MiCiM and Operational Intelligence are committed to continually developing our relationship with UTC Reading, we have been offering time to the students to openly discuss their goals and aspirations and advising and guiding them about preparing to work. The sessions enable the students to experience...
At the start of this year MiCiM signed up to the armed forces covenant, a pledge to support the recruitment of ex-forces personnel. MiCiM are a forces friendly employer and are committed recruit from this field as many people have great transferable hard, soft, leadership...
Guy joined MiCiM at the beginning of last year to work on our ISO level 5 classification laboratory project in Bristol. Guy has a mechanical engineering background that started with working in the armed forces, we chat to Guy about his career so far; Tell us...
MiCiM is proud to celebrate International Women's Day alongside so many of our inspirational staff. Almost 30% of our workforce is female, with many of these holding senior management positions within our workforce. On top of this, last year we appointed our first female director...
This week of the year marks an important time for the construction industry as we celebrate women working in construction. Women still only make up about 12-14% of the workforce in our industry. Whilst the stats are improving yearly we all still have a long...
This year we're looking for great interns to fulfill our placements offering who are either commercial, construction, engineering or project management focused. MiCiM Summer Placements 2023 MiCiM provide focused, end to end project management and construction delivery services, specialising in the Data Centre and Mission Critical sectors....
Sophia Flucker, MiCiM's Technical Director, will be speaking at Data Centre World on the 8th of March. She will be leading the discussion on 'Data Centres - The Road to Net Zero'. Where she will be talking about the future of the industry and how...
Every year MiCiM choose to support a charity, whether that be by volunteering with our time or fundraising through various channels; we asked our staff to vote at the end of last year and we had two very close front runners chosen from our poll,...
MiCiM staff have experience taking responsibility for the delivery of projects on the ground, including those who work for us as client side PM’s. We believe that the only way to manage effectively is to understand not only the risks and challenges to a project...
Jeff Hunter is one of MiCiM's six directors, starting his engineering career from a very young age, Jeff aims to impart his wisdom and inspire the younger generation to take on the challenges of the mission critical sector in the future, read his thoughts below: Tell...
Quantity Surveyor
Laurence joined MiCiM as a Graduate Quantity Surveyor in 2021 following completion of his Quantity Surveying and Commercial Construction Management Degree, and within a year of joining was promoted to Quantity Surveyor, having showcased his skills working on the delivery of a large-scale data centre campus build project in Dublin, data centre projects in London and the surrounding areas, with the most recent project being the successful delivery of a high end semiconductor production facility.
Working collaboratively with the construction team, clients and stakeholders, Laurence is professional and approachable and works methodically and diligently in the management of the financial aspects of the bid, project, or cost planning to which he is appointed. Laurence works closely with MiCiM’s Commercial Managers/Executives and Commercial Director and is focused, accurate and able to deal with completing work to pressured deadlines.
Assistant Site Manager
Joshua has 4+ years of data centre experience working in multiple countries with high value clients on fast paced projects, he has been involved with all construction phases from site set up to snagging and final handover.
With an eye for detail, Joshua ensures client’s requirements are met to the highest standard. Joshua has helped manage office fit outs, site resources, logistics and multiple construction contractors. He has also led design workshops, H&S reviews and undertaken the role of Temporary Works Coordinator.
Document Controller
Laura graduated University of Plymouth with a 2:1 in BA (Hons) History with English. A highly organised individual with great attention to detail and works effectively in a team, Laura is competent in ICT and is always keen to learn.
Laura is a super user for various electronic document management systems including; Aconex, Procore, 4P, Conject, Asite and BIM360, and is successful in managing the document control system for several projects at the same time.
Since joining MiCiM, Laura has managed document control systems on numerous projects for multiple clients. With this, Laura’s skills include managing the document control system, providing training both internally & externally for the project and delivering reports where required.
Contracts Executive
When I reflect on the huge variety projects that I have been involved with and the people that I have met over the years it gives me a great sense of pride in what I have been able to achieve. I have always striven to get the best out of those who work with me which has generated many great and lasting friendships and I trust will lead to many more.
Richard has 47 years’ experience covering many sectors of the construction industry.
