Electrical Associate

Electrical Associate – Data Centres Location: Paris, France
Sector: Data Centres / Mission Critical
Employment Type: Permanent

About the Opportunity An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Electrical Associate to join a leading engineering consultancy in Paris, supporting the continued growth of its Data Centre and Mission Critical division.

The successful candidate will play a key role in the delivery of complex electrical engineering projects across France and wider Europe, working with major hyperscale, colocation and technology clients.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced electrical engineer looking to take the next step in their career, with significant responsibility across technical delivery, client relationships and project leadership.

The Role As an Electrical Associate, you will be responsible for leading electrical engineering activities across a range of technically complex projects.

You will work closely with clients, architects, contractors and multidisciplinary engineering teams to develop practical, innovative and compliant solutions throughout the project lifecycle.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Leading electrical engineering design across large-scale data centre and mission-critical projects.
• Managing and mentoring electrical engineers and supporting the development of the wider team.
• Acting as a key technical point of contact for clients and project stakeholders.
• Reviewing and approving electrical designs, specifications, calculations and technical documentation.
• Providing technical leadership from concept and feasibility through detailed design, construction and commissioning.
• Coordinating electrical design with mechanical, structural, architectural and specialist disciplines.
• Supporting project delivery in accordance with programme, budget, quality and technical requirements.
• Attending client, design and project meetings and representing the electrical engineering function.
• Supporting business development activities and contributing to the development of new client relationships.
• Identifying opportunities to improve project delivery, engineering standards and technical processes.
• Ensuring designs comply with relevant French regulations, European standards and project-specific requirements.

About You The ideal candidate will be an experienced electrical engineer with a strong background in data centres, mission-critical environments or other technically complex infrastructure projects.

You will ideally have:

• A degree or equivalent qualification in Electrical Engineering.
• Significant experience within electrical building services engineering.
• Previous experience delivering large-scale data centre, mission-critical, industrial or similarly complex projects.
• Strong knowledge of LV/MV electrical systems, power distribution and critical power infrastructure.
• Experience with electrical design, specifications, calculations and technical documentation.
• Previous experience managing or mentoring engineers.
• Strong client-facing and communication skills.
• The ability to coordinate effectively within multidisciplinary project teams.
• Experience working across the full project lifecycle.
• A commercially aware and proactive approach to project delivery.
• Professional fluency in French and English is highly desirable.

Why Join? This role offers the opportunity to work on some of the most technically demanding infrastructure projects in Europe while joining an established consultancy with significant growth ambitions within the French data centre market.

You will have the opportunity to:

• Work with major hyperscale and colocation clients.
• Take a senior role on high-profile data centre projects.
• Develop your technical and leadership career.
• Work within a multidisciplinary and international engineering environment.
• Become a key figure in the growth of the Paris data centre and mission-critical team.
• Contribute to France's rapidly expanding digital infrastructure market.

Apply Now If you are an experienced Electrical Engineer, Senior Electrical Engineer, Principal Electrical Engineer or Associate Electrical Engineer looking to take the next step within the data centre and mission-critical sector, this could be an excellent opportunity.

Apply today for a confidential discussion about the role and the wider opportunities available across the French and European data centre market.

With over 90 years' combined experience, NES Fircroft (NES) is proud to be the world's leading engineering staffing provider spanning the Oil & Gas, Power & Renewables, Chemicals, Construction & Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Mining and Manufacturing sectors worldwide. With more than 80 offices in 45 countries, we are able to provide our clients with the engineering and technical expertise they need, wherever and whenever it is needed. We offer contractors far more than a traditional recruitment service, supporting with everything from securing visas and work permits, to providing market-leading benefits packages and accommodation, ensuring they are safely and compliantly able to support our clients.