Senior Manager, Project Delivery, Malaysia

Digital Edge Data Center; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 300,000 - 450,000; Full time

Job summary

Digital Edge Data Center in Malaysia is seeking a Senior Manager, Project Delivery to lead civil works for a major data center project. You will plan, coordinate, and manage risk, safety, quality, contract administration and progress reporting on-site at Johor.

The role requires a civil engineering degree with extensive construction experience, including large-scale data center or complex projects with MEP content, and proven leadership in base-build delivery from start to finish.

Qualifications

• Bachelor/Diploma of Engineer (Civil) degree.
• 12+ years of Construction and engineering experience.
• Experience with large-scale Data Center projects or complex semiconductor projects with MEP content.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the civil works component for a large Data Center project.
• Coordinate with MEP contractors, consultants, authorities and client representatives.
• Maintain accurate site documentation and progress reporting, and address on-site challenges.
• Ensure safety, quality and environment management on site, including incident avoidance.

Skills

Civil engineering

Project management

Quality management

Safety management

Education

Bachelor/Diploma of Engineer (Civil)

Job description

Senior Manager, Project Delivery, Malaysia

Where performance meets sustainability, Digital Edge is a leading provider of sustainable, next-generation, AI-ready digital infrastructure across Asia Pacific. Backed by Stonepeak, a global alternative investment firm specializing in infrastructure and real assets, Digital Edge has over US$1.6 billion in committed equity capital from some of the world ’s largest institutional investors and sovereign wealth funds.

Since our founding in 2020, we have rapidly scaled across key Asia markets, operating 31 data centers with over 1.8GW of secured IT power. We operate as a regional platform delivering consistent global standards, combining scale with strong local execution across every market.

This role is an exciting opportunity to join our fast-growing team as we further expand our footprint across Asia.

Our values:

• Respect: We embrace diversity and collaboration.
• Innovation: We share ideas and solve problems.
• Strive: We are driven and determined.
• Excellence: We seek to deliver the best.
• Responsibility: We do what’s right for our people and the planet.

About the role:

Reporting to the Senior Director, Construction Project Platform, this role will lead and manage the civil works component related to a largescale Data Center project, involving methodical planning, and staging of execution works and multifaceted management of risk, safety, quality, contract administration and detailed progress reporting. This role will be project based at Project Site, Johor, Malaysia

Key responsibilities:

Construction

• Program: phasing/staging, construction activity sequencing, contractor/subcontractor interface and coordination, detailed programming of all construction activities from commencement to completion, including daily and weekly planning.
• Quality: administering the quality management system and ensuring procedural systems are transcending and adhered to throughout ground level operations to enable uniformity of construction methodology and achievement of leading industry standards on building quality. Making sure that all the Method statements and procedures are followed.
• Safety: Administering and ensuring adherence to the safety management system. Active participation and management in audits, safety meetings, campaigns, and training workshops.
• Trade Workfront Management: On-site operational organization of contractors and subcontractors work front, resource deployment, equipment and machinery provision, short term planning, on and off-site logistics coordination.
• Maintain accurate documentation, reporting site progress and addressing on site challenges.
• Coordinating MEP contractors for civil works.
• Lead coordination with consultants, authorities, utility providers and client representatives.

Design Coordination and Interface

• Make sure that all the RCC andfinishing works are executed as per the issued drawings.

Quality, Safety and Environment Management

• Injury and Incident Free: Develop and encourage an Incident and Injury Free climate on site and in the supply chain and ensure that all health and safety obligations, process and procedures are allocated to and delivered by the engaged contractors, subcontractors and suppliers in line with DEI EHS standards.
• Actively champion and implement policies and procedures for occupational health & safety in the workplace, information security management, environmental management systems; incident management; and comply with all legal regulatory requirements of the organization.

The successful candidate:

• Bachelor/Diploma of Engineer (Civil) with overall 12 years of Construction and engineering experience. Minimum of 3 years’ experience with largescale Data Center experience or complex Semiconductor Projects with MEP content.
• Knowledge in civil engineering or structural engineering preferable for Data Centers. The candidate must have experience and a performance track record leading the base-build delivery ‘structure’ for large scale or complex projects. Managing and overseeing from start to finish external underground infrastructure works, substructure (piling, footing and foundation works), superstructure (shuttering, reinforcement, post-tensioning, precast concrete, concrete place, steel structure, masonry such as blockwork, brickwork, coordination of services cast-ins, dry wall construction, DfMA installation etc.), finishes (internal walls, floors, ceiling, partitions, doors etc.,) and façade works to enclose the building.
• Ability to supervise and administer the onsite construction execution of all building works in terms of necessary resource deployment, plant and machinery, sequencing and staging of works to efficiently construct the building as per program timelines, safety and quality standards. Understanding and awareness of infrastructure and services being able to interpret and understand design, overseeing and manage the works competently.