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This role ensures that electrical, mechanical, and HVAC systems are operated and maintained to meet defined service levels, while maintaining compliance with company policies, regulatory requirements, and safety standards. The role supports the Data Centre Manager to ensure strategic goals are met and site compliance and safety are maintained to the highest standard.\nThis role covers both Mon-Fri and shift-based teams, with responsibility for first-line escalation on the on-call roster.\nThis role requires to be based full time in Seinäjoki, Finland.\nLeadership & Site Operations\nSupport Data Centre Manager with daily operations on site. Lead engineering teams to ensure accurate labour management and planning to fulfil required workloads within acceptable timeframes.\nTake responsibility for Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) across all engineering maintenance and reactive activities, promoting a strong safety culture.\nWork with stakeholders (central teams/customers etc.) to define strategic objectives for the site and manage their implementation.\nEnsure engineering teams are trained and competent in their functional roles and to act as first-line responders for site incidents to minimise downtime (internal, external, scenario etc.).\nImplement and oversee a rigorous change management system to maintain 100% uptime and zero customer impacting failures.\nPlan, implement, and supervise all operations, maintenance, and energy management programs.\nIdentify and risk assess operational deficiencies and recommend improvements to enhance site performance.\nEnsure operational standards, compliance requirements, and company policies are embedded in day-to-day activities.\nOversee critical facility systems including BMS, CAFM, mechanical, and electrical infrastructure.\nAct as a Senior Authorised Person (where applicable) for High Voltage and Low Voltage electrical systems.\nSupport with enhancing maintenance by recommending and implementing improvements to the maintenance programme.\nUnderstand engineering design and operational aspects of all site systems.\nManage incident and emergency response, including equipment failures, fires, evacuations, and security incidents.\nParticipate in the company on-call rota as first-line escalation.\nReview service failures, produce incident reports, and track corrective action plans to completion.\nMonitor and report on weekly and monthly metrics, prioritising critical operational issues to drive productivity and reduce repeat failure increasing overall service availability.\nDevelop and maintain Data Centre operating procedures (OPs, emergency, standard, etc.) to ensure consistency and reliability. \nEngineering Operations, Maintenance & Asset Management\nOversee resolution of all identified issues across all site infrastructure and items that are assigned via management and supervisory teams.\nEnsure teams are responding to all faults, incidents, and remedial actions and that they are logged, tracked, and closed via the Service Desk Incident Management System. \nOversee scheduling of planned preventative maintenance, contracted maintenance, and general maintenance to minimise service disruption.\nOversee management of the site Permit to Work (PTW) system and ensure Risk Assessments and Method Statements (RAMS) are reviewed and applied.\nCoordinate with internal engineering teams and contractors to safely deliver maintenance, repairs, and customer-impacting activities.\nMaintain accurate operational records, including CMMS/CAFM data, asset information, incident reports, and maintenance documentation.\nSupport Data Centre Manager with raising and maintenance of Risk Register and life cycle planning for all site assets. \nSafety, Compliance & Procedures\nEnsure all activities comply with HSE legislation, local regulations, and company policies.\nPromote and maintain a strong health and safety culture across the site.\nUtilise monitoring systems (BMS, PMS, CMS) to support effective fault response, performance monitoring, and operational decision-making.\nSupport incident investigations and Root Cause Analysis (RCA), implementing corrective and preventative actions to reduce repeat failures.\nBe fully conversant with company policies, operating and emergency procedures, and initiate improvements to minimise risk and promote best practice.\nEnsure site compliance is maintained to local legislative standards with any statutory compliance concerns raised, documented and having a clear action plan to achieve compliance.\nWork with ESG (Environmental Sustainability and governance) teams to improve sustainability and ensure accurate ESG reporting is complete each year.\nIncident & Customer Management\nDevelop strong customer relationships and embed a culture of “Service Excellence” across all engineering teams.\nAttend customer service review meetings and provide accurate reporting.\nCoordinate customer communication for planned and unplanned maintenance, ensuring alignment with site teams.\nEnsure internal teams and vendors meet customer timelines and deliverables.\nFinancial Management\nSupport the Data Centre Manager with planning, budgeting, and control of operating and capital expenditure.\nReview and understand all annual budgets, forecasts, management plans, monthly performance reports, and variance reports. Support DCM in the population of these where required to ensure successful financial management. \nIdentify cost and efficiency improvements. \nQualify vendors, implement procurement processes, and assist with contract negotiation.\nTrack vendor performance against contracts and SLAs to ensure value for money.\nTeam management responsibilities & key relationships:\nDirect line manager to Engineering Supervisors, HVAC Lead (where applicable), and Maintenance Team Leaders.\nOversees all shift-based and day teams, providing direct and indirect supervision.\nCollaborates with Data Centre Manager, internal engineering teams, contractors, and external stakeholders.\nDeputy for Data Centre Manager during absence.\n This role requires to be based full time in Seinäjoki, Finland.\nSKILLS, qualifications AND EXPERIENCE:\nCore Skills (Required)\nStrong written and verbal communication skills across diverse stakeholder groups\nCollaborative leadership style with the ability to motivate, develop, and support teams.\nStrong problem-solving capability and continuous improvement mindset\nAbility to make sound leadership decisions in operational and high-pressure environments\nLead by example, providing guidance, support, and mentoring to all site engineering teams.\nQualifications\nRecognised technical qualification in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering (e.g, NVQ Level, City & Guilds, BTEC, or equivalent).\nAuthorised Person / AP12 / AP15 or equivalent (Electrical) certification, or demonstrable experience operating as an AP under a formal Safety Rules system, capability to progress to Senior Authorise Person.\nDesired management level training in leading and motivating teams.\nIT literate - Microsoft Office, SharePoint, CMMS/CAFM systems.\nExperience (desired)\nMinimum 4 years post-qualification experience, including leadership experience and planning experience. \nExperience in operation of data centres or other critical environments.\nExperience operating in customer-facing roles and resolving technical problems in high-pressure environments.\nUnderstanding of safe systems of work and able to evidence the implementation of these in previous roles (PTW, RAMS, Change Management etc.).\nStrong knowledge of BMS, PPM, CAFM, and Change Management processes.\nKnowledge of and experience working to international HSE standards.\nExperience maintaining HVAC systems, chillers, cooling towers, low/medium voltage electrical systems, UPS, generators, and associated plant.\nStrong troubleshooting and repair experience of critical building infrastructures. \nKnowledge of safe electrical and mechanical practices in line with regulatory standards.\nExperience implementing cost controls and financial oversight.\nPersonable, approachable, and able to lead by example while meeting/exceeding operational and customer targets.\nExperience implementing projects in technical environments with awareness of managed service challenges.\nNote: The successful candidate will be required to complete pre-employment screening to BS7858:2019, or national equivalent. 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