design standards and engineering governance - Product deployment support and reference design integrity - Electrical Centres of Excellence, providing R&D and technical input into product evolution and platform development - Engagement with suppliers and manufacturers to determine suitable technical fit, equipment selection, product applicability, and deployment strategy - Test fit electrical design reviews and validation activities - Build Cost Optimisation (BCO) and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) assessments relating to electrical systems and infrastructure strategies - Electrical energy efficiency analysis, modelling, and optimisation initiatives - Best-practice sustainable electrical engineering design principles across mission-critical infrastructure environments - Technical assessment of emerging electrical technologies supporting AI-ready, high-density, and next-generation compute environments - Technical alignment between Mission Critical Engineering, Product, Delivery, Operations, and Proc

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