Senior Electrical Design Engineer, Data Center Engineering-Frankfurt, Germany

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with internal stake-holders to define project design criteria and develop Basis of Design
• Technical leader managing the consultants to implement the project through schematic design, design development, to construction documents
• Technical leader managing the design build contractor to ensure the project meets the business and technical needs defined in the BOD
• Provide construction administrative support to the project manager during construction. Task include but not limited to, responding to RFI’s, issuance of technical bulletins, review submittals and shop-drawings, conducting source inspections at vendor factories and participating in the data center construction commissioning process
• Provide and analyze energy efficient solutions to minimize power losses
• Review and develop detailed scripts for change management request (CMR) activities
• Travel to data center sites for engineering studies, electrical systems audits, startup testing, and full commissioning, as required
• Provide electrical mission critical system review services to local data center operations teams
• Participate in equipment failure or power outage related incident Root-Cause-Analysis (RCA)
• Provide instructions to design consultants, installation contractors and validate quality of installed works
• Respond on an as-needed basis to emergencies

Job Requirements

• BS in Electrical Engineering
• Minimum of seven (7) years professional experience in building design and construction
• Knowledge of high voltage (115kV, 12kV) substation design and mission critical power distribution systems (data center topologies, PLC based transfer controllers, generators, UPS, PDU, and Building Management System)
• Knowledge of industry standards, building codes and safety standards including NFPA, UFC and UBC
• Experience with the construction and cost estimating process
• Cross-discipline knowledge of complete critical facility systems
• Trouble shooting and analytical skills
• Ability to provide solutions to projects under pressure
• Experience with AutoCAD, Visio, Bluebeam and SKM software
• Ability to travel regionally and overseas (up to 30%)
• Bilingual in Mandarin Chinese is a plus

Preferred Qualifications

• Electrical Professional Engineer registration
• Data center or mission critical design, construction and operations