Data Centre Electrical Director (HV/MV/LV & Commissioning)

Gough Recruitment (Hong Kong) Pty Limited; Santo Niño 1st; On-site; PHP 8,906,000 - 13,855,000; Full time

Job summary

Gough Recruitment (Hong Kong) Pty Limited seeks an Electrical Technical Director for data centre projects in APAC, based in Singapore. You will lead electrical design across HV/MV/LV systems, drive standardisation, and coordinate with vendors, clients, and engineering teams to ensure reliable, scalable power infrastructure.

You will review vendor designs, guide documentation, and oversee commissioning activities while advancing off-site manufacturing and design-for-manufacture practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering; PE or Chartered status preferred.
• 15+ years in electrical design and delivery for mission-critical, data centre, or industrial projects.
• Extensive knowledge of HV/MV/LV systems, substations, transformers, switchgear, generators, BESS, busduct and E-Houses.
• Strong understanding of protection, metering, control circuits, thermal analysis and sizing.
• Experience reviewing vendor/manufacturing drawings and factory-produced electrical products.
• Familiarity with modular construction and design-for-manufacture principles.
• Proficient in AutoCAD, Revit, SolidWorks, and ACC/BIM 360 workflows.
• Excellent stakeholder management and English communication.

Responsibilities

• Review and guide vendor designs, shop drawings, specs and calculations for compliance.
• Provide red-line reviews and feedback to vendors to close engineering docs.
• Review and validate system calculations: switchgear sizing, CT/PT, thermal and derating, load, protection coordination.
• Assess system architecture, distribution topology, redundancy, layouts for reliability and maintainability.
• Provide technical oversight of HV/MV/LV systems, substations, transformers, generators, BESS, busduct, E-Houses.
• Support commissioning teams with testing procedures and scripts, onsite coordination.
• Analyze failures and drive design improvements across projects.
• Lead electrical product development with multiple vendors; support off-site manufacturing.
• Update owner standards and engineering guidelines; maintain logs and risk trackers.
• Act as primary electrical contact for clients, consultants, OEMs, contractors, and internal teams.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder mgmt

English fluency

Communication

Education

Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering

PE/Chartered preferred

Tools

AutoCAD

Revit

SolidWorks

ACC/BIM 360

Job description

Gough Recruitment (Hong Kong) Pty Limited seeks an Electrical Technical Director for data centre projects in APAC, based in Singapore. You will lead electrical design across HV/MV/LV systems, drive standardisation, and coordinate with vendors, clients, and engineering teams to ensure reliable, scalable power infrastructure.

You will review vendor designs, guide documentation, and oversee commissioning activities while advancing off-site manufacturing and design-for-manufacture practices.