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Data Center Partnerships, Delivered

A combined view of three long-running data center mandates. From NTT's multi-discipline hiring across construction, design and tech ops, through to VIRTUS' technical operations build-out and the contractor talent powering Winthrop, Dornan and Jones Engineering across thirteen European markets.

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At a glance

Three partnerships, one specialist team

Each engagement runs to its own brief, but the underlying delivery model is the same: deep market mapping, named consultants and accountability against the roles that move programmes forward.

160Specialist placementsCombined volume across NTT, VIRTUS and the contractor cohort, spanning multi-year, multi-discipline mandates.
13European markets coveredTalent placed across the UK, Ireland and eleven mainland European data center hubs.
£526kBilled with NTT aloneCombined fee value across 31 specialist placements with NTT.

Outcomes

What these three partnerships delivered

  • Clear Recruitment made 160 specialist data center placements across three long-running mandates with NTT, VIRTUS, Winthrop Technologies, Dornan and Jones Engineering.
  • Those placements covered 13 European markets, from the UK and Ireland through Germany, the Netherlands, France, the Nordics, Iberia, Italy, Belgium and Poland.
  • The NTT mandate alone accounted for 31 placements and £526k in combined fee value, spanning construction, design and engineering, technical operations, health and safety, business operations, energy and sustainability, real estate and pre-sales.
  • For VIRTUS, Clear built out a 49-person technical operations function led by 19 technical services managers, alongside data center, quality and account management layers.
  • Across Winthrop Technologies, Dornan and Jones Engineering, Clear delivered 80 contractor placements, led by 21 MEP construction managers and 13 health and safety professionals.
NTT
Active partnership

NTT, multi-discipline partnership

A multi-discipline mandate covering construction delivery, design, technical operations, health and safety, energy and the commercial side of the business. The work moved quickly from one team to the next as NTT scaled programmes across the region.

Sustained placement cadence with broad coverage across eight role families and a combined £526,000 in billed fees. The breakdown below mirrors the donut on the source case study.

31Total placements
£526kCombined fees
8Role families

Role family breakdown

  • Construction
    9
  • Design & Engineering
    8
  • Tech Ops
    6
  • Health & Safety
    2
  • Business Operations
    2
  • Energy & Sustainability
    2
  • Real Estate
    1
  • Pre-Sales
    1
VIRTUS Data Centres
Long-term partnership

VIRTUS Data Centres, technical operations partner

A long-running technical operations engagement, anchored around the technical site manager community and supported by appointments across design, engineering, project management and quality. Forty-nine placements across the partnership, with volume peaking as new sites came online.

“I've worked with Clear Engineering and James over the past few years. I've always been pleased with the service I've received and calibre of candidates I've hired through James.”
Simon AndersonVP Construction and Projects, VIRTUS Data Centres
In total49placements across fourteen distinct role types

Role breakdown

  • TSM
    19
  • DCM
    5
  • TQM
    4
  • TAM
    3
  • ADCM
    3
  • Ops Coordinators
    3
  • Project Managers
    2
  • Senior Electrical
    2
  • M&E Engineer
    2
  • Senior Mechanical Engineer
    2
  • Senior Project Manager
    1
  • Campus Technical Manager
    1
  • Quality Manager
    1
  • Electrical Engineer
    1

Contractor talent

Powering EMEA data center construction

Eighty placements across the three contractor businesses building the next generation of European hyperscale capacity, weighted toward MEP construction management, on-site engineering and health and safety leadership.

Winthrop Technologies
28placements

Full lifecycle support across MEP construction management, planning and on-site engineering as Winthrop scaled hyperscale delivery across Europe.

Dornan
25placements

Long-standing relationship covering MEP project and construction management, health and safety and commercial leadership on live data center programmes.

Jones Engineering
27placements

Multi-discipline appointments spanning MEP construction management, engineering, commissioning and quality across Jones Engineering's data center delivery.

Combined volume80placements across eleven role families

Role family breakdown

  • MEP Construction Manager
    21
  • Health & Safety
    13
  • MEP Engineers
    9
  • Planning
    6
  • MEP Project Manager
    5
  • QAQC
    5
  • CSA Construction Manager
    4
  • Commissioning
    4
  • Commercial / QS
    4
  • CSA Project Manager
    2
  • CSA Engineers
    2

Jobs placed in

  • United Kingdom
  • Ireland
  • Germany
  • Netherlands
  • France
  • Sweden
  • Denmark
  • Norway
  • Finland
  • Spain
  • Italy
  • Belgium
  • Poland

Cross-border mobilisation matters in data center construction. We have moved candidates between EMEA jurisdictions for short-term assignments and long-term postings, retaining the technical fit even when the timezone shifts.

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