Fire Engineer

Bridge Data Centres Malaysia Sdn Bhd; Selangor; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Bridge Data Centres Malaysia Sdn Bhd in Selangor is seeking a Fire System Engineer to lead maintenance of critical facility electrical systems, including fire protection and monitoring.

You will work with project teams and on-site staff for system integration, testing, and commissioning, ensuring design intent and operational readiness.

The role requires hands-on operation in a highly critical environment, adherence to SOPs, Change Control, and strong safety practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree in an engineering field with at least 5 years in Data Centre or Hi-tech environments.
• Proficient in English; able to write detailed SOPs and incident reports.
• Technical knowledge of critical data centre electrical systems including HVAC, UPS, fire protection.
• Experience with CMMS and standard operating procedures.

Responsibilities

• Lead maintenance tasks for critical environment systems and monitor performance.
• Oversee day-to-day maintenance and inspection of fire protection and electrical systems.
• Provide on-site technical support and guidance for testing and commissioning.
• Coordinate change control and safe operation of facilities.
• Liaise with overseas vendors and participate in customer meetings.
• Ensure compliance with safety and local regulations.

Skills

Electrical systems

Critical environment

Maintenance management

Vendor liaison

Education

Bachelor of Science in Engineering

Tools

CMMS

Excel

PowerPoint

Word

Job description

The Fire System Engineer responsibilities includes but are not limited to generating the sequence of operation and system architectures of onsite facilities electrical systems.

Review of onsite system architectures and as built documentations and ensuring the accuracy of documentation is up to date.

As a subject matter expert on all fire system for all facilities, provide technical proposal and recommendation, ensuring systems are functioning as per design intent and operational readiness.

Work closely with project team and onsite team members for system integration and improvement, participate in commissioning activities, ensuring successful systems integration to new and current facilities.

Ad hoc liaising with overseas vendors may be required from time to time for system works, technical discussions and system improvement/upgrades. Participation in customer meetings, representing BDC as site subject matter expert on Fire system.

Develop and implement fire system related policies, procedures, best practices, and standards, ensuring local activities adhere to local standards. Make recommendations for system level enhancements to eliminate potential issues.

Create a standard for maintenance procedures and checklist, ensuring scalability and sustainability.
VIII. The position requires strong critical environment technical skills and to routinely conduct hands‑on operations and inspection work on a variety of critical facility systems and equipment in an operating critical environment.

Responsible for protecting and improving the value of our assets and ensuring the critical engineering systems reliably perform their intended function. Position is required to perform hands‑on operations, conduct equipment/system functional inspection and troubleshooting prior calling vendor/equipment supplier specialist on-site.

Require strong formal conduct of operations skills, technical expertise, personal accountability, and flawless execution of work activities commensurate with a highly critical environment and associated expectations for exceptional customer satisfaction and confidence.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Overall Lead for maintenance task assigned and monitor performance of assigned responsibilities. Perform repair and/or troubleshoot ensuring that work performed in critical environment is accomplished efficiently with a minimum amount of disruption and inconvenience to customer.

Responsible for the day-to-day maintenance, and inspection of assigned critical environment systems, which may include the following Fire systems on fire detection and suppression, fire pumps and sprinkler systems, fire monitoring panel, fireman switch and other fire and safety related systems.

Responsible for supervising prior to sign‑off, the maintained equipment/system done by maintenance vendor or OEM vendor. Ensure maintenance vendor follows closely to the maintenance work method statement without deviation and sign off for each work step. Should abnormality occur, call for work halt and elevate to monitoring centre and seek for Maintenance Manager work clearance prior proceed to perform troubleshoot and/or investigation.

Process Change Control Application Process work efforts (including 3rd party contractors) for the safe and compliant operation, maintenance (corrective and preventive), and modification of critical equipment. Ensure standard operating procedures and maintenance work instructions are up to standard.

Perform the role of technical support onsite, guiding team members on first level fault analysis with vendor discussions. Provide direction and guidance for team members on new facilities testing and commissioning, working closely with the project team.

Provide on‑the‑job training and technical support to engineers and technicians.

Monitor critical spare parts level of inventory onsite to support continuous operation without impact. Provide recommendations to Manager for the quantity and types of critical parts required to support the facilities operation.

Deliver all maintenance tasks for customer’s service level agreement always comply to the SLA covers, such as incidents to elevate to customer within 15 minutes upon reporting to monitoring centre, written incident report issue within 24 hours, etc.

Monitor work order for Preventative and Corrective maintenance on critical systems. Consult with team members and staff as appropriate to identify and order necessary materials to complete all maintenance and perform necessary work. Finalize work orders by completing necessary documentation.

Develop safe maintenance Change Control Application. Implement or ensure implementation of Change Control Application or work method statement including LOTO (log out/tag out) required under Change Management Workflow Process for assigned facilities and systems.

Perform all work safely in accordance with the governing Safety Program. Comply with company policy and local law for the safe storage, usage, and disposal of hazardous materials. Maintain a clean and safe workplace.

Implement SOP and ERP and have in‑depth understanding of the critical system/facilities.

Update tools and supply inventories as appropriate. Specific duties include but are not limited to preparing and submitting purchase‑order requests, developing sources for stock materials, and performing periodic checks for supplies.

Identify safety hazards within the critical environment, everyone has a role to play to ensure that our coworkers and customers work in a safe environment. Work safety is a key area of focus, staff should put on proper PPE while carrying out their work and comply with safety work rules.

Ensure that compliance with all regulatory laws and guidelines is met as they relate to the operation of the building’s infrastructure and including work deliveries. Responsible for alerting your reporting manager or senior management of any discrepancies.

REQUIREMENTS

Proficient in English through all mediums of communication. Ability to write and review good quality detailed work scripts, methods of procedure, and standard operating procedures. Prepare incident report.

Good knowledge of all laws that govern building management and maintenance, including building safety, emergency evacuation and environment protection.

Bachelor of Science degree in an Engineering field with min. 5 years of relevant work experience in Data Centre environment or Hi‑tech factory/plant (e.g., semi‑conductor).

Technical knowledge with hands on knowledge/experience and understanding of critical data centre systems, focusing mainly on electrical systems, including, and not limited to HVAC, Standby emergency power, uninterruptible power supplies, fire protection and associated infrastructure.

Proficient in computer applications and software, including commercial computerized maintenance management systems, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel

Requires working out of office hours as technical support, 24/7 support to site operation team. To be onsite for incident support

The above‑referenced position summary is a guideline designed to present an overview of job duties and is not intended to be a comprehensive list of responsibilities and requirements.

Backed by global investment firm Bain Capital, Bridge Data Centres (BDC) is a Southeast Asia–based hyperscale data infrastructure builder committed to driving a fast‑evolving digital future. We support our clients’ cloud‑first and AI‑driven strategies through hyperscale, build‑to‑suit, and colocation solutions. We build big, deliver fast, and stay cost efficient. Starting in Southeast Asia, our ambition is global. Together with Bain Capital’s sister platforms in Europe and the US, BDC is positioned to deliver 3 GW of capacity by 2030, empowering tech clients worldwide.

Backed by global investment firm Bain Capital, Bridge Data Centres (BDC) is a Southeast Asia–based hyperscale data infrastructure builder committed to driving a fast‑evolving digital future. We support our clients’ cloud‑first and AI‑driven strategies through hyperscale, build‑to‑suit, and colocation solutions. We build big, deliver fast, and stay cost efficient. Starting in Southeast Asia, our ambition is global. Together with Bain Capital’s sister platforms in Europe and the US, BDC is positioned to deliver 3 GW of capacity by 2030, empowering tech clients worldwide.