Lead Electrical Engineer

As our Lead Electrical Engineer you’ll lead our efforts across global data centre projects, ensuring all phases—from planning through to operation—are executed to industry-leading standards. Collaborate closely with various teams including Engineering, Project Management, Facilities Management, and Sales/Marketing to deliver new and expansion projects efficiently and effectively. In addition to this you’ll manage all aspects of electrical design from initial business cases and feasibility studies to long-term facilities management and expansions.

Key areas of focus will include:

• Design Leadership: Chair electrical design workshops, ensuring optimal solutions are explored and standards met. Lead the review and improvement of existing design standards and present actionable recommendations.
• Technical Oversight: Conduct key shop drawing reviews, load flow and discrimination studies, and earthing designs. Oversee construction site inspections, commissioning processes, and integrated systems testing.
• Project Management Assistance: development of feasibility studies, due diligence reports, and project scopes. Manage capital cost estimations, ROI analysis, and risk assessments.
• Facility Management: Support long-term facilities management with specialist knowledge in maintenance operations procedures (MOPs) and change advisory boards (CABs).
• Capacity Management: Design, create and maintain power flow and capacity calculations for NEXTDC data centres

Requirements

Your proven commercial experience will see you bringing:

• Expertise in Electrical Engineering: Advanced skills in managing all project stages for mission-critical facilities, with a special focus on electrical systems design, troubleshooting, and optimisation.
• Systems Knowledge: Deep understanding of both low voltage (LV) and high voltage (HV) systems, including data centre redundancy principles like distributed and block redundancy. Proficient in fault level modelling and protection.
• Technical Proficiency: Advanced user of Excel. Familiarity with current industry standards essential for high-quality data centre management.

What you bring:

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering required; High Voltage accreditation is desirable.
• Solid experience in the design of mission-critical facilities.

This opportunity will see you working with world leaders in our space. Join our journey now and be an integral part of our ongoing success.

Additional information

• Seize this exciting opportunity to join one of Australia’s fastest growing companies and play a key contributing role in the future of AI and the digital economy
• Join an inclusive, diverse and values-driven working culture supporting hybrid work practices
• Enjoy awesome employee benefits (gifted share options, NEXTDC days, volunteer days, professional development, holistic wellbeing and mental health programs and more)

Our mission is to continue building a diverse and inclusive workforce which represents the communities in which we operate.

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