Electrical Technical Director (Data Centres)

Job Description

RED are an expanding international M&E consultancy, with a proven track record in low energy design, focused on providing excellent design solutions to clients.\nThrough our market leading technical expertise, we enable the world’s digital infrastructure and develop the built environment whilst also helping clients realise ambitious plans for zero carbon-built environments. We cover the entire life cycle of any building project, with our broad capability offering saving our clients time, money, and effort. Our approach is centred around listening to our clients and interacting energetically with our fellow project stakeholders.

We add value with our people, client service ethos, global delivery strategy, technical ability, and attitude.\nWe now seek a fully experienced Electrical Technical Director to be based out of our London office.\nRole Responsibilities\n * Takes Team Management and leadership role in the development and design and coordination of engineering project services. Assists the Directors with Business strategy and management.\n * Reviews status advised by project personnel and external parties and modifies schedules or plans as required. Prepares project reports for Management, Client or others.\n * Develops and specifies applications of controls, instruments, and operating systems for all building engineering services purposes\n * Surveys tests and reports on existing electrical/mechanical installations\n * Fiscal and commercial management of projects to ensure they return the target margin\n * Liaising with future client prospects and general business development.\n * Represents Company at technical meetings with customers, professional teams and contractors teams\n * Carries out engineering calculations to ensure drawings meet required robust industry and legal standards\n * Hands on involvement in local office management in conjunction with other members of the senior management team\n * Support clients in tender and procurement of MEP contractors and MEP equipment.\n * Leads on the coordination of engineering services, together with hands on delivery of concept and details designs\n * Ensures risk and performance monitoring analysis takes place through effective systems of internal control and delegation\n * Mentoring and development of younger members of the engineering team\n * Hands on involvement in the sector management team in conjunction with other members of the team\n * Presenting technical papers at industry events where the opportunity arises\n * Support the delivery of projects in accordance with the expectations of the RED Project Delivery Process from a Project Management, Financial Management, QA/QC and Technical Review perspective.\nRole Requirements\n * BSc/BEng in appropriate engineering discipline/BEng General Building Services or have sufficient equivalent experience\n * MCIBSE/MIEE or HND/HNC + appropriate experience or equivalent\n * Chartered Eng status\n * Significant experience of specification design for a range of building types\n * Experience of having managed projects abroad (desirable)\n * Sound knowledge & working application of key health and safety issues and legislation\n * Appreciation & working knowledge of contract and business law\n * Knowledge of MS office applications word, excel etc\n * Ability to use IT- based calculation and spreadsheet software\n * Good understanding of BS standards/ UK regulations/codes\n * Experience and understanding of invoicing and credit control\n * Chairing/facilitation of meeting skills\n * Good understanding of international working and business operations of a global consultancy.\n * Act in an ethical manner and follow the principles of the Ethics Charter and Ethics in Practice Guidelines of the Group