Starting as a trainee quantity surveyor working on commercial development and public-sector projects he has subsequently held Director level positions with several national contractors.
From the early ’90’s he specialised in interior fit out projects and since 2006 as a founding Director of Mace Technology has been involved exclusively with Data Centre and other Mission Critical engineering-based projects.
Outside of work Richard enjoys playing badminton, pilates, driving fast cars and exploring new places.
Project Director
My personal goal for MiCiM is to continue to build the strength in depth of our team, and to expand our offering to clients without compromising our ethos of honesty and quality of delivery. Also building stronger relationships with our clients, and the other stakeholders in our projects who will then want to continue to come back with repeat business.
Chris has 38 years of experience in construction covering many sectors of the industry. Being qualified in both Building and Building services he has always fostered a collaborative and coordinated approach to the delivery of projects that bring construction and technical services together rather than the historic them and us attitude.
This approach is particularly useful and successful in the delivery of critical services projects where communication, co-ordination and clear make ready needs are key to the success of the venture. From the late ’90’s he has specialised in Data Centre and critical services projects.
His philosophy has always been to create a “joined up” team approach from clients, consultants, disciplines and trades to deliver what the client expects
When not working Chris enjoys walking, motorbikes, music and playing tennis – although his wife always beats him!
Chief Operations Executive
As MiCiM continue to grow it is vitally important that we maintain our brand core values; being open, honest, collaborative and fair. I take this stance across every aspect of my role.
Alison is a hardworking, diligent creative individual that has worked in the construction industry for over 15 years, she was promoted to Head of Business Operations in July 2022 to improve the interdepartmental collaboration, develop and improve MiCiM’s processes in order to keep pace with the growth of the company.
Alison manages the day to day functionality of the business and it’s processes, with a focus on improving business operations, internal auditing, messaging and policies.
Alison has progressed her career with MiCiM intially joining as a document controller, through hard work was promoted to her new position because of her drive, enthusiasm and managerial skillset whilst utilising her communication skills to continually build upon MiCiM’s brand and culture.
Alison loves travelling and continues to visit as many new countries as she can with her family.
Technical Design & Commissioning Executive
I am a task-oriented person, and have the ability to maintain focus on multiple items. Also, with experience comes the increased ability to prioritise between important and urgent tasks, to maintain a balance and this way to relieve pressure.
Villie’s career has always been about managing teams on site, either by managing a 2-person site team for a small pipework modification, to different sub-contractors and the delivery of their packages in coordination with the overall project, or a project team itself. From her experience project managing she has learnt how best to organise workstreams, communicate and colloborate with the project team whilst always keeping the project deadline and the budget in mind, all the way through to a successful completion.
When not working Villie likes to exercise, meet up with friends to cook together, read anything that comes in her hands and occasionally take courses (currently doing the PowerMBA – online MBA). Also travel a lot when there is no pandemic!
Health & Safety Coordinator
I aim to continuously improve and develop my skills and knowledge in every work experience, knowing there is always room for self-improvement both personally and professionally
Alison has been in the construction industry for over eighteen years working on a multitude of projects ranging from UK Infrastructure, multi-million-pound town centre regeneration, interior fit-outs and also working in the rail and nuclear sectors.
She has gained a vast amount of knowledge working with many of the top industry-recognized electronic document management systems. This has helped her acquire a sound overall knowledge of the Project Management Office processes and procedures.
Alison competes in the odd half marathon and cycling events such as London to Brighton and when she gets the time, enjoys long walks with her partner and dog.
Project Management Executive
I strive to achieve customer satisfaction, promote professionalism and leading a team to succuss, it gives me a great deal of self satification and pride in the team to know we have met the customers needs and expectations in a demading environment.
Andy has over 30 years experience in the Construction Industry. He has worked in various construction projects ranging from commercial, retail, residential, hotels, high security home office establishments and Data Centres.
He spent nealry 20 years working for main contractors in increasing roles of seniority and responsibility and has 13 years experience in the Data Centre Industry, he has also held senior positions client side and successfully delivered Data Center projects in the UK, mainland Europe and Iceland. He also has a dedicated approach to Health and Safety having developed processes and procedures to improve Health and Safety in the work place.
