Data Centre Engineering Manager - Denmark (UK Based)

Engineering Manager

As the Engineering Manager, you will lead the design and engineering of multiple concurrent data centre projects across France.

You’ll implement Verne’s Design & Engineering standards, manage challenging deliverables against aggressive project expectations, always within budget and on time.

You will be a senior member of the Verne Engineering team, reporting to the Head of Design & Product Development.

What you’ll do;

• Make the engineering decisions that enable our customers to succeed.


• Apply the Project Engineering Strategy at all phases of the project lifecycle.


• Strategic Brief: Manage test-fit exercises, applying the Verne reference design and any site specific constraints to maximise yield. Technical contributions to permitting matrices, path to power, connectivity and other key technical deliverables.


• Permitting Design: Responsible technical land due diligence and permit design deliverables set and driving the team toward a fully compliant design.


• Procurement Design: Incorporating market and buildability constraints with an emphasis on value engineering and predicable delivery.


• Manufacturing & Construction: Inspection of installations against the Plan of Record in partnership with the development team, acting as technical point of contact. Technical approver of variations.


• Commissioning: Review that scripts adequately describe commissioning activities which demonstrate system design objectives. Witness commissioning.


• Handover: Verify as-builts and all technical documentation adequately describes the facility in a manner that Operations can guarantee uptime.

How you’ll do it:

• Direct and oversee Professional Consultants (Architects, Engineers), Equipment Supplier technical teams and specialist contractor technical teams.


• Work in partnership with Project Engineering lead to address project specific requirements.


• Appoint specialist consultants or suppliers as necessary to achieve specified deliverables.


• Review consultant and supplier technical deliverables for adherence to Verne design & engineering standards.


• Contribute lessons learned and key breakthroughs to Verne design & engineering program continuous improvement.


• Host page turn meetings, review all technical deliverables by the Client Team.


• Develop and maintain vendor relationships (Suppliers, Consultants, Engineers, Architects) to maintain cost-effective services for Verne projects.


• Approve consultant invoices.


• Ensure project engineering reports and progress aligns with Verne Engineering overarching requirements.


• Present the design, design deviations, value engineering report and quality assurance report at the conclusion of each stage gate.

What you’ll need

• Bachelors in Engineering or a physical sciences


• 5+ years experience in a hands-on design role (e.g. performing calculations, authoring specifications and drawing sets as a consultant, or as an in-house engineer for a design build contractor)


• 3+ years in a project delivery capacity (e.g. accountable for managing a schedule of deliverables for technically complex projects)


• Excellence in bringing a team together to deliver


• Degree-level subject matter expertise in at least one Data Centre related technical discipline (e.g. electrical distribution, critical cooling, mission critical controls)


• Comfort and familiarity with directing all other technical disciplines and holding individual engineers to account, including general building services engineering.


• Comfort in managing a budget, financial acumen to liaise with finance and to drive cost effectiveness from our professional services supply chain.