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Design & Engineering Lead (Electrical - Data Centres) - London

Eaton 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

Full-time

Lead electrical design for data centre projects from concept through detailed design, construction support, and closeout, while providing hands-on technical leadership and reviewing design deliverables. Coordinate engineers and multidisciplinary teams, guide customer-facing technical decisions, and support site visits, value engineering, quality standards, and successful project delivery.

Responsibilities

  • Lead electrical design for data centre projects from concept through detailed design, construction support, and closeout, while providing hands-on technical leadership and reviewing design deliverables. Coordinate engineers and multidisciplinary teams, guide customer-facing technical decisions, and support site visits, value engineering, quality standards, and successful project delivery.

Requirements

  • Requires a BSc or MSc in Electrical Engineering and 5–8 years of electrical design experience, ideally in power distribution, critical infrastructure, or related environments. Candidates should have experience with medium- and low-voltage distribution, transformers, UPS systems, and standby generation, along with strong technical, customer-facing, communication, and stakeholder-management skills; AutoCAD and Revit are advantageous but not essential.

Benefits

  • Competitive Compensation
  • Flexible Working Solutions
  • Learning And Development Opportunities
  • Health And Safety Support

Key Skills

Electrical design Data centre power distribution Medium voltage Low voltage Transformers UPS systems Standby generation AutoCAD Revit Project leadership Stakeholder management Customer‑facing communication Value engineering Quality assurance Site visit coordination Technical documentation Team coordination Problem solving BSc Electrical Engineering MSc Electrical Engineering

About Eaton

Eaton is an intelligent power management company dedicated to improving the quality of life and protecting the environment for people everywhere. We are guided by our commitment to do business right, to operate sustainably and to help our customers manage power ─ today and well into the future. By capitalizing on the global growth trends of electrification and digitalization, we’re accelerating the planet’s transition to renewable energy and helping to solve the world’s most urgent power management challenges. Eaton is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Eaton is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons regardless of an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by law.

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