When not at work Andy enjoys spending time with his famliy, travellling and visiting new places, walking the dogs, eating out and attending sporting events whenever possible.
Technical Director
After 11 years of Operational Intelligence, I'm delighted to be leading our team into a new chapter in partnership with MiCiM.
Sophia has specialised in data centres since 2004, working as a mechanical engineering consultant with EYP Mission Critical Facilities and then HP. Sophia’s experience included secondments with operations teams which broadened her practical knowledge. Since 2011 she has been a director at Operational Intelligence where she has been a key part of the team helping data centre clients to optimise their reliability and energy efficiency performance. Passionate about sustainability, she has collaborated with colleagues on a number of technical papers on data centre energy efficiency and environmental impact. She enjoys collaborating with different stakeholders to deliver award-winning work.
Outside of work, Sophia enjoys gardening and yoga.
Trust is at the core of my values and therefore to ensure project success our project teams and individuals must have integrity, reliability, accountability, be empowered and have excellent communication skills that support open, transparent and inclusive collaboration
Will has 32 years’ experience in the construction industry having first trained as a carpenter before progressing to site manager then to commercial surveyor for a main contractor before moving across to Cost Consultancy and Project Management. In his PM career he has worked on a wide range of projects including production / manufacturing facilities, industrial / distribution centres, office builds and data centres. Prior to MiCiM he was a Director within the Project Management team at Avison Young working for numerous clients including government agencies as well as improving their Best-in-Class services and processes.
Having worked with the MiCiM Directors previously he has joined MiCiM as Development Executive to strengthen our service offering through his extensive knowledge of working with developers and setting up and delivering successful projects. He is committed to the company’s’ core values of a Forward thinking, Client Focused, Collaborative approach to doing business, with an aim to ensuring the customer experience reaches the highest possible standard.
When not working he spends time with his family and dogs near Yarm in the northeast training for his yearly 70.3 Ironman challenge. Having worked in Hungary, France and Germany he also likes to explore and learn from new cultures when possible. First item on his bucket list is a trip to Alaska.
Country Lead, Ireland
Every project has challenges, some of them many! Approaching them with a positive attitude and trying to find workable solutions based on facts and experience is key. Communicating to allow all stakeholders to plan is a must
Chris has nearly 25 years experience working across multiple sectors within the construction industry, earning his degree in building services from LSBU back in 2006. His career began with Matthew Hall as an electrical engineering apprentice, before working as a Services Manager both in the UK and abroad in Sydney, Australia.
For the last 7 years Chris has held senior Operational roles delivering technically challenging M&E projects in the Residential and DC sectors.
A big believer in communication and leading by example, Chris strives to always do what he has committed too and helping the team achieve their targets whilst delivering the clients desired product.
Away from work, Chris enjoys all sports, travelling and time with his young family. Plus the occasional beer.
Operations Manager (International Construction)
Trust but verify, in our face paced world, trust your team and suppliers but verify everything – there is very little time in our clients demanding schedules to recover errors. Stay curious and keep asking questions.
John started out in the construction industry over 30 years ago initially with the UK MoD working on complex classified projects.
Since then there has been no stopping him, ranging from urban cable car systems to car plans to nuclear power plants around Europe, Johns career has inevitably lead him to the critical environment as an allied industry to his past experience. Completely home in any number of roles be it client-side or contractor project director, John loves the challenge of driving a team to get a project over the line.
Outside of work John will normally be found tinkering with his land rovers or playing guitar.
Construction Executive
My aim is to work collaboratively with Clients and Contractors to deliver quality projects safely
Martin’s construction career has focused on Data Centres since graduating from Reading University in 2012. After completing the Mace Graduate Programme and working up to Construction Manager, Martin left Mace in 2017 to join MiCiM as a Project Manager.
Martin is hard working and professional and thrives working under pressure to ensure all tasks are completed. Being resourceful with a detailed knowledge of construction and a rounded approach to Mechanical and Electrical elements allows Martin to deliver quality projects. His best quality is the ability to plan work, considering all aspects and outcomes, to determine the best solution for the overall scheme.
Martin plays football to a competitive level and also enjoys playing golf.
