Electrical Project Lead - Data Center

Turner-; Cyberjaya; On-site; MYR 300,000 - 540,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is seeking an experienced Electrical Project Manager to lead design, procurement, construction, and commissioning of critical power infrastructure in Malaysia. You will develop schedules, budgets, and risk plans while coordinating with utilities, contractors, and clients to ensure safe, compliant delivery.

The role requires 12–15 years of electrical project management and a proven track record delivering electrical construction packages and testing activities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or related discipline.
• 12-15 years of electrical project management experience.
• Extensive experience managing critical power infrastructure projects.
• Proven delivery of electrical construction packages and testing activities.
• Strong experience coordinating with power providers and utilities.

Responsibilities

• Manage all electrical project activities during design, procurement, construction, commissioning, and closeout.
• Develop execution plans, schedules, budgets, and risk management strategies.
• Lead electrical project teams and contractor resources.
• Oversee installation and commissioning of electrical systems.
• Review designs for compliance and constructability.
• Coordinate with utility providers, consultants, vendors, and construction teams.
• Manage engineering changes and technical issue resolution.
• Lead FAT, SAT and integrated systems testing activities.
• Verify system reliability, redundancy, and operational readiness.
• Support client witness testing and final acceptance processes.
• Ensure compliance with electrical codes, standards, and project requirements.
• Promote safe work practices and EH&S compliance.
• Act as primary electrical interface for clients, consultants, contractors, and commissioning teams.
• Support operational readiness and transition to facility operations teams.

Skills

Electrical project management

Power infrastructure experience

FAT/SAT/Commissioning

Utility coordination

Leadership of electrical teams

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering

Job description

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.

Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people's lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.

Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions. We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

• Manage all electrical project activities during design, procurement, construction, commissioning, and closeout.
• Develop execution plans, schedules, budgets, and risk management strategies.
• Lead electrical project teams and contractor resources.
• Oversee installation and commissioning of electrical systems
• Review electrical designs and specifications for compliance and constructability.
• Coordinate with utility providers, consultants, vendors, and construction teams.
• Manage engineering changes and technical issue resolution.
• Lead electrical pre-functional and functional testing activities.
• Manage integrated systems testing and commissioning programs.
• Verify system reliability, redundancy, and operational readiness.
• Support client witness testing and final acceptance processes.
• Ensure compliance with electrical codes, standards, and project requirements.
• Implement quality assurance and inspection programs.
• Promote safe work practices and maintain compliance with site EHS requirements.
• Act as the primary electrical interface for clients, consultants, contractors, and commissioning teams.
• Support operational readiness and transition to facility operations teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Engineering, or related discipline.
• Minimum 12-15 years of electrical project management experience.
• Extensive experience managing critical power infrastructure projects
• Proven delivery of electrical construction packages
• Experience leading FAT, SAT, commissioning, and integrated systems testing activities.
• Strong utility coordination experience with power providers.

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