Lead Electrical Engineer at Equinix

Job Description:

Latest job information from Equinix for the position of Lead Electrical Engineer. If the Lead Electrical Engineer vacancy in Singapore matches your qualifications, please submit your latest application or CV directly through the updated Jobkos job portal.

Please note that applying for a job may not always be easy, as new candidates must meet certain qualifications and requirements set by the company. We hope the career opportunity at Equinix for the position of Lead Electrical Engineer below matches your qualifications.

Who are we?

Equinix is the world's digital infrastructure company®, shortening the path to connectivity to enable the innovations that enrich our work, life and planet.  

A place where bold ideas are welcomed, human connection is valued, and everyone has the opportunity to shape their future.

Joining our operations team means being at the center of everything - maintaining and evolving critical infrastructure that powers the digital world and delivers real impact for our customers, communities and society. You'll find belonging, purpose, and a team that welcomes you—because when you feel valued, you're empowered to do your best work.

Job SummaryMentors engineers within the regional engineering, design, construction and site operations job families. Performs the planning, system design, system implementation, system maintenance and support. Leads medium to large scale projects and the roll out of engineering initiatives. Develops and implements policies and procedures. Effectively interacts with other internal and external teams, including the design engineering, site engineering, construction management and regional operations teams, onsite support vendors and consultants on projects, policies and procedures. Plans and directs day to day operations and strategic direction of delivery of either multiple, large construction projects or delivery of operations for an Data Center portfolio.

ResponsibilitiesProject Management

• Leads and manages multiple projects or other design and engineering initiatives

• Provides guidance, technical expertise and project leadership in ensuring projects or other design and engineering initiatives are meeting or exceeding company expectations

System Operation and Work Practices (including Capacity Planning)

• Expert operating knowledge of engineering systems to include advanced diagnostics and repairs

• Ability to apply knowledge of Equinix processes and procedures and industry standards to resolve non-routine issues

• Works with vendors to identify and resolve hardware and software issues with vendors products which affect Equinix operations (i.e., works with equipment vendors to understand the impacts and consequential workarounds of an equipment setting change based on its hardware design and the site configuration of the equipment)

• Evaluates and assures the safe working practices of others

• Reviews and recommends work practice guidelines and policies

• Interacts with other engineering, design and construction disciplines

• Works with the capacity and site engineering teams to formulate long term strategies for managing power and cooling resources

Training

• Contributes to identifying and developing training programs

• Provides cross-functional training

• Acquires knowledge by expanding experience with systems, vendor training, participation in industry groups or meetings and shadowing others

• Is SME with many systems and trains others inside and outside of the group

Contract Administration

• Contributes to developing and executing effective contract administration procedures including generation, review, and monitoring of contracts, change orders, cost forecasts, and other pertinent documents and documentation

Leadership and Communications (including Vendor Mgmt.)

• Mentors junior team members. Directs all internal and external project team members

• Directs external vendors per project or initiative such as general contractors, A&E design teams, commissioning agents, equipment suppliers, etc. ·Significantly contributes to establishing and maintaining high value relationships

• Provides executive level communication including business requirements documents and advanced technical writing

• Communicates Equinix operations decisions to customers and conducts post incident communications with customers

• Predominantly peer-to-peer communication

Policy & Procedure Development and Adherence

• Significantly contributes to creating and maintaining best in class policies and procedures

• Assures adherence to developed standards and policy through review of documentation, participation in commissioning activities, design summits and IBX physicals

• Develops high level reporting / summaries of policy compliance information

Problem Solving

• Consistently solves complex, cross-functional issues requiring independent action and a high degree of initiative to resolve (i.e., works with local ops team to perform root cause analysis for complex incident, proposes solutions and works out implications to issues and produce lessons learnt for future reference)

• Makes recommendations for system level enhancements to eliminate potential problems

• Tests suitability of components or action plans for deployments

Technical Expertise

• Has an expert level system knowledge

• Is a subject matter expert to others in and outside of the group. Extensive knowledge of multiple facets of the relevant engineering discipline

• Develops and executes projects (i.e., a single go-to person for specific topic/system, mentors internally and externally on the system/topic regionally, leads projects regionally pertaining to the subject matter)

• Reviews budget and scope, calculates savings pertaining to system improvement projects

• Calculates savings

• Leads internal and/or external engineering, design or construction related seminars/conferences

Qualifications

• 10+ years in electrical system design, operations, maintenance, and project planning with emphasis on datacenter or mission critical project delivery

• Bachelor Degree

Equinix is committed to ensuring that our employment process is open to all individuals, including those with a disability. If you are a qualified candidate and need assistance or an accommodation, please let us know by completing this form.

Equinix is an Equal Employment Opportunity and, in the U.S., an Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to unlawful consideration of race, color, religion, creed, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, place of birth, citizenship, sex, pregnancy / childbirth or related medical conditions, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or domestic partnership status, age, veteran or military status, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, political / organizational affiliation, status as a victim or family member of a victim of crime or abuse, or any other status protected by applicable law. 

Job Info:

• Company: Equinix
• Position: Lead Electrical Engineer
• Work Location: Singapore
• Country: SG

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