Construction Project Manager
I aim to achieve client/customer satisfaction, by bringing a calm approach to a construction project team to deliver quality projects, safely and on time, bringing together and using the knowledge & experience of the design & construction teams in the office and on-site for a more collaborative approach.
Paul has worked on a diverse range of projects across the UK, Ireland & Europe, from pre-construction to handover stage and has extensive experience within a number of construction sectors, including; Aviation, Education, Nuclear, Housing, Infrastructure & Datacentres.
A highly motivated, individual with good punctuality, self-organisation and a strong awareness of health and safety regulations in relation to onsite practices holding competencies in a wide range of programmes.
His role includes set up of project, quality control, health and safety, managing subcontractors, reviewing and updating logistics plans, construction schedules/programs, managing materials and traffic control. His key strengths are delivering to tight deadlines, excellent organisational skills and foreseeing problems ahead of time in order to deal with them efficiently.
Outside of work, Paul has 3 little ladies to keep him on his toes and on the odd occasion he gets spare time he likes to attend the gym, watches sports and loves to take on DIY projects.
Operations Manager (Commercial)
I am a firm believer that with good preparation and attention to detail, excellent communication and being true to your word, you can deliver quality experiences time and time again. I get immense satisfaction from seeing a project come together with my ultimate objective always being a very happy client at the end of it.
A focused, driven commercially orientated Operations Manager with over a decade of experience in the Data Centre design and build industry and a 25+ years track record of delivering excellent service to clients.
Originally a MiCIM Project Manager, Lisa is used to working in very fast paced environments, has a strong background of delivering quality solutions and working with professionals at all levels to achieve business objectives.
Lisa is also involved in the development and execution of company initiatives such as Women in Construction, Equality & Diversity and Sustainability as well as working to develop the next generation of the MiCiM team.
Outside of work Lisa can usually be found enjoying nature, walking through Ashridge Forest in Hertfordshire, pottering around in her garden, or doing Astrology.
Operations Manager (Technical)
Great things in business are never done by one person. They're done by a team of people. Being able to unify staff, consultants and contractors into a team, to be able to share the vision of delivery and have buy-in from stakeholders is the key to success. I’m excited to be part of the MiCiM team who are spearheading our drive further into international markets with new and exciting clients
Garry is a versatile professional with 32+ years rich and extensive experience in European, Middle East and Asian construction markets. A MC3 Best Companies 1 star+ Manager. He is articulate and demonstrates excellent interpersonal skills, strong technical and methodical aptitude with ability to analyse, coordinate and manage large and complex installations, with a strong focus on the end users requirements. Garry has the natural ability to bridge a team of international, multi-cultural staff and motivate a healthy climate within the department / organization to achieve business objectives in busy and challenging environments.
He is experienced in a range of major multi-disciplined construction projects, by way of example; hyperscale data centres, hospitals, education establishments, residential, high-rise towers, airports, oceanariums, luxury hotels and casino resorts. An influential and resourceful Project Lead, from a contracting background with experience/knowledge of building construction, design, finance and management from design concept to project handover. An outstanding track record managing international multi-million dollar projects for major blue-chip clients consistently to standards, legislation, deadline and budget.
Garry’s down time is with his family, in the garden with his wife or with his two sons going to watch football and rugby and if the Scottish weather permits, coastal fishing. He finds it beneficial to spend an hour or so lifting weights in the gym. It is his time to switch off and to focus his thoughts away from work activities.
Managing Director
My focus is to ensure each project is setup to succeed, with the right personnel in place, the right processes and the right environment.
Marc has been working in the engineering and construction industry for nearly 30 years. Having originally started out as an apprentice in the heavy engineering environment of nuclear submarines, he progressed through the ranks to MEP management. He joined Mace Technology upon their inception in 2007 to focus fully on Data Centre projects. After 10 years with Mace Technology, he formed MiCiM with his fellow directors, starting as the Technical Director, Marc became the Managing Director in 2021.
Hard working, pragmatic and enthusiastic, Marc is a highly competent professional who focuses on project leadership and processes throughout the RIBA Project lifecycle.
