Technical Director, Construction – EMEA (Data Centers)

Location: Frankfurt, London, Paris, or other EMEA locations as required

As part of our clients continued expansion across EMEA, they are now seeking an experienced Technical Director, Construction to provide technical leadership across the delivery of hyperscale and mission-critical data center developments.

This is a senior owner-side role responsible for ensuring the successful execution of data center projects from design and pre-construction through construction, commissioning, and operational handover. The successful candidate will serve as the technical authority during construction, working closely with General Contractors, consultants, commissioning teams, and internal stakeholders to ensure projects are delivered safely, efficiently, and in accordance with design intent, quality standards, and operational requirements.

This is a highly site-focused role, with the majority of time spent on active construction sites across EMEA providing hands-on mechanical and electrical technical leadership and oversight.

The candidate MUST have hands on site, ground up experience with the key responsibilities and MUST meet the requirements detailed below.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the owner's technical authority during construction, ensuring compliance with Basis of Design (BoD), technical specifications, and contractual requirements.
• Lead technical reviews of construction-stage deliverables, RFIs, shop drawings, and material submittals.
• Provide constructability expertise during pre-construction, including sequencing, logistics, temporary works, and risk mitigation.
• Oversee quality assurance and QA/QC processes across Civil, Structural, Architectural, Mechanical, Electrical, Controls, and Life Safety systems.
• Provide technical leadership for critical electrical, mechanical, controls, and BMS systems within hyperscale data center environments.
• Support General Contractors and project teams in resolving technical challenges and driving successful project execution.
• Coordinate commissioning activities, Integrated Systems Testing (IST), operational readiness, and final handover.
• Act as the primary technical interface with consultants, contractors, vendors, commissioning agents, and authorities.
• Drive standardization, continuous improvement, and value engineering initiatives across the EMEA portfolio.

Requirements

• 10+ years' experience delivering data center, mission-critical, or large-scale infrastructure projects.
• Extensive hyperscale, colocation, or mission-critical data center experience is essential.
• Proven ground-up construction experience.
• Strong electrical and mechanical systems background.
• Experience across the full project lifecycle including design, pre-construction, construction, commissioning, and operational handover.
• Experience working directly with General Contractors, trade contractors, consultants, and commissioning teams.
• Strong understanding of data center design, construction methodologies, commissioning, and operational requirements.
• Knowledge of EMEA building codes, electrical and mechanical standards, and health & safety regulations.
• Degree in Engineering, Construction, Architecture, or a related discipline.
• Business-fluent English required; German is highly desirable.

This is an outstanding opportunity to join a rapidly growing organisation at the forefront of digital infrastructure development, delivering some of the most advanced data center projects across the EMEA region.

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