Job Description

Head: Engineering - South AfricaHead: Engineering will part of the Development Team in charge of the delivery of new build, expansion, and major upgrade across the continent for Africa Data Centres, predominantly in South Africa. Head: Engineering will update and improve Design and Group Standards based on lessons learnt on previous projects in order to comply to latest customer requirements and industry trends while responsible for all engineering decisions, project design deliverables and acceptance of all major mechanical and electrical deployments completed for Africa Data Centres.The role will require accountability for design, compliance to local regulation and Group standards for all infrastructure serving the Data Centres. Managing all technical design phases for each project from inception to hand-over to Operations team. This includes oversight of professional engineering consultants, technical sign-off during all significant design, construction and commissioning activities for data centre infrastructure for hand-over to the operations team. Key Performance AreaData Centre Design ManagementAccountable for data centre electrical and mechanical designResponsible for professional team technical supervision and oversight of professional services teams (consulting engineers / architects) for all data centre development projectsAccountable for design compliance to local regulationsTeamwork and coordinationAccountable for continuous technical support for the project delivery and construction teamsEnsure that Operations team have approved design during all the development phasesEnsure all handover, training, technical documents are made available for all projects.Group StandardsDevelopment of standardised data centre environmental requirements and ongoing energy efficiency (PUE) targetsEnsure Design consistency across the Data Centres of the GroupEnsure that the Group standards comply to the latest customer and industry requirementsFinancial ManagementResponsible for realising deferred CAPEX for future upgrades and new build deploymentsResponsible for energy saving initiatives to reduce PUE across all facilitiesPeople Management / CommunicationOversight of professional services teams (consulting engineers, architects, commissioning agents) and their deliverablesResponsible for Senior PM technical supportResponsible for in house Sales technical supportFormal Qualifications RequiredMSc in Electrical or Mechanical EngineeringBSc in Electrical or Mechanical EngineeringJob Related Experience Required5 years' experience in Critical facility design & delivery10 years' experience with M&E project design & delivery5 year experience in significant Critical Facility commissioning and acceptance experienceExperience in Data centre Design and Build

JTJ Group