Senior Electrical Engineer - Data Center Facilities
ROLE OBJECTIVE
To provide senior level electrical engineering leadership and independent technical assurance for Otech s mission critical data center portfolio ensuring that electrical infrastructure is safe resilient scalable maintainable and fit for continuous operation The role independently reviews and validates electrical designs calculations equipment selections capacity and redundancy requirements and challenges consultants OEMs contractors and service providers where required to protect Otech s operational technical and commercial interests
RESPONSIBILITIES
Strategic Engineering GovernanceAct as the senior electrical engineering subject-matter expert for Otech data centers and provide independent technical recommendations to management Develop and maintain electrical engineering standards design principles technical baselines and lifecycle requirements for mission-critical facilities Support capacity planning expansion roadmaps asset lifecycle and obsolescence planning across the data center portfolio Ensure technical decisions balance availability resilience safety maintainability scalability and total lifecycle cost Technical EngineeringReview electrical designs SLDs load schedules specifications calculations equipment schedules shop drawings method statements and as-built documents Perform or verify load capacity analysis cable sizing voltage drop fault-level short-circuit studies protection coordination selectivity and related engineering calculations Review MV LV systems transformers switchgear UPS batteries DRUPS generators ATS STS busway tap-offs PDU RPP rack power earthing lightning surge protection metering harmonics and power quality Validate N N 1 2N and other critical-power architectures including single points of failure and concurrent-maintainability implications Review electrical requirements for high-density racks POD and containment designs and future power-growth requirements Vendor Consultant amp Commercial GovernanceIndependently challenge consultant OEM and contractor assumptions calculations equipment selections and technical recommendations when not adequately justified Recommend acceptance rejection or conditional acceptance of technical submissions based on documented engineering evidence Evaluate substitutions deviations value engineering and change requests for technical necessity operational risk and lifecycle impact Support Procurement and project teams with technical bid evaluation bid normalization clarifications and assessment of variations Identify technically unjustified over-sizing under-sizing unnecessary complexity or avoidable vendor lock-in before commercial commitment Projects Testing amp CommissioningProvide electrical engineering input from concept RFP through detailed design construction testing commissioning handover and operational acceptance Review FAT SAT ITPs commissioning procedures integrated systems testing and failure-mode scenarios and witness critical tests Ensure electrical defects punch-list items and non-conformities are closed or formally risk-accepted prior to final acceptance Verify final O amp M manuals test certificates training warranties spares and as-built records Operations Reliability amp SafetyProvide escalation support for complex electrical faults and high-risk maintenance or switching activities Lead support RCA for electrical trips failures abnormal power events and recurring defects and ensure corrective preventive actions are technically adequate Review preventive predictive maintenance strategies switching procedures MOP SOP EOP documents isolation plans and risk assessments Ensure safe systems of work LOTO isolation discipline permit-to-work controls and applicable electrical safety requirements Support technical audits compliance reviews customer assessments and continuous-improvement activities People Knowledge TransferCoach and provide technical guidance to Data Center Facilities engineers and operations teams Build internal capability through technical reviews lessons learned incident findings and structured knowledge transfer Promote disciplined engineering decision-making and documentation across projects and operations
ROLE SPECIFICATIONS
Education amp QualificationsBachelor s degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent from a recognized institution Master s degree and relevant professional engineering registration certification are advantageous ExperienceTypically 8 12 years of progressive electrical engineering experience with substantial hands-on experience in mission-critical facilities data centers Experience with new builds brownfield expansion live-site changes commissioning and complex fault investigation is strongly preferred SkillsDemonstrable experience with critical power architectures and MV LV distribution UPS batteries generators DRUPS switchgear protection busway PDU systems and high-availability electrical infrastructure Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent from a recognized institution.Master's degree and relevant professional engineering registration/certification are advantageous.Typically 8 12+ years of progressive electrical engineering experience, with substantial hands-on experience in mission-critical facilities/data centers.Experience with new builds, brownfield expansion, live-site changes, commissioning and complex fault investigation is strongly preferred.Demonstrable experience with critical power architectures and MV/LV distribution, UPS, batteries, generators/DRUPS, switchgear, protection, busway/PDU systems and high-availability electrical infrastructure.