Senior Electrical Engineer

RED Engineering Design; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

RED Engineering Design in Singapore seeks an experienced Senior Electrical Engineer to lead medium to large-scale building services projects, with a focus on data centres and hospitality sectors. The role involves design, development, coordination, client liaison, and mentoring junior engineers, ensuring compliance with relevant codes, safety standards, and robust delivery.

Hands-on technical leadership and strong communication are essential for successful project outcomes.

Qualifications

• Licensed or degree qualified or equivalent experience in international consulting engineering.
• Working towards or achieved chartered/status equivalent recognition.
• Experience in building services design for multiple building types.
• Good knowledge of health and safety regulations and codes.

Responsibilities

• Run medium to large projects with client-facing development, design and coordination.
• Develop and specify control systems, instruments and operating sequences.
• Survey, test and report on existing electrical installations.
• Ensure design calculations meet industry standards and customer requirements.
• Provide guidance to trainees and junior engineers; validate designs.

Skills

Electrical design

Project management

Client liaison

Building services

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

ETAP

MS Office

Job description

RED isan expanding international M&E consultancy, with a proven track record in low energy design, focused on providing excellent design solutions to clients.

We now seek an experienced Senior Electrical Engineer to be based in our Singapore office to inspire others. You will have the ability to run small and large sized projects, undertake a client facing role in the development, design, and co-ordination of engineering projects You will have experience in the delivery of data centres along with other sector experience including commercial, hotel, retail, and hotel design desirable.

Your excellent communication and interpersonal skills, both with colleagues and clients, and experience working on innovative projects with leading client organisations, and contractors will equip you to take a future pro-active role in forging client relationships of our sector portfolio.

You will possess good commercial awareness, in addition to having robust technical knowledge relevant to building services design, and capable of incorporating those technologies into the hotel / hospitality and leisure sector. The position will ideally suit someone who is currently working in building service consultancy and is prepared to work ‘hands on’.

Job Description

• Responsible for running of medium size projects. Undertakes a client facing role in the development and design and coordination of engineering project services for Mechanical or Electrical installations, systems, equipment, facilities etc.
• Develops and specifies applications of controls, instruments, and operating systems for all building engineering services purposes
• Surveys tests and reports on existing electrical/mechanical installations
• Specifies activities to ensure that manufacturing, construction, installation, and operational testing confirm to functional specifications and customer requirements
• Day to day decision making on project progress and direct liaison with and provides advice to client
• Represents Company at technical meetings with customers, professional teams and contractors teams
• Carries out engineering calculations to ensure drawings meet required robust industry and legal standards
• Responsible for technical content and accuracy of Trainee, Graduates and Engineers
• Validation and checking of designs and specifications

Experiences / Qualifications

• Licensed or degree qualified or equivalent experience and have sufficient experience with international Consulting Engineering.
• Working towards or have achieved MCIBSE/MIEE/Professional/Chartered Engineer or equivalent status
• Experience of specification design/drawing for at least one building type
• Sound knowledge of key Health and Safety issues and legislation
• Knowledge of MS Office apple excel etc
• Ability to use IT based calculation and spreadsheet software
• Good understanding of BS SC standards and international design codes and standards
• Ability to prioritise own workload
• Ability to work to deadlines
• Managerial Skills
• Act in an ethical manner and follows the principles of the Ethics Charter and Ethics in Practice Guidelines