Permanent Electrical Project Manager - Data Centres

Electrical Project Manager – £75,000–£80,000 + package London (Dagenham & East India Docks) | Data centre campus We’re hiring a delivery-focused Electrical Project Manager to run critical power and fit-out packages across a live data-centre campus. Pace, coordination and clean handovers are the brief. What you’ll run day-to-day (Electrical PM) * Programme & sequencing: two- to four-week look-aheads, area drops and access planning; coordinate risers, plant lifts, deliveries and energisation windows. * Subcontractor leadership: chair progress/coordination meetings; set production targets; track labour, materials and off-site manufacture to hit milestones. * Quality control: ITPs, hold/witness points, snag prevention, red-lines/as-builts; verify schedules, protection settings and asset registers match install. * Technical admin: submittals/samples, long-lead trackers, O&M data capture and closure of technical queries; accurate monthly reports/forecasts to upstream leadership. * Health & Safety: RAMS reviews, permits (hot works/WAH), daily briefings/TBTs, housekeeping in congested voids/risers; CDM and environmental compliance. * Commissioning management: author and drive the Cx plan; pre-commissioning checks, functional testing, BMS IO/alarms/graphics; orchestrate black-building tests and client witnessing to PC, then seasonal commissioning. What you know cold * Mission-critical electrical infrastructure in live environments: UPS, LV switchgear, busbar, distribution, monitoring and controls. * Data-centre delivery constraints: uptime, staged energisations, access controls and zero-defect handover culture. * UK compliance and best practice for safety, quality and environmental management. * Tools & reporting: look-aheads, QA and commissioning trackers; confident with common planning/office platforms. What you’ll need * Strong electrical building-services background delivering data centres/critical facilities for main or specialist M&E contractors. * Clear, steady leadership; able to unblock issues quickly on site and keep multiple workfronts moving. * Evidence of driving trades to programme with clean QA and commissioning outcomes. Why you’ll want to work here * Employee-owned culture: participation in an Employee Ownership Trust after 12 months, aligning everyone to long-term success. * Integrated delivery: principal-contractor management with in-house trades for faster decisions and smoother interfaces on live projects. * Critical-environment pedigree: established teams built around uptime, compliance and safe changeovers on complex campuses. * Safety first: mature health, safety and environmental systems that go beyond minimum standards. * Stable, certified and established: long UK footprint with robust quality, environmental and safety management systems. Package & basics £75,000–£80,000 + comprehensive package (private healthcare, dental, life insurance, pension, EOT eligibility after 12 months, service awards, retail trade discounts; overtime payable by agreement). Apply This role is live now so apply now and we will be in touch