Critical Cooling Project Lead - HVAC / Data Centres
Location: UK, London and South East, South of England or Midlands.
We are expanding our critical cooling project delivery capability and are looking for a Project Lead for the UK Services team. This hybrid role involves UK‑wide travel to deliver critical infrastructure projects, mainly for data centres.
You will support a portfolio of small, medium and large cooling projects (up to £2m) involving technologies such as chillers, CRAC/CRAH units, and in‑row cooling systems. You will also support internal teams on liquid cooling technologies and be a key partner in ensuring smooth service delivery across maintenance, breakdown and modernisation work.
You will work with an established Services team, including two Project Managers, field engineers, back‑office support, and customers. Your role is to keep projects on track and ensure customer satisfaction.
Your Key Responsibilities
* Project Support: Planning, coordination and delivery of cooling projects from initiation to completion, ensuring compliance with timelines, budgets and quality standards. Projects up to 1-2.5 MW capacity.
* Collaborate with internal teams and external stakeholders for seamless execution.
* Service Delivery: Oversee maintenance and breakdown services for existing contracts, ensure timely and effective on‑call support for critical cooling systems, monitor service performance and implement continuous improvement initiatives.
* Technical Support: Provide technical expertise on chillers, CRAC/CRAH units and in‑row cooling systems; offer advisory support for cooling technologies; assist field technicians and back‑office staff with troubleshooting and queries.
* Stakeholder Management: Work closely with back‑office teams, field technicians, project managers and customers to ensure communication and delivery; build relationships and understand client needs.
What we are looking for
* Cooling Background: strong technical foundation in refrigeration or critical cooling systems (chillers, CRAC, CRAH).
* Project Mindset: experience supporting projects within data centres or critical infrastructure.
* Flexibility: UK‑wide role – comfortable with roughly 50% travel and occasional overnight stays.
* Communication: ability to translate technical challenges into clear plans for engineers and customers.
What we offer you
* Competitive salary and bonus scheme.
* 28 days annual leave + public holidays.
* Pension scheme.
* Employee share ownership programme.
* Health and wellbeing support options, gym flex.
* Learning portal, internal mobility, mentoring and global project exposure.
* Various discounts on shopping and dining.
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