Electrical Lead - Finland - Data Centre

You are an experienced Electrical Lead with a strong track record delivering large-scale electrical packages on major construction projects, looking to join a leading specialist contractor delivering major data centre developments across Europe.

This is an on-site position based in Helsinki, Finland, offering the opportunity to take full ownership of the electrical delivery across a technically complex build. You will play a key role in driving productivity, coordinating design and installation works, managing subcontractors, and ensuring all works are delivered safely, compliantly, and to programme.

For those eager to learn more about this exciting opportunity, please do not hesitate to reach out to Ryan at ryan@breaghrecruitment.com / 01 531 4345.

Electrical Lead Skills:

• 10 years’ experience delivering large-scale Electrical projects (commercial / pharma / industrial / data centre preferred)
  
  
• Proven experience leading Electrical installation and site delivery teams
  
  
• Strong ability to drive productivity through structured daily and weekly work planning
  
  
• Excellent organisational, leadership, and communication skills
  
  
• Strong understanding of electrical systems, installation standards, and construction sequencing
  
  
• Experience coordinating design inputs with subcontractors and internal stakeholders
  
  
• Strong reporting ability including progress updates, labour lookaheads, and procurement forecasting
  
  
• Proven ability to manage programme, resources, and site teams in a fast-paced environment
  
  
• Engineering qualification is preferred
  
  
• Data centre experience is highly desirable
  
  

As an Electrical Lead:

• Take a lead role in driving productivity through effective weekly and daily work plans
  
  
• Coordinate electrical design and technical activities with internal teams and subcontractors
  
  
• Supervise ongoing works ensuring programme and quality targets are achieved
  
  
• Maintain high standards of Quality and Safety across the electrical scope
  
  
• Monitor labour tracking sheets and manage resource allocation
  
  
• Oversee and coordinate full Electrical installation across the project
  
  
• Liaise directly with key stakeholders including client teams to ensure alignment and delivery certainty
  
  
• Lead and mentor supervisors, foremen, and electrical delivery teams
  
  
• Work proactively with foremen to ensure materials, information, equipment, and resources are in place
  
  
• Coordinate works with other subcontractors in shared areas to ensure safe and efficient progress
  
  
• Review and sign off on project documentation and weekly foremen reports
  
  
• Chair and lead weekly coordination meetings with stakeholders including Safety, QA, BIM and supervision teams
  
  
• Ensure actions are logged, assigned, and closed out ahead of weekly meetings
  
  
• Produce detailed weekly reports including:
  
  
  • Incident / Accident reporting
    
    
  • Programme updates (Planned vs Actual)
    
    
  • 4–6 week labour lookahead
    
    
  • Industrial relations issues (where applicable)
    
    
  • 2–4 week procurement forecast including long lead items
    
    
  • Weekly variation tracking issued to the Quantity Surveyor
    
    
  • Early notification of delays, risks, or disruptions to planned activities
    
    

The Package: A competitive salary package is on offer depending on experience, alongside a strong long-term opportunity working on a major data centre project in Finland, with excellent career progression and support for continued professional development.

Interviews are taking place this week, so if you are interested in this role, click ‘apply now’ to forward an up-to-date CV to ryan@breaghrecruitment.com or call us on 00353 (0)1 531 4345.

The Breagh Team: Breagh Recruitment are specialist construction and engineering recruitment consultants, providing qualified and experienced professionals with roles across Ireland and the UK, with an ethos based on flexibility, hard work, and a bit of good old common sense.

Key roles we recruit for include Health & Safety Managers, M&E Project Managers, Construction Managers, M&E Site Engineers, M&E Quantity Surveyors, Civil Engineers, Site Agents, Estimators, Buyers, Bid Managers, and M&E Site Supervisors across Ireland and the UK.

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