When not working Marc enjoys going to the gym, swimming and watching his son play football. When he gets the chance he also enjoys pc gaming.
Commercial Director
I like to challenge convention, both in myself and in others, it helps bring out the best in the team and their ability to grow. Creating a strong team bond is paramount to a united delivery.
Daniel has 20 years’ experience in the construction industry having trained in both commercial and construction aspects. He has worked on a wide variety of projects ranging from high end residential, commercial offices, hotels and leisure sector, ultimately specialising in Mission Critical facilities.
Daniel co-founded MiCiM in June 2016 following 10 years at one of the UK’s leading Data Centre delivery specialists. He develops long standing relationships with end user clients, consultants and supply chain partners that have spanned the many projects he has been involved in.
In partnership with Richard Herrington, Daniel leads the commercial delivery of MiCiM’s service offerings, both are committed to the company’s core values of a Forward thinking, Client Focused, Collaborative approach to doing business, with an aim to ensuring the customer experience reaches the highest possible standards.
When not working Daniel can be found in the Cotswolds with his family, golfing or dining out. A keen traveller and passionate skier, he’s even known to attend the odd Rugby match or Formula 1 race.
Preconstruction & Planning Executive
Certainty of delivery is key in this Mission Critical environment and my aim is to provide clarity to the Client through the project programme. Each project and its programme is bespoke and I explore every avenue through design, procurement, manufacturing, construction, testing and commissioning to achieve the optimum duration and maximise the Clients income at the earliest opportunity.
As a naturally inquisitive person, Martin’s 28 years in the industry has lead him to question and challenge all elements of the construction process for each project as he believes you can never stop learning. His career commenced as a trainee planner and has allowed him to work on various project and contract types incl. listed buildings, new build construction, fit out and in the last 10 years Mission Critical facilities.
Working for both Clients and Contractors he excels in providing programming support from the bid through to a successful handover with full progress monitoring and reporting throughout the project lifecycle.
Away from work Martin likes to make the most of his time with his children and working on their smallholding. He’d like to get his smallholding running smoothly and get his kids fully involved with the lifestyle.
Construction Manager
Working on the Ascot project was the most challenging, demanding and rewarding career experience to date I had the privilege of showing the Queen and Prince Philip around a pair of our finished private boxes
Adam is an experienced and reliable Construction Manager specialising in Data Centres, Mission Critical works and office fit-out. He has a wealth of experience within the construction industry, having managed many large and complicated projects in a wide variety of locations for prestigious clients.
Adam is used to working to a very high specification and meeting tight deadlines. His main strengths are the ability to build, manage and motivate teams of people to ensure the successful completion of the project Adam is an effective communicator on all levels and is experienced in most aspects of construction from internal finishes to structural steelwork and welcomes new challenges.
Adam is always keen to learn additional skills and work with new products and innovations.
Operations Manager (MEP)
Although an out of the box thinker, I still consider myself primarily a strategist as opposed to a tactician and favour a collaborative Project Management approach with a focus on early engagement of all key stakeholders to identify and resolve any potential problems before they become actual problems…
Steve is an experienced and motivated manager of multi-discipline and diverse projects across a wide range of industry sectors with demonstrable success in the delivery of technically complex and innovative applications particularly within scientific research and mission critical sectors.
Steve is a big supporter of early commissionability, prefabrication and modularisation strategies to de-risk project delivery and provide better clarity and certainty of cost and programme requirements. Steve is always looking for new and innovative technologies and approaches to further support the success of the project.
Aside from work Steve has two lovely, amazingly talented and equally demanding young children who keep him on his toes and most of their down time is spent together. Steve is an occasional golfer and culinary experimentalist (both with varying degrees of success) and keen endurance motorsport and international rugby fan.
Senior Commissioning Project Manager
“By espousing the leadership qualities demonstrated by those whom I best admire, building bridges and uniting people I love to manage commissioning. The engineering challenge of a mission critical project is what gets me out of bed every morning and I am always looking to change processes for the better. I like to think have the best job in the world.”.
Steve brings over 30 years’ engineering experience in fields as diverse as commercial, semi-conductor, pharmaceutical, data centre and oil & gas. His specialist field however is in the management of the all-crucial commissioning phase of a project. Steve believes firmly that the road to success is by logical process planning, backed up with rigorous scrutiny of each individual project.
