Job Description:

Engineer – Data Centre Project

Location: Staples Corner
Salary: £65,000 - £70,000+Package


The Project

You’ll be joining a Tier One contractor on a major 35MW data centre campus at Staples Corner.
The scheme is being delivered over three phases across three years, with an £80m build value and £100m MEP value, offering long-term stability and the opportunity to see a complex project through multiple stages.

 

The Role

As an Engineer, you’ll play a key role in ensuring engineering accuracy, quality, and compliance across the project. You’ll be responsible for setting out, QA, and technical control of works, either acting in a checking capacity or as the primary site engineer, depending on the package.

This is a hands-on role suited to someone who enjoys ownership, detail, and working closely with site teams and the supply chain.

 

What You’ll Be Doing

Engineering & Setting Out

• Setting out works and maintaining dimensional control within specified tolerances
• Establishing and regularly checking site control
• Preparing sketches and engineering records
• Interpreting drawings, specifications, and schedules, identifying errors or clashes and raising RFIs
• Maintaining survey equipment and calibration records

Quality Assurance

• Managing QA processes across your scope of works
• Completing quality check sheets and inspection records
• Producing and maintaining accurate as-built drawings and documentation
• Reviewing and implementing Inspection & Test Plans (ITPs) and RWA procedures
• Raising and managing NCRs where required
• Ensuring works are completed to the required standard and level of detail

Project & Site Support

• Providing technical support to overcome site issues and respond to queries
• Supporting temporary works coordination and providing information for designs and checks
• Assisting subcontractors with installation and coordination
• Maintaining accurate site records, including photos and progress notes
• Contributing to KPI data and progress reporting
• Working closely with site management to support programme delivery

Health, Safety & Compliance

• Working in line with project, client, quality, environmental, and health & safety requirements
• Taking responsibility for your own safety and that of others on site

 

What We’re Looking For

• Degree (or equivalent) in Engineering
• Minimum 2+ years’ experience working as an Engineer on construction projects
• Strong setting-out and QA background
• Comfortable reading and coordinating drawings and specifications
• Proficient in CAD and Microsoft Office
• Methodical, organised, and detail-focused
• Proactive, collaborative, and able to work under pressure

 

Why Apply?

• Long-term, multi-phase data centre project
• High-value, technically complex scheme
• Strong delivery team and structured environment
• Clear responsibility and ownership within the engineering function