Principal Engineer

Job Summary
This position is for K2 Data Centres, a company under Kuok (Singapore) Limited, based in Malaysia.
Purpose Of The Role
K2 is an international developer, owner and operator of hyper-scale digital infrastructure assets. We are the specialists in providing critical digital infrastructure in the form of Data Centre environments to leading technology companies, we lay the physical foundations of the internet, cloud services and tomorrow's digital solutions, today.

With a proven track record operating to world leading service levels, we pride ourselves in being technically focused long-term partners, providing our customers peace of mind when investing in significant physical network, storage and computing resources that provide the digital solutions to millions of users around the world every day.

We seek to hire the best talent in the industry, who have the passion and motivation to join the growing team in K2.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist Project Manager or Delivery Manager in data centre design and construction phases for site management, construction quality control and HSE.
• Monitor construction activities closely on a regular basis and ensure the data centre facility is built to group's standard.
• Responsible for the review and approval of design consultant's work to ensure design documents are sufficiently developed with all necessary engineering calculations in place.
• Responsible for communicating with design consultants and contractors/vendors to ensure all required deliverables are achieved.
• Responsible for maintaining K2 internal engineering standards with particular focus on Electrical distribution and protection system.
• Support and manage project commissioning/troubleshooting and final handover activities.
• Support of K2 internal engineering design and development activities.
• Establish engineering and operation procedures following K2 standard.
• To travel from one site to another for support if required, as the position is site-based.
• Reporting day-to-day basic tasks and alignment to the Line Manager.

Key Requirements

• Bachelor's in Electrical/Power or Building Services Engineering
• Chartered Engineer preferred
• Relevant Uptime/TIA certificates preferred
• 6 years minimum of working experience in Electrical/Power design on substation 33kV/132kV/275kV and construction project delivery (data centre projects preferred).
• Good knowledge in Electrical HV/MV distribution Engineering with a good understanding on data centre project and protection study
• Proficiency in MS Office (e.g., Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc) with experience in Mechanical HVAC software, such as IES.
• Good command of written and spoken English is required, as that will be the main working language. Candidates fluent in Chinese and/or Bahasa Indonesia/Malay will have an advantage, as the role may require working with native Data Center employees based in Indonesia, Malaysia, or China.
• Familiar with TNB/local authorities' procedure, standard code and requirement.
• Candidates who are active, conscientious, sociable, flexible, optimistic and take initiativ

Interpersonal Requirements

• Committed to the delivery of high level of service excellence.
• Calm Manner, able to work under pressure and delivery.
• Self-motivated, ability to work on own initiative.
• Punctual and reliable.
• Excellent communication and attention to detail.
• A team player, able to work with colleagues and clients staff at all levels with high level of dedication.
• Candidates who are active, solutions oriented, conscientious, sociable, flexible and optimistic.

Education
Bachelors in Electrical Engineering or Electrical Engineering & Electronics