Job Description

• Permanent position available with a considerable portfolio of works for the next 5+ years
• To build your career by assisting in the delivery of ‘leading edge’ engineering projects.
• To work with a vibrant, agile and multi-functional team in delivering projects on time, safely, to budget and to the required quality standards.
• To benefit from Kirby’s Career Development Programmes that will enhance your leadership capability.
• To work with the best.
• Excellent package on offer with room for negotiations

About Kirby Group Engineering

Kirby Group Engineering is an international multi-disciplinary engineering services contractor and leading provider of high-value engineering services to a number of ‘blue chip’ companies. Operating across Ireland, the UK, Europe and South Africa, Kirby has become the engineering service provider of choice in growth segments such as pharmaceuticals, data centres and power transmission and distribution. Our culture is innovative, collaborative and performance focused. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to grow and develop in a company committed to developing talent and rewarding performance.

Regional Electrical Engineering Manager – Italy

Milan | Data Centre Projects | Kirby Group Engineering

Kirby Group Engineering is looking for a Regional Electrical Engineering Manager to lead the electrical engineering function across its data centre projects in Italy.

This is a senior regional appointment for someone who knows that good engineering leadership is about rather more than reviewing drawings and attending meetings. You’ll set the technical standard, lead the engineering teams and make sure complex electrical packages can actually be built, commissioned and handed over as intended.

Who are Kirby Group Engineering?

Kirby Group Engineering is an international engineering and construction specialist delivering large-scale, technically complex projects across Europe.

The business has built a strong reputation in sectors where getting the engineering right really matters, including data centres and other mission-critical environments. For someone joining in Milan, this is an opportunity to take a senior role in an established European engineering business while helping shape its delivery capability in Italy.

The Role

Based in Milan, you’ll take regional responsibility for electrical engineering across data centre projects in Italy.

You’ll provide leadership from design development through construction and commissioning, working closely with project teams, clients, consultants, subcontractors and other engineering disciplines.

In practical terms, you’ll be responsible for making sure the electrical engineering is coordinated, buildable, compliant and delivered to the standard expected on major data centre programmes.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Lead the electrical engineering function across Kirby Group Engineering’s Italian data centre projects.
• Manage, develop and mentor electrical engineering teams.
• Provide technical leadership on complex electrical and mission-critical systems.
• Oversee design reviews, technical submissions and engineering deliverables.
• Challenge designs constructively, identifying technical, coordination and buildability issues before they become expensive site problems.
• Work closely with mechanical, CSA, BIM, commercial, planning, construction and commissioning teams.
• Manage technical interfaces with clients, consultants, vendors and subcontractors.
• Ensure designs comply with project specifications, relevant standards and regulatory requirements.
• Drive engineering consistency and best practice across multiple projects.
• Support procurement and equipment selection from a technical perspective.
• Provide engineering input throughout installation, testing, commissioning and handover.
• Help develop the engineering capability required to support continued growth in Italy.

What We’re Looking For

You’ll need strong electrical engineering credentials, but this is ultimately a leadership job.

You’re likely to have:

• Significant electrical engineering experience on major construction or mission-critical projects.
• Strong data centre experience, ideally involving hyperscale or similarly complex facilities.
• Experience leading electrical engineering teams on large projects or across multiple projects.
• A strong understanding of MV/LV distribution, emergency power, UPS, generators, protection systems and associated data centre electrical infrastructure.
• Experience managing design, construction and commissioning interfaces.
• The confidence to deal directly with senior client representatives, consultants and project leadership.
• Strong commercial and programme awareness alongside your technical expertise.
• An electrical engineering degree or comparable technical qualification.
• The ability to lead people, make decisions and maintain standards when projects become busy. Which they generally do.

Why Join Kirby Group Engineering?

This isn’t simply another Electrical Manager position on a single project.

You’ll have regional responsibility and genuine influence over how electrical engineering is delivered across the Italian business. You’ll be working on major data centre projects, leading experienced engineers and helping build the capability required for the next phase of growth.

For an electrical engineering leader who wants a bigger remit without giving up the interesting technical work, it’s a very good opportunity.

For more information on this role, or other Construction / Engineering opportunities across Ireland, the UK, Europe, or South Africa please review our careers page (Vacancies - Kirby Group Careers) or contact the Talent Acquisition Team at Kirby Group in confidence on +353 (0)1 454 0411.

Kirby Group Engineering is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace and welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of race, gender, disability, religion, sexual orientation, or age.