Through Steve’s formative years commissioning pharmaceutical plants in Belgium he adopted a powerful analytical method of commissioning planning in relation to all the other disciplines. This model has delivered time and again and now underpins MiCiM’s approach on every project.
Steve joined MiCiM in early 2019 having forged strong bonds with many of its founder members over the years. Nothing motivates him like the chance to weld all the diverse commissioning specialists on a project into a focused team and then shepherding them all together to achieve a successful outcome. Steve’s client-side experience also equips him with insight about what our clients want from their facilities, not only from a high standard of compliance with industry standards but in quality and promptness of handover and documentation.
Away from work Steve is keen on studying science, astronomy and history with a keen interest in military affairs past and present. He finds relaxation through painting, when not going to cinema, theatre or live football with his family.
Mechanical Package Manager
My goal for the coming year is to familiarise myself with the ins and outs of Data Centres.
Nhiroshan’s career so far has mostly been academic. He graduated with a Mechanical Engineering degree from the University of Surrey. During histime at university he took part in two group projects: designing and building a stair climbing robot that can carry a pint of water, and designing a dielectrophoresis (DEP) particle separator system.
Nhiroshan is familiar with various engineering software packages: Solid Edge (CAD), MATLAB, ANSYS Static Structural and ANSYS Fluent (CFD). He would consider modelling and simulations to be a strength of his, a significant part of his dissertation involved modelling orifice flows using computational fluid dynamics (CFD).
Nhiroshan is an associate member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE).
Outside of work he enjoys swimming, running, bouldering.
CSA Construction Project Manager
I believe that the best way forward is to work collaboratively as a one team with the Client & Contractors to achieve high standards Health & Safety & high-quality builds.
Health & Safety is the most important element to me within the Construction Industry and coming to work every day. I like to my team to also have this at the top of their priority list while working out on site.
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Paul has over 20 years of experience within the Construction Industry. Working extensively throughout the UK & Europe working within the Data Centre Sector & Traditional Construction of Commercial, Leisure & Student Accommodation. He has a wide range of Construction & Data Centre knowledge, and this has been picked up working in great teams over the years.
When not at work I can be found with the family living on the Northeast Coast or on the Golf course. I’m a keen football fan, and for my sins I follow Newcastle United.
Assistant Project Manager
My goal for the near future is to integrate into MiCiM and become a well thought of member of the team. I pride myself on always being honest, fair to all stakeholders and being able to catch potential problems before they become an issue.
Scott has 10 years’ experience in the construction industry. He is used to working to a high specification, whilst delivering to tight deadlines and budgets in a fast-paced environment. Scott’s electrical trade and time working as a site manager and a client-side project manager has given him a varied and high level of experience delivering projects. This has taught him how to be flexible in his approach with various stakeholders whether they are tradesmen, suppliers, main contractors, or clients.
Scott has had full accountability of projects up to the sum of £2.3M, including projects at Heathrow Airport, Bristol Airport, Marlborough College and Bristol Temple Meads. His experience in the construction industry varies from new build housing developments through to schools, hospitals, and airports.
Scott has an electrical NVQ 3, a HNC in Construction Management, certificate for SMSTS and a PRINCE2 foundation qualification.
When not at work, if Scott isn’t not doing up properties to sell on, then you will find him travelling to as many new countries as he can and doing weird and wonderful things that he can tick of his bucket list. He also enjoys watching and playing a wide range of sports, mainly football! With my daughter born last summer, I am sure these priorities may change a bit!
Commercial Executive
I am keen to recruit and expand our QS team to develop and nurture young talent by challenging their expectations and thinking of the mission critical sector.
Andrew has over 20 years experience in construction, 15 within the Data Centre market across the UK and Europe.
Andrew is responsible for managing the day to day commercial operations for the business as well as offering client advice in regards to change control, cost management, value engineering and contract negotiations.
Andrew has in-depth experience working within live and operational data centres and therefore, fully understands the challenges and opportunities that may arise during data hall build and fit outs and specifically where it is crucial that the clients business operation is not impacted.
