Senior Electrical Engineer - Critical Power for Data Centers

Aqyr, Inc.; Western Australia; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Permanent opportunity on data centre &

Exposure to high-availability power, +

Long-term career development in data &

Job summary

AQYR Workforce Solutions is assisting a client with a Senior Electrical Engineer - Critical Power (Data Centres) role in Australia. You will lead the design of electrical and critical power systems for mission-critical facilities across WA's expanding data centre market.

You will develop power distribution architectures with N/N+1/2N redundancy, specify HV/LV switchgear, transformers, UPS, generators, ATS, busways and PDU, and perform load flow, fault level, protection coordination and arc flash

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, with CPEng or NER registration highly regarded or actively working towards it.
• Proven experience in electrical engineering within data centres, mission-critical facilities, or complex industrial power systems such as mining, oil and gas, LNG, utilities or renewable energy.
• Strong technical expertise in critical power systems, including UPS, backup generation, power distribution, protection coordination and redundancy design principles.
• Demonstrated ability to develop power distribution architectures with appropriate redundancy configurations, including N, N+1, 2N and distributed redundant systems.
• Experience specifying and selecting critical power equipment such as HV/LV switchgear, transformers, UPS systems, generators, automatic transfer systems, busways and power distribution units.
• Experience providing construction-phase support, including responding to technical queries, managing design changes and resolving defects.
• Understanding of Australian standards and compliance requirements for electrical and critical power systems design.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop electrical and critical power systems from concept through detailed design.
• Develop power distribution architectures with redundancy configurations including N, N+1, 2N and distributed redundant systems.
• Specify and select critical power equipment including HV/LV switchgear, transformers, UPS systems, generators and power distribution units.
• Carry out and review electrical calculations and studies including load flow, fault level, protection coordination and arc flash analysis.
• Prepare and review single-line diagrams, specifications, design reports and construction documentation.
• Coordinate electrical design interfaces with mechanical, controls, BMS, EPMS and fire systems.
• Provide technical input to procurement including vendor submittal reviews and technical evaluation of tenders.
• Support factory acceptance testing, site acceptance testing and integrated systems testing of critical power systems.
• Provide construction-phase support including technical queries, design changes and defect resolution.
• Ensure designs comply with project specifications, Australian standards, safety requirements and client expectations.
• Contribute to operational readiness and handover including documentation, as-built information and support to operations teams.

Skills

Critical power design

Power distribution architectures

Load flow studies

Fault level analysis

HV/LV switchgear

UPS systems

Generators

Protection coordination

Arc flash analysis

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

CPEng or NER registration (advantage)

Job description

AQYR Workforce Solutions is assisting a client with a Senior Electrical Engineer - Critical Power (Data Centres) role in Australia. You will lead the design of electrical and critical power systems for mission-critical facilities across WA's expanding data centre market.

You will develop power distribution architectures with N/N+1/2N redundancy, specify HV/LV switchgear, transformers, UPS, generators, ATS, busways and PDU, and perform load flow, fault level, protection coordination and arc flash