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About the Role

The Technical Director, EMEA Data Centers is the senior technical authority for data center project delivery across the region, responsible for ensuring that every hyperscale, colocation, and enterprise data center engagement is delivered to a consistently high technical standard, on programme, and in line with client and regulatory requirements. The role provides hands-on technical leadership across live projects while building the technical capability, standards, and governance that underpin PDS's data center practice in EMEA.

Responsibilities

Own and continuously develop PDS's EMEA data center technical delivery framework, covering design review, commissioning, and handover standards
Act as the senior technical escalation point for complex engineering, MEP, and construction issues across the regional project portfolio
Set and enforce minimum technical governance standards for all data center projects, including design stage gates and quality assurance protocols
Represent PDS in technical forums, industry bodies, and standards groups relevant to hyperscale and colocation infrastructure
Provide direct technical oversight on the region's most complex or highest-value data center projects, from feasibility through to commissioning and energization
Partner with Project Directors to identify and resolve programme, cost, and technical risk before it impacts delivery
Drive consistent application of project controls, risk registers, and technical documentation across all markets
Support recovery planning and remediation on any project falling outside agreed technical or programme tolerances
Build and maintain trusted technical relationships with client engineering, construction, and operations leadership at key hyperscale and colocation accounts
Support the EMEA Head of Data Centers in technical input to pursuits, proposals, and framework negotiations
Lead technical due diligence and lessons-learned reviews with clients following project completion
Maintain deep, current expertise in hyperscale and colocation data center design, construction, and commissioning methodologies
Track emerging technical requirements driven by AI infrastructure, high-density cooling, and power availability constraints across EMEA markets
Provide guidance on jurisdiction-specific regulatory, planning, and grid-connection considerations across core EMEA markets
Champion adoption of the Ingenious platform and other digital delivery tools across data center projects to improve programme visibility and reporting
Identify and pilot new technologies, methods, or delivery models that improve speed-to-energization or reduce delivery risk
Partner with clients on innovation initiatives that create measurable technical or commercial value
Ensure all data center projects meet JLL and client HSSE requirements, with zero tolerance for critical safety non-compliance
Own technical risk reporting into regional governance forums, flagging material issues to the EMEA Head of Data Centers and EMEA Head of Operations
Ensure commissioning and handover documentation meets both client and regulatory audit requirements
Build technical capability across country delivery teams through mentoring, training, and structured knowledge-sharing
Support recruitment and development of senior technical talent for the EMEA data center practice
Establish and lead a data center technical community of practice across EMEA markets

Requirements

Degree-qualified in engineering, construction management, or a related technical discipline; chartered status (e.g. MRICS, CEng) preferred
15+ years' experience in data center design, construction, or project delivery, including significant hyperscale or colocation experience
Proven track record leading complex, multi-disciplinary technical delivery across multiple EMEA jurisdictions
Strong working knowledge of MEP systems, commissioning processes, and data center operational requirements
Experience engaging directly with hyperscale or colocation client technical and engineering leadership
Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the credibility to influence both client and internal senior leadership
Fluent English; additional European language capability an advantage
Willingness to travel extensively across EMEA markets

Skills

Data center design
Data center construction
Project delivery
Hyperscale data center experience
Colocation data center experience
MEP systems
Commissioning processes
Data center operational requirements
Stakeholder management
Technical leadership
AI infrastructure
High-density cooling
Power availability
Digital delivery tools
Risk management
HSSE compliance

Location

London, GBR

Work Type

On-site

Experience Level

15+ years' experience
Senior technical authority

Education Level

Degree-qualified in engineering, construction management, or a related technical discipline
Chartered status preferred

About the Company

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