Data Centre Manager

Key responsibilities

• Lead, develop, and support the onsite team while role‑modelling company values and behaviours.
• Ensure full compliance with Health & Safety, security procedures, and industry accreditations.
• Oversee staffing, scheduling, and resourcing.
• Manage site budgets, control costs, and oversee both Opex and Capex expenditure.
• Own all maintenance activities, including PPM, contractor management, and service reviews.
• Drive energy‑efficiency initiatives and improvements in power and cooling performance.
• Manage incident, change, and problem processes, including producing accurate RCA reports.
• Coordinate rapid response to unplanned issues, engaging contractors when necessary.
• Provide high‑quality client service, technical support, and host client tours as needed.
• Collaborate with Project Management to deliver client requirements on time.
• Maintain a current risk register and ensure all site documentation is accurate and up to date.

What / who we're looking for

• Full UK driving licence and access to own vehicle.
• Data Centre industry experience, with strong technical understanding of data centre infrastructure.
• Experience of both 'hard' and 'soft' facility management (FM).
• Client‑facing experience, with strong commercial awareness (and ideally experience hosting site tours.)
• People management experience.
• Knowledge of relevant UK regulations, such as H&S legislation, ISO 27001, ISO 14000, PCI.

We encourage applications even if you don’t meet every single requirement - we value potential, leadership, and transferable experience.

[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] offers

• A supportive work environment with a focus on career growth, development, work life balance and well-being.
• A friendly, family-like atmosphere where almost half of the team have been with [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] for 5+ years
• Benefits include 5% matched pension contributions, private healthcare, cycle to work scheme, electric vehicle scheme, free breakfast and snacks, Udemy license and more.

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[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is a leading UK data centre and digital infrastructure platform which provides highly interconnected colocation and private Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) capabilities nationwide. Our dedicated team of around 300 professionals (with an average tenure of 7 years), support around 700 clients across the UK. With 14 data centres in key regional locations from Edinburgh to Fareham and Manchester to Newcastle, all interconnected by a 400Gbps capable network, it’s the UK’s most geographically diverse platform. [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]'s platformEDGE ™ infrastructure is secure, sovereign, high speed and low-latency, covering around 97 per cent of UK populations within five milliseconds.

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