MEP Project Director - Data Centres

Lead MEP Project Director – Hyperscale Data Centre - EU PASSPORT HOLDERS ONLY

Location: Sites across Mainland Europe

Sector: Data Centres / Mission Critical

Type: Permanent

The Opportunity

We are looking for an experienced MEP Project Director to lead the MEP delivery of a major hyperscale data centre projects across Mainland Europe.

This is a senior leadership position with overall responsibility for the successful delivery of the MEP scope, covering programme, commercial performance, quality, health & safety, commissioning and stakeholder management from pre-construction through to completion.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the MEP delivery team throughout the project lifecycle.
• Take overall accountability for MEP delivery, programme, quality, safety and commissioning .
• Manage relationships with the client, consultants, trade contractors and wider project teams.
• Lead MEP input into tendering, procurement and technical/commercial strategy .
• Oversee specialist MEP packages, contracts, budgets, change and value engineering.
• Lead design reviews, ensuring coordination, compliance and buildability.
• Develop and manage delivery strategies, sequencing, logistics, interfaces and key project milestones.
• Lead commissioning strategy, including IST, ATPs, BMS/Cause & Effect and Soft Landings .
• Identify programme, technical and commercial risks and implement mitigation strategies.
• Oversee quality assurance, commissioning, handover and close-out.
• Lead large multidisciplinary teams and senior direct reports.
• Drive performance, technical development and continuous improvement.

Experience Required

We're looking for someone with:

• Significant senior-level MEP / Building Services project delivery experience .
• Proven experience delivering hyperscale or mission-critical data centre projects .
• Experience managing projects with £50m+ MEP value .
• Strong knowledge of mechanical and electrical building services and critical engineering systems.
• Experience across the full project lifecycle: tender/pre-construction → design → procurement → construction → commissioning → handover .
• Strong understanding of programme management, critical path, sequencing and construction interfaces.
• Strong commercial understanding covering procurement, contracts, change, forecasting, risk and cost control.
• Proven commissioning experience, ideally including IST, ATPs, BMS and Cause & Effect .
• Experience leading large MEP teams and senior stakeholders.
• Strong client-facing and communication skills.
• Relevant engineering/building services qualification such as HNC, HND, BTEC or equivalent .
• SMSTS and CSCS .

Desirable

• Degree or Masters in Engineering.
• CIBSE, IET, IMechE or SoPHE membership.
• Experience across multiple technical disciplines or sectors.
• Strong experience with prefabrication/modularisation and modern methods of construction.

The Ideal Background

The ideal candidate will be a senior MEP leader rather than simply a project manager — someone who has personally owned major MEP delivery on hyperscale data centres and can confidently lead technical, commercial, programme, commissioning and stakeholder requirements at Project Director level.