Principal Engineer - Electrical (Data Center Construction)

GM Recruitment; Johor; On-site; MYR 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency in Malaysia seeks a Principal Engineer - Electrical for data centre construction in Sedenak, Johor. The role requires a Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering and over 6 years of experience in Electrical/Power design, particularly with substation projects. Responsibilities include site management, approval of design documents, and ensuring construction quality standards. Opportunities for professionals in electrical distribution systems await.

Qualifications

• 6 years minimum of working experience in Electrical/Power design on substation 33kV/132kV/275kV.
• Experience with data centre projects preferred.
• Familiar with TNB/local authorities’ procedures and standards.

Responsibilities

• Assist Project Manager or Delivery Manager in data centre design and construction.
• Responsible for review and approval of design consultant's work.
• Monitor construction activities to ensure standards are met.

Skills

Electrical HV/MV distribution Engineering

Mechanical HVAC software

Fluent in English

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering

Chartered Engineer

Tools

IES

Job description

Principal Engineer - Electrical (Data Center Construction)

Assist Project Manager or Delivery Manager in data centre design and construction phases for site management, construction quality control and HSE.

Monitor construction activities closely on a regular basis and ensure the data centre facility is built to group's standard.

Responsible for the review and approval of design consultant’s work to ensure design documents are sufficiently developed with all necessary engineering calculations in place.

Responsible for communicating with design consultants and contractors/vendors to ensure all required deliverables are achieved.

Responsible for maintaining the data center's internal engineering standards with particular focus on Electrical distribution and protection system.

Support and manage project commissioning/troubleshooting and final handover activities.

Support of the data center's internal engineering design and development activities.

Establish engineering and operation procedures following the data center's standard.

To travel from one site to another for support if required, as the position is site-based.

Reporting day-to-day basic tasks and alignment to the Line Manager.

Requirements:

Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering

Chartered Engineer preferred

6 years minimum of working experience in Electrical/Power design on substation 33kV/132kV/275kV and construction project delivery (data centre projects preferred).

Good knowledge in Electrical HV/MV distribution Engineering

Experience in Mechanical HVAC software, such as IES.

Familiar with TNB/local authorities’ procedure, standard code and requirement.

Must be willing to work in Sedenak, Johor.

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Human Resources & Recruitment 11-50 employees

Agensi Pekerjaan GMRecruitment Sdn Bhd(JTK:2922) is a licensed recruitment company based in Malaysia who delivers human resource solutions which is a core issue in every organization. It serve comprehensive through contract staffing and permanent recruitment requirement. It has a professional and experienced team to provide best recruitment and outsourcing services for every valuable client in various industries. The clients are from industries of Data Centre, Logistic, IT, Construction, Manufacturing, Hospital, Banking and etc.

Agensi Pekerjaan GMRecruitment Sdn Bhd(JTK:2922) is a licensed recruitment company based in Malaysia who delivers human resource solutions which is a core issue in every organization. It serve comprehensive through contract staffing and permanent recruitment requirement. It has a professional and experienced team to provide best recruitment and outsourcing services for every valuable client in various industries. The clients are from industries of Data Centre, Logistic, IT, Construction, Manufacturing, Hospital, Banking and etc.

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