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Your impact
If you’re the kind of electrical leader who wants to shape strategy, lead high-impact projects, and build something meaningful, this role is for you. You’ll play a key role in growing our data centre capability across Singapore, Malaysia, and the wider APAC region delivering resilient, efficient, and future-ready infrastructure.
Lead with purpose
- Take ownership of electrical engineering across data centre projects—from concept through to commissioning
- Set technical direction including design strategy, resilience, and risk management
- Be the go-to expert for complex power systems and mission-critical design decisions
Deliver complex, meaningful work
- Oversee systems such as HV/MV/LV distribution, UPS, generators, substations, and controls
- Review key studies (load flow, short circuit, protection, etc.) to ensure safe and efficient designs
- Lead design reviews, value engineering, and commissioning strategy
Drive projects and outcomes
- Manage delivery across all stages feasibility → design → construction → handover
- Balance scope, schedule, budget, and risk while ensuring high quality outcomes
- Work closely with clients, utilities, contractors, and multidisciplinary teams
Build relationships and grow the business
- Act as a trusted advisor to clients and project stakeholders
- Support bids, proposals, and early-stage client conversations
- Identify new opportunities and strengthen our presence in the data centre sector
Grow people and capability
- Lead and mentor engineers across the region
- Help build a strong, collaborative, and high-performing team culture Contribute to recruitment, capability development, and best practice standards
Champion digital delivery and sustainability
- Guide BIM and digital workflows across projects
- Support procurement, site activities, and commissioning
- Drive energy-efficient and sustainable design solutions
Here's what you'll need
To be a successful candidate, you shall possess
- Minimum Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering recognized by Professional Engineering Board.
- Professional Engineer registration, Chartered Engineer status, ASEAN Chartered Engineer or equivalent professional registration.
- Direct experience with hyperscale, colocation, cloud, enterprise or AI/HPC data centre projects in Singapore, Malaysia or APAC.
- Experience with fast-track, design-build, EPCM, consultant-led and contractor-led delivery models.
- Experience with green data centre, Green Mark, LEED, GBI, sustainability, energy modelling, metering, power monitoring and low-carbon design initiatives.
- Strong BIM and digital delivery experience, including Revit, Navisworks, ACC/BIM 360, model-based coordination and data-rich deliverables.
- Experience in authority approvals, utility engagement, grid connection studies, power procurement interfaces and stakeholder management in Singapore and/or Malaysia.
- Commercial acumen in fee development, project controls, variations, risk management, contract interfaces and proposal development.
Please note If you are being represented by a recruitment agency you will not be considered, to be considered you will need to apply directly to Jacobs. Jacobs complies with the Tripartite Guidelines on Fair Employment Practices (TGFEP), including the prevailing guidelines on recruitment. All qualified applicants will be considered for the position regardless of age, race, religion, language, nationality, marital status, or family responsibilities.
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