Resident Engineer (Electrical) - Data Centre

Job Title

Resident Engineer (Electrical) - Data Centre

Job Description Summary

Resident Engineer – Electrical will be responsible for supervising and coordinating all Electrical works on-site for data centre construction projects. This role ensures that Electrical systems are installed, tested, and commissioned in compliance with approved drawings, technical specifications, safety standards, and data centre operational requirements. The role acts as the technical representative on site, coordinating contractors, consultants, and stakeholders to deliver high-availability, mission‑critical infrastructure.

Job Description

About the Role:

• Supervise day-to-day Electrical construction activities on site, ensuring compliance with approved designs, specifications, and data centre standards.
• Review and coordinate MEP shop drawings, method statements, and technical submittals with consultants and contractors.
• Monitor installation, testing, commissioning, and integration of critical systems such as power distribution, UPS, generators, cooling, fire protection, and BMS.
• Ensure all MEP works adhere to safety, quality, and regulatory requirements, including local codes and international data centre best practices.
• Report construction progress, technical issues, and risks to the Project Manager, and support site inspections, testing, and handover activities

About You:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering (or equivalent).
• Minimum 7–10 years of experience in MEP construction supervision, with at least 2–3 years in data centre or other mission‑critical facilities.
• Strong knowledge of data centre MEP systems including power redundancy, cooling systems, and critical infrastructure commissioning.
• Experience managing contractors, consultants, and multidisciplinary site teams.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work in a fast‑paced, high‑availability construction environment.

Why join Cushman & Wakefield?

As one of the leading global real estate services firms transforming the way people work, shop and live working at Cushman & Wakefield means you will benefit from:

• Being part of a growing global company;

• Career development and a promote from within culture;

• An organization committed to Diversity and Inclusion

We're committed to providing work-life balance for our people in an inclusive, rewarding environment. We achieve this by providing a flexible and agile work environment by focusing on technology and autonomy to help our people achieve their career ambitions. We focus on career progression and foster a promotion from within culture, leveraging global opportunities to ensure we retain our top talent. We encourage continuous learning and development opportunities to develop personal, professional and technical capabilities, and we reward with a comprehensive employee benefits program.

We have a vision of the future, where people simply belong.

We have a vision of the future, where people simply belong. That's why we support and celebrate inclusive causes, not just on days of recognition throughout the year, but every day. We embrace diversity across race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or persons with disabilities or protected veteran status.

We ensure DEI is part of our DNA as a global community - it means we go way beyond than just talking about it - we live it. If you want to live it too, join us.

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