Data Centre Delivery Lead

Join our dynamic and multidisciplinary team working with Data Centre clients across both Hyperscale and Colocation and also Enterprise on projects across the UK Europe and globally. These projects are led from our specialist data centre team based in the UK in conjunction with our local teams across Europe who ensure localisation and permitting delivery but also other global design teams providing resource and capability to the projects.

We are seeking a senior leader with a strong technical background in the Data Centre sector to act as Delivery Lead at Director level combining client leadership largescale team leadership and multiregional delivery accountability.

In this role you will have overall responsibility for the design leadership and delivery of multiple Data Centre programmes ensuring consistently high standards of technical quality commercial performance and client satisfaction across a global portfolio.

Youll drive technical excellence manage delivery teams and ensure projects are completed on time on budget and to the highest standard.

Youll have the platform to influence lead and shape the future of AECOMs data centre delivery capability at a senior level.

The location of the role is flexible within the UK / Ireland however it will be important that it is local to one of our hubs of expertise London Dublin Manchester and the role will require travel within the UK&I and Europe.

Ideally you will live locally to an office or be willing to relocate.

Heres what youll do:

• Lead and manage the UK & Ireland Data Centre delivery organisation providing leadership direction and development for a team of 100 professionals across architectural engineering and specialist disciplines
• Accountable for the endtoend design process and delivery of multiple Data Centre projects for key clients across the UK Europe and globally from early concept through detailed design and construction support
• Lead a portfolio of data centre projects from a delivery technical and commercial standpoint
• Act as the senior delivery and escalation lead for highprofile Data Centre clients maintaining trusted longterm relationships at executive and director level
• Provide overall technical commercial and operational leadership across a portfolio of programmes ensuring projects are delivered safely on time on budget and to the highest quality standards
• Coordinate bids and supplier requests ensuring seamless collaboration across disciplines
• Chair strategic meetings lead financial reviews and report key metrics to senior leadership
• Ensure consistency and quality across all deliverables managing resource allocation and resolving technical issues proactively

Who Were Looking For:

• A Chartered Engineer or equivalent with a strong technical background in the data centre sector
• Proven experience leading large multidisciplinary delivery teams and complex Data Centre programmes
• A confident communicator and relationship builder who can lead client interactions at director level
• Commercially savvy with experience managing risk governance and profitability
• Willing to travel across UK&I and Europe as required

Qualifications :

• In-depth understanding of building systems regulations contracts and construction types
• Familiarity with Revit Microsoft Office and collaborative digital platforms
• Strong knowledge of design workflows and managing fast-paced project environments
• A valid driving licence and proven ability to manage competing priorities

Additional Information :

At AECOM we are committed to maintaining a secure and trustworthy recruitment process and take any fraudulent hiring activity seriously. To support this commitment all newly hired employees are required to attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location as a condition of employment.

About AECOM

AECOM is the worlds trusted infrastructure consulting firm delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle from advisory planning design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation buildings water new energy and the environment our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise a culture of equity diversity and inclusion and a commitment to environmental social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity 

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether youre working from an AECOM office remote location or at a client site you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. Were the worlds trusted global infrastructure firm and were in this together your growth and success are ours too.

Join us and youll get all the benefits of being a part of a global publicly traded firm access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer we believe in each persons potential and well help you reach yours.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long-term condition who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Please let us know using this email address   if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time