Manager, Electrical Design
Who we are:
Digital Edge is a trusted and forward-looking data center platform company, established to transform digital infrastructure in Asia. Backed by Stonepeak, a leading alternative investment firm specializing in infrastructure and real assets, Digital Edge has in excess of US$1 billion in committed capital.
Our mission is to bridge the digital divide across Asia Pacific by building the sustainable digital ecosystems of the future. Through building and operating state-of-the-art, energy efficient data centers rich with connectivity options, we bring new colocation and interconnect options to the Asian market, making digital infrastructure deployment in the region easy, efficient and economical.
Founded in 2020 the company has grown rapidly across multiple markets in the region, and currently provides data center and fiber services across China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, and the Philippines.
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.
• Grit: We are driven and determined.
• Excellence: We seek to deliver the best.
• Responsibility: We do what’s right for our people and the planet.
What we need:
We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Electrical Design Manager to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will play a key role in the end-to-end design and delivery process, ensuring the successful implementation of electrical designs for our projects. From concept to execution, the Electrical Design Delivery Engineer will collaborate with cross-functional teams to guarantee the timely and efficient delivery of high-quality electrical designs. This role will be based in Singapore.
Key responsibilities:
• Engineering Design: Ability to develop electrical designs, schematics, and layouts in accordance with project specifications and industry standards.
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Collaborate with architectural, mechanical, security and other engineering disciplines to integrate electrical designs seamlessly into overall project requirements.
• Project Planning: Contribute to project planning by providing accurate estimations of overall design delivery efforts, milestones, and resource requirements.
• Quality Assurance: Conduct thorough reviews of electrical designs to ensure they meet Digital Edge’s requirements, safety, and regulatory standards.
• Documentation: Create and update comprehensive documentation, including design standards, design guides and technical drawings to support the design delivery process.
• Risk Management: Identify potential risks particularly associated with electrical design elements and develop mitigation strategies to address them proactively.
• Consultant and Vendor Collaboration: Work closely with external parties for successful design delivery, selecting the appropriate components and ensuring compatibility for construction and operations.
• Testing and Commissioning: Support T&C function by validating Sequence of Operations.
• Continuous Improvement: Stay abreast of industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices to continuously improve the design delivery process.
• Communication: Effectively communicate design concepts, progress, and challenges to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• 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’s degree in electrical engineering or related field.
• 5 years or more relevant professional and project delivery experiences in APAC, including design of hyperscale data centres.
• Proven experience in electrical design and delivery in a relevant industry.
• Proficiency in CAD, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Strong knowledge of electrical standards, codes, and regulations.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Effective communication and teamwork abilities.
• Familiarity with project management principles.
• Detail-oriented with a commitment to delivering high-quality work.
• Professional engineering certification is advantageous.
