Principal Delivery Manager - Systems Integrator
- Up to £140,000 Per Year DOE
- Newcastle, Tyne & Wear, United Kingdom
- Permanent
- 100000
- Data Center
- Critical Facilities
Are you looking for an exciting new opportunity?
Join a global hyperscale data center provider delivering state-of-the-art digital infrastructure, custom data center design, and robust connectivity platforms across North America and Europe. Backed by leading global private equity, the organization powers critical operations for world-class technology companies, enterprises, and government entities while prioritizing sustainable growth and engineering excellence.
The organization is seeking a Director of Control Systems Delivery to take technical ownership of control system deployments across its global data center portfolio. Serving as the primary technical authority for BMS, EPMS, PLC, and SCADA platforms, the successful candidate will lead engineering teams, govern system integrators, and oversee project execution from design through commissioning and handover to ensure consistent, high-availability standards across mission-critical facilities.
If you would like to learn more about this opportunity, feel free to reach out and apply today!
Responsibilities:
- Own DCIM delivery across multiple projects, from design through commissioning and turnover
- Act as the escalation point for controls issues and drive them to resolution
- Be the technical authority for BMS, EPMS, PLC and SCADA, reviewing and approving architectures, P&IDs and control narratives
- Make sure designs align with the Basis of Design and sequences of operation
- Lead and develop engineering and quality teams, set KPIs for delivery, quality and partner performance, and mentor engineers
- Lead system integrator selection, onboarding and management, and oversee their performance across design, FAT, installation and commissioning
- Oversee field execution, including inspections, testing and commissioning, and validate graphics, alarms, PLC logic and SCADA performance
- Coordinate across construction, engineering, procurement and IT, support SOW, RFP and vendor evaluation, and manage risk
- Drive standardisation of naming, alarms and data structures, and continuous improvement including digital twin and alarm optimisation
Skills/Must have:
- Background at a data centre operator or a specialist data centre consultancy or contractor
- 7+ years in controls, DCIM or mission critical infrastructure
- Expertise in BMS, EPMS, PLC and SCADA systems
- Experience with industrial protocols such as BACnet, Modbus, TCP/IP and OPC
- Experience leading teams and complex delivery programmes
- Experience managing system integrators and construction phase delivery
- Degree in engineering, construction management or equivalent experience
Benefits:
- Bonus
- Equity
- Senior position with real ownership and influence
- Work on large scale, mission critical data centre projects with a global operator
Salary:
- Up to £140,000 Per Year DOE