Project Director · Data Centres · On-site

Location:

Region: Frankfurt Rhine-Main Metropolitan Area
Country: Germany

Role:

  • Industry: Data Centres, Engineering
  • Job Type: Permanent
Working Arrangement: On-Site
Salary: €110,000 – €140,000

Application Details:

Start Date: ASAP
Expiry Date: 31/03/2026
Job Reference: 10022603

Project Director · Data Centres · On-site

CSA / MEP Project Director – Data Centre (Client-Side)

Frankfurt, Germany

Salary: €110,000 – €140,000

Permanent | Full-time | On-site

The Role

We are seeking a highly experienced CSA / MEP Project Director to act in a client-side leadership role on a major data centre project in Frankfurt. This position sits on the owner / developer side and carries full responsibility for managing delivery partners across both CSA and MEP scopes on a mission-critical facility.

You will represent the client’s interests from pre-construction through commissioning and handover, ensuring programme certainty, quality, and compliance across all workstreams.

Key Responsibilities

  • Act as client-side Project Director for CSA & MEP works
  • Lead and coordinate EPCs, main contractors, and MEP contractors
  • Own programme, cost, risk, and reporting on behalf of the client
  • Oversee design management, procurement strategy, and construction execution
  • Manage MEP systems including HV/LV, substations, generators, UPS, cooling, BMS, and commissioning
  • Chair senior progress meetings and interface with internal stakeholders and external consultants
  • Ensure compliance with mission-critical standards and local regulations
  • Drive issue resolution, change control, and commercial governance

Candidate Requirements (Essential)

  • Proven client-side experience as a Project Director / Development Manager / PM on data centre or mission-critical projects
  • Strong understanding of MEP systems with solid CSA coordination experience
  • Background working for data centre operators, developers, consultancies, or client representatives
  • Experience managing multiple contractors and consultants rather than self-delivery
  • Strong commercial, contractual, and stakeholder management skills
  • Able to work on site in Frankfurt
  • EU work eligibility preferred

Desirable Experience

  • Hyperscale or large colocation data centre projects
  • Experience overseeing commissioning and integrated systems testing
  • Previous delivery in Germany or mainland Europe

Why Apply

  • True client-side leadership role on a flagship data centre development
  • High level of authority and autonomy
  • Long-term project pipeline in Frankfurt

g2 Recruitment are committed to equality of opportunity for all applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships or any other characteristic protected by law.

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L&D Team

We are very lucky that g2 recruitment see Learning and Development as a vital part of a consultants journey which is why we have 4 people in the team who you will work very closely with from day 1 in your career. The team are on hand to guide you through your career at all levels and provide extra support working closely with the management team to give all consultants the best chance of success.  

Our Three Pillars of Training

Academy:
Week 1 is a series of remote sessions to learn all things systems, followed by a 1 week academy process which is a mixture of classroom and deskside this will be in one of our UK offices and usually consists of 3-8 other consultants all starting their journey together.

Experienced Modules:
These are a variety of sessions curated by us designed to support consultants as they are progressing through the career ladder, the aim is to ensure consultants at all levels have access to L&D.

Junior Management Programme:
Ran by our head of L&D this programme is designed to support junior managers as they start their management career. This involves things like personal branding, time management and ends in a business plan which is presented to members of the Exec board and senior management team.

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Jaz D’Avola
Head of Learning & Development

Jaz joined g2 Recruitment in 2013.

She now leads our Learning and Development programme, transferring the knowledge and wisdom she learnt as a recruiter to the new generation of talent.

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Imani WIlliams
Learning and Development Consultant

Imani joined g2 Recruitment in 2022.

His role involves developing individuals in all areas of the business, varying from inducting and onboarding consultants to working with them 1 to 1 to identify areas of development.  He aids with growth of L&D across the business, watching consultants experience and develop.

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Meghan Mcloughlin
Learning and Development Consultant

Meghan joined g2 in 2023 as an L&D consultant, Working in recruitment for 6 years, her role is to  help consultants at all levels to upskill and focus on development points. This could be anything from sales calls or candidate calls to organisation improvements.

Kane Gray
Systems & Academy Trainer

Kane joined g2 in April 2023 as an Academy & Systems Trainer.

His role involves teaching the consultants that are new to the company the foundations of recruitment and our systems before then helping them to upskill in areas specific to each consultant. Working closely with different consultants and watching them implement the feedback, apply it, and then benefit off the back of it.

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