The Senior Procurement Manager – Construction MEP & Grid Connection EPC owns two distinct construction procurement scopes of IREN Spain’s data center campuses. The first is the MEP installation scope of the buildings: electrical installation (MV/LV distribution, cabling, busway, earthing and lightning protection), mechanical installation (chilled-water and liquid-cooling piping, ductwork, insulation), plumbing, fire detection and suppression, telecommunications and security systems, building and electrical power management systems (BMS/EPMS) and construction waste management. The second is the grid connection infrastructure, contracted on an EPC basis: high-voltage lines and the campus substations (engineering, civil works, structures, busbars and HV connections, protection and control, telecontrol, auxiliary services, installation of owner-furnished equipment, commissioning and energisation), including the interface with the transmission system operator or distribution company. The HV power transformers and the GIS switchgear of the substations are purchased by IREN as owner-furnished equipment through the Senior Procurement Manager – OFCI Electrical and free-issued to the EPC contractor for installation. The role is accountable for selecting the contracting strategy for each scope, running competitive and compliant tenders and negotiating contracts that deliver schedule certainty – in particular the energisation date – and clear interface management with owner-furnished equipment.

Reporting to the Director of Procurement & Supply Chain, the role works closely with MEP Engineering, the Power / Grid Connection team, Project Delivery, Construction and Commissioning Management, Legal and Finance,



and is the senior commercial counterpart of the MEP contractors and of the HV / substation EPC contractors throughout the contract lifecycle, from pre-qualification and tender to variations, claims and close-out. Grid connection is typically the first critical path of each campus, so the EPC scope will dominate the workload in the early phases and the MEP scope in the later ones; the two scopes are deliberately kept separable so that a dedicated position can be created if volume requires it.

Responsibilities

- Develop, with Project Delivery and Engineering, the MEP contracting strategy for each campus and phase (single MEP contractor vs. electrical/mechanical split, design-and-build vs. build-only, extent of OFCI equipment) and the associated procurement schedule integrated with the project master schedule.
- Lead the procurement of the grid connection infrastructure on an EPC basis: HV lines and substations (engineering, civil works, structures, HV connections, protection and control, telecontrol, auxiliary services, installation of the owner-furnished transformers and GIS, testing, commissioning and energisation), aligning the contracting strategy and schedule with the grid access and connection process (REE / distribution company), permitting and easement milestones and the target energisation date of each campus.
- Build and maintain a pre-qualified panel of MEP, fire protection, ELV/telecom and BMS contractors with mission-critical experience,



and a separate panel of HV line and substation EPC contractors with capacity in Spain, in coordination with the Supplier Qualification Specialist (financial standing, HSE performance, references, manufacturer and utility certifications, bonding capacity).
- Prepare and lead tenders for electrical, mechanical, plumbing, fire protection, telecommunications/security, BMS/EPMS and construction waste management packages, including tender documentation with Engineering and Legal, bidder clarifications, technical-commercial evaluation (including productivity, resourcing and commissioning plans) and award recommendations under the Delegation of Authority.
- Negotiate MEP contracts (lump-sum, re-measurable, target-cost or GMP) and HV / substation EPC contracts covering price and escalation, programme and liquidated damages linked to energisation and handover dates, securities and insurance, HSE obligations, testing and commissioning (L1–L5 for MEP; protection, telecontrol and energisation tests for substations) responsibilities, warranty and defects liability, variation and claims procedures and interface obligations towards OFCI equipment (receipt, storage, installation and start-up support of HV power transformers, GIS, MV/LV switchgear, UPS, gensets and cooling equipment).
- Provide commercial leadership during execution: review of variations and change orders, early identification and resolution of claims, back-charges, extension-of-time assessments with Construction Management and Legal, commissioning-phase commercial issues and final accounts.
- Manage the commercial relationship with MEP and EPC contractors: performance reviews (schedule, quality, HSE, commissioning performance, commercial behaviour), escalation m

📌 Senior Procurement Manager – Construction MEP (Madrid)
🏢 IREN
📍 Madrid