Electrical Design Lead

Role Overview

• Lead the creation and evolution of Reference Designs for hyperscale and retail data centre product tracks, ensuring scalability, resilience, cost efficiency, and compliance with global and regional standards.
• Partner closely with Design Delivery, Construction, Operations, and suppliers to enable high?density, liquid?cooled, hyperscale?ready facilities.
• Act as a subject matter expert across regions, driving innovation in electrical systems, advanced monitoring, and liquid cooling integration.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and maintain electrical Reference Designs for hyperscale and retail data centre offerings.
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• Design resilient, scalable electrical distribution and substation systems for high?density environments.
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• Ensure compliance with regional electrical codes and internal standards (IEC, NEC, CCC, etc.).
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• Conduct engineering analysis, feasibility studies, and value engineering to optimise cost and performance.
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• Support localisation of designs alongside Design Delivery and Construction teams.
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• Partner with Operations to drive reliability, maintainability, and continuous improvement.
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• Review and approve critical equipment submittals, FATs, and acceptance testing.
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• Work closely with suppliers and OEMs to specify and qualify electrical equipment.
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• Lead root cause analysis and corrective actions for electrical system issues.
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• Drive innovation and R&D, including liquid cooling integration and advanced monitoring technologies.
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• Produce high?quality technical documentation, specifications, schematics, and white papers.
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• Act as a subject matter expert across regions and lead technical forums.
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• Champion health, safety, environmental, information security, and regulatory compliance standards.

Key Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related discipline.
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• 10+ years of electrical engineering experience, including 5+ years in mission?critical facilities.
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• Strong knowledge of data centre electrical systems, including:
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• Medium? and high?voltage distribution
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• UPS systems, diesel generators, switchgear, PDUs, ATS/STS, VFDs
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• High?voltage substations
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• Solid understanding of regional electrical codes and standards (IEC, NEC, CCC, etc.).
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• Experience with controls systems and system integration.
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• Proven ability to take new designs and technologies from concept through deployment.
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• Experience managing suppliers, OEMs, and factory acceptance testing.
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• Proficiency with tools such as AutoCAD, Revit, and BIM.