Associate / Principal Electrical Design Engineer – Data Centres & Mission Critical

WSP in the Middle East; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 420,000 - 720,000; Full time

Job summary

WSP in the Middle East is seeking an Associate/Principal Electrical Design Engineer for data centres and mission critical facilities. The role leads multidisciplinary design, advisory, and delivery across the region, ensuring solutions meet global standards for resilience and sustainability.

You will engage clients, set project strategy, and lead teams while driving business development and governance across lifecycle stages from concept to execution.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field; Master’s preferred.
• 12+ years of experience in mission-critical/data centre design, delivery, or advisory.
• Strong understanding of Tier standards, NFPA, ASHRAE, Uptime Institute guidelines.
• Proven experience in GCC markets (UAE and/or KSA).
• Experience with large consultancies or international engineering firms.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and client-facing abilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, integration, and delivery of electrical and MEP systems for mission-critical data centre projects.
• Provide technical governance by reviewing engineering deliverables aligned with standards and client requirements.
• Drive development of modular, cloud, colocation, and hyperscale data centre solutions.
• Act as the primary client interface, building advisory relationships across key accounts in the region.
• Lead technical workshops, design reviews, and senior stakeholder presentations.
• Own project strategy, ensuring delivery excellence from concept to execution.
• Drive business development including bid leadership, proposal strategy, and commercial positioning.
• Identify opportunities in digital infrastructure, hyperscale, and cloud ecosystems.
• Collaborate with regional leadership to expand the mission-critical/data centre service offering.
• Lead, mentor, and develop multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Oversee resource planning, utilization, and capability development within the data centre practice.
• Ensure solutions meet resilience, sustainability, scalability, and operational efficiency benchmarks.

Skills

Electrical design

Leadership

Client engagement

Project management

Team mentorship

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

NFPA standards

ASHRAE guidelines

Uptime Institute guidelines

Job description

Job Description

WSP in the Middle East is currently hiring for Associate / Principal Electrical Design Engineer – Data Centres & Mission Critical who will lead multidisciplinary design, advisory, and delivery of mission‑critical data centre projects across the region.

The role will oversee client engagement, project strategy, technical excellence, and team leadership, while ensuring all data centre solutions meet global standards for resilience, sustainability, and scalability.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, integration, and delivery of electrical and MEP systems for mission‑critical data centre projects.
• Provide technical governance by reviewing and approving engineering deliverables aligned with global standards and client requirements.
• Drive development of modular, cloud, colocation, and hyperscale data centre solutions.
• Act as the primary client interface, building trusted advisory relationships across key accounts in the region
• Lead technical workshops, design reviews, and senior stakeholder presentations.
• Own project strategy, ensuring delivery excellence across lifecycle stages from concept to execution.
• Drive business development including bid leadership, proposal strategy, and commercial positioning.
• Identify and capitalize on opportunities in digital infrastructure, hyperscale, and cloud ecosystems.
• Collaborate with regional leadership to expand the mission‑critical/data centre service offering.
• Lead, mentor, and develop multidisciplinary engineering teams across electrical, mechanical, civil, and architecture.
• Oversee resource planning, utilization, capability development within the data centre practice.
• Ensure all solutions meet benchmarks for resilience, sustainability, scalability, and operational efficiency.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field; Master’s preferred.
• 12+ years of experience in mission-critical/data centre design, delivery, or advisory.
• Strong understanding of Tier standards, NFPA, ASHRAE, Uptime Institute guidelines.
• Proven experience in GCC markets (UAE and/or KSA).
• Experience working with large consultancies or international engineering firms.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and client‑facing abilities.