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 

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. 

• 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 
• Enjoy awesome employee benefits (gifted share options, NEXTDC days, volunteer days, professional development, holistic wellbeing and mental health programs and more)
• Great opportunities to progress within our company (grow as we grow)

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

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