Senior Electrical Engineer

Core Group ME; Abu Dhabi Emirate; On-site; AED 400,000 - 650,000; Full time

Job summary

CORE Emirates is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer - CxA for data centre commissioning in the UAE. You will provide on-site technical authority, driving electrical commissioning from installation verification through IST, ensuring redundancy and operational readiness.

You will coordinate across disciplines, manage risk, and guide teams toward successful IST outcomes and client acceptance for mission-critical facilities in Dubai, Abu Dhabi or other UAE locations.

Qualifications

• 8–12+ years commissioning experience in mission-critical facilities.
• Hands-on electrical commissioning with focus on redundancy and IST.
• Strong stakeholder leadership and risk management across multidisciplinary projects.

Responsibilities

• Define L2 acceptance criteria and readiness gates.
• Oversee electrical installation verification across data centre systems.
• Approve element-level commissioning strategies and outcomes.
• Lead IST and Integrated Systems Testing.
• Mentor Engineers and Inspectors.

Skills

Electrical commissioning

Data centre delivery

Stakeholder leadership

Risk management

Job description

Senior Electrical Engineer - CxA (Data Centre)

CORE Emirates is a specialist data centre consultancy and commissioning partner, supporting the delivery of mission-critical infrastructure across the Middle East and international markets.

Established in 2011, CORE has developed deep expertise across data centre design coordination, construction, delivery, commissioning and operational readiness.

CORE is part of the GCV Group of companies – www.gcv-group.com

Role Purpose

The Senior Electrical Engineer leads electrical commissioning for mission-critical data centres, providing technical oversight from installation verification through to Integrated Systems Testing (IST).

The role coordinates across disciplines, manages commissioning risk and verifies that electrical systems meet the commissioning strategy and client requirements for redundancy, resilience and operational readiness.

As the primary on-site technical authority for electrical commissioning, you will help demonstrate that data centre power systems perform as intended in normal operation, during failures and through recovery.

Key Responsibilities

• Define L2 acceptance criteria and readiness gates.
• Oversee electrical installation verification across data centre systems and zones, checking readiness for commissioning.
• Resolve complex installation and interface issues.
• Approve element-level commissioning strategies and outcomes.
• Review electrical settings, operating sequences and protection philosophies against data centre resilience requirements.
• Mentor Engineers and Inspectors.

L4 – System Functional Testing

• Lead system functional testing strategy and execution.
• Validate data centre electrical system performance under all defined operating modes, including failure and recovery scenarios.
• Manage technical risk during abnormal and failure testing.

L5 – Integrated Systems Testing

• Lead and control Integrated Systems Testing (IST).
• Demonstrate data centre redundancy, resilience and failure-recovery compliance through integrated testing across disciplines.
• Support client acceptance, operational readiness and the transition to live data centre loads.

Authority & Decision-Making

• Full technical authority for commissioning sign-off within assigned scope.
• Authority to halt commissioning activities due to risk or non-compliance.

Typical Experience & Skills

• 8–12+ years commissioning experience in mission-critical facilities.
• Strong data centre delivery background, with hands-on electrical commissioning experience and a clear understanding of redundancy, resilience and IST.
• Confident stakeholder leadership and risk management across multidisciplinary, mission-critical data centre projects.

Performance Measures

• Successful delivery of IST and client acceptance
• Leadership, mentoring, and technical governance

Ready to lead electrical commissioning on mission-critical data centre projects in Dubai, Ajman or Abu Dhabi? Contact the CORE Talent Team for a chat today.

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