Senior Technical Manager and Technical Managers

A leading global provider of integrated facilities and corporate real estate management, along with data centre operations maintenance, is recruiting several key positions: Senior Technical Manager and Technical Manager to join their Critical Engineering and Data Centre Operations Division. The successful candidate will demonstrate technical leadership through a risk‑focused approach.

The positions of Senior Data Centre Technical Manager and Technical Manager are key to the technical operations of the portfolio of campus and its infrastructure. Working closely with the technical team, the Technical Director, Senior Technical Manager and Technical Manager roles act as an extension of the senior technical team, serve as a focal point for queries and ensure continued delivery of outstanding technical service to our client.

The technical reference point will complete necessary permits to ensure compliance with method statements, risk assessments, supplier health and safety procedures. The manager will ensure that the conduct of any personnel under their control is safe, professional and conscientious. In the event of breaches, incidents or accidents, the manager must conduct investigations and complete reports. The manager will also attend site meetings with the client.

Both the Senior Technical Manager and the Technical Manager will play a key role in ensuring training requirements within the data centre are met and that engineers are either trained or in training to maintain the highest engineering standards. Ideally, both candidates will be electrically biased with a broad understanding of mechanical / air conditioning and all systems within a critical environment.

The Technical Manager, supported by the Senior Technical Manager, will be responsible for ensuring all technical paperwork is created and approved to a high standard, including safety programmes, risk assessments and switching schedules. The Technical Manager will also become a Senior Authorised Person for HV / LV and confined spaces, training and appointing authorised persons and conducting annual reviews.

• Able to manage own time and allocate work to other team members.
• Able to manage cost related to delivery of maintenance activities (specialist and self‑perform).
• Ensuring all client services, computer rooms, data networks, manufacturing and revenue‑earning services meet client requirements or appropriate SLAs.
• Provide technical management reports as required.
• Provide technical support and leadership to the building engineers.
• Form part of the escalation chain for any unforeseen incidents and site issues, in and out of hours – providing technical support and leadership.
• Support critical environment‑related technical audits.
• Ensure all critical related engineering maintenance documentation/records are kept in clearly identified and retrievable systems.
• Advise the Facilities Management Team of changes in critical environment requirements.
• Plan statutory compliance maintenance and testing, and report as required the statutory compliance audit report to the Technical Services Supervisor.
• Ensure maintenance is conducted in line with Facilities Engineering Contractor H&S procedures, using the permit‑to‑work system where applicable and acting on improvements identified during inspections and reviews.
• Escalate urgent issues identified to the Senior Technical Manager.
• Audit the site library of technical paperwork such as switching schedules and SOPs, EOPs, MOPs.
• Ensure site training requirements and curate the site‑specific training programme under the guidance of the Campus Technical Manager.
• Provide technical sign‑off for new recruits and guide engineers’ technical development.
• Ensure Facilities Engineering Contractor platforms such as Quantum are used and maintained, keeping risk radar up to date.
• Lead cultural change daily, being an effective role model for safe working practices, compliance, quality standards and best‑practice methods.
• Contribute positively to the team effort with a can‑do attitude and raising standards.
• Develop the engineering team through coaching and mentoring on critical maintenance and operations as defined within Critical Engineering methodologies.
• Manage and supervise engineering risks through applying methodologies.
• Oversee the site engineering team in the proficient use and application of Critical Engineering Process.
• Undertake other tasks as required by the Senior Technical Manager in accordance with experience and competencies.
• Develop skills to become a Senior Authorised Person for the campus, being actively engaged in the training and appointment of HV, LV and confined space authorised persons.
• Provide technical advice to the site management teams and the client where required.
• Assist in setting up field mock drills to ensure engineers are well‑versed in incident management.
• Assist with approval from the Senior Technical Manager in the creation and curation of site‑specific processes.

We are looking for technically minded and knowledgeable candidates who have experience in mission‑critical engineering environments such as forces, production, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, nuclear, power generation, etc.