When not working, Andy enjoys adding to his property development portfolio, socialising with family and friends and travelling to many different countries.
We offer various apprenticeships for people studying part-time, training, or looking for a career change, providing you with crucial hands-on experience in trade.
We recognise the value in identifying and growing our future talent through apprenticeships which combine the theory with essential practical learning.
Whether it’s site or office based, you will gain first class on-the-job experience giving you the exposure and opportunity to learn and successfully complete your apprenticeship as well a range of technical training applicable to your discipline.
A wide range of graduate opportunities are available at MiCiM, building on the knowledge gained in your degree and putting theory into practice. You’ll kick-start your career working on large, exciting projects, giving you an in-depth understanding of your chosen specialism, and an opportunity to learn about how the other departments & stakeholders of the business work together.
Our 8-12 week summer placements are designed to give you a real introduction to the industry whilst developing valuable skills and experience to compliment your studies.
You’ll work on live projects and discover what a career at MiCiM can offer through a mixture of onsite and office-based experience across the Technical, Commercial & Construction Management teams.
You will be given the guidance and support you need to ensure you make the most of your time with us, and the opportunity to put what you have learned at university into practice.
We work closely with a range of universities to offer year-long placements for students taking sandwich courses, which provide hands on exposure to you chosen specialism and a good understanding across all industry disciplines. You will get to know what life on-site is really like and receive mentoring from our in-house industry experts.
Project Management Executive
“The importance on all projects is work as an integrated team to provide the end user with a facility that he and all of the team are proud to be involved in. Having started my professional life as a designer, then as contractor and as a client, I fully appreciate what is needed from the different team members to bring a team together so that we all work as one.
Nick needs little introduction in the Data Centre industry having worked in this sector for the past 40 years across all disciplines. Nick joined MiCiM as senior projects manager in April 2018 having worked for several years on hyper scale projects for major global clients.
Nick was one of the founding directors in setting up the Mace Technology business where he was responsible for construction and project delivery as well as key account director for certain clients taking projects from initial inquiry through to final account.
Nicholas is a chartered electrical engineer, a member of the Institute of Engineering and Technology and a member of the Chartered Institute Of Building and has been delivering technically challenging Mission Critical projects for the last 40 years. He has worked as project manager and project director on numerous projects ranging in value from £8m to £280m on both the client side and construction side of business. He therefore brings with him a vast experience in respect of the technical understanding of a Data Centre project and in what is important to the client in the design, building, operation and satisfactory completion of projects.
Nick has an open, honest and straight forward approach to all projects to ensure clear communication throughout, both up and down the chain, ensuring that stakeholders requirements are met.
When Nick is not working he can usually be found sailing a boat somewhere in the world!
Senior Project Manager
If you don’t plan properly you cannot effectively manage projects
With over 25 years in the Construction Industry wearing many different hats and working in multiple sectors Danny has gained wealth of understanding as to what it takes to initiate, manage and ultimately successfully complete projects of varied size and complexity. Thriving on challenging projects many of which have been detailed as critical in nature.
Danny’s career stated on the bottom rung working on sites in various sectors as an electrician until making the jump into management when the opportunity arose. At management level Danny’s career has taken him both client side and contractor level working on multi-stranded multi-disciplined projects he has a good eye for detail and a structured approach to management and cost control.
Living by the sea Danny likes to spend much of his spare time on the water Paddle Boarding, Kayaking or Fishing his aim for the future is to visit more of the UK’s coastline and rivers. He is also a keen gardener and enjoys relaxing in the tranquil space he’s created at home on the Southeast coast.
PMO Lead
As a document controller I am responsible for managing documents ensuring accuracy, quality and integrity. Overseeing documents for a particular project or for an entire organization requires time management and the ability to prioritise.
Siân has over 7 years’ experience in document control, she is knowledgeable in using and maintaining over five different document control systems and picks up new programmes very easily. Siân also possesses a wide range of administrative skills which help with managing business travel, marketing and communications, bid document assistance and helping with administering MiCiM business day to day. Siân has recently started training to move into Project Management.
In Sian’s free time she enjoys a healthy lifestyle especially keeping active at the gym.
