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# Lead Data Center Engineer

- **Company:** First Case
- **Location:** Wateringen, Netherlands
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** €4,900.0 - €5,900.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Data Centers, Uptime
- **Published:** July 9, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.jobbird.com/nl/vacature/25390614-lead-data-center-engineer

## About the Role

* Extensive experience (8+ years) in commissioning and maintenance of UPS systems in data centers
 * NEN 3140 VP or IV, VCA VOL and NEN 1010
 * Proven experience in project leadership and client contact at senior level
 * You can lead technical teams and are the face of First Case to the biggest clients
 * English at working level

## Description

As a Lead Data Center Engineer you carry full technical responsibility for the heaviest projects at First Case: the commissioning and start-up of complete power infrastructure in Tier 4 data centers, for the biggest hyperscalers in Europe. You lead the engineers on site, are the technical face towards client and manufacturer, and sign off on delivery. No management layer above you, a direct line to the leadership and influence on the company direction., * The most complex projects in the European data center market

 * Full technical responsibility
 * Option for Uptime Institute certification
 * The room to help build the technical team in a fast-growing company
 * A direct line to the leadership and influence on the company direction
 * Metal & Engineering CAO with travel allowance, overtime pay and ADV days

"This is the role for someone who has the craft in their hands and wants to put it to work where it matters." · First Case leadership


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