Lead Commissioning Engineer - Electrical

About the role

The Lead Commissioning Engineer - Electrical leads and coordinates electrical commissioning for mission-critical data center projects, from design review through to final handover. The role reviews designs, develops commissioning strategies and test procedures, supervises testing, troubleshoots complex electrical systems and ensures compliance with specifications, standards and safety requirements.

Key responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate electrical commissioning from design review to handover, and review design drawings, specifications and equipment documentation.
• Develop commissioning plans, method statements, functional performance test scripts and integrated systems testing procedures.
• Witness static, dynamic, functional performance and integrated systems testing of critical electrical infrastructure.
• Commission and test HV, MV and LV power distribution, generators, transformers, switchgear, UPS, STS, PDUs and associated equipment.
• Verify protection schemes, control systems, grounding, instrumentation and power quality; perform load bank testing and electrical measurements.
• Troubleshoot electrical failures and coordinate corrective actions with contractors, vendors and project teams.
• Coordinate with mechanical, controls, BMS, EPMS, SCADA and PLC teams, and review BACnet, Modbus and Ethernet interfaces.
• Prepare commissioning reports, test records and punch lists, monitor progress against schedule and report risks and delays.
• Lead commissioning meetings, resolve technical queries and RFIs, and support final acceptance and handover.
• Mentor commission engineers and technicians and perform other duties assigned by project management.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related discipline; Master's degree is an advantage.
• Minimum 8-10 years of experience in electrical commissioning, testing and engineering.
• Demonstrated experience leading commissioning on large-scale industrial, commercial or mission-critical projects; data center commissioning experience highly preferred.
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary teams, contractors, suppliers and client representatives.

Required skills

• HV, MV and LV power distribution, electrical protection, relays and protection coordination.
• Transformers, generators, switchgear, UPS, STS, PDUs and power quality analysis.
• EPMS, SCADA, PLC and control systems; load bank testing and load calculations.
• Grounding, earthing, instrumentation and electrical test equipment (power quality analyzers, multimeters, oscilloscopes).
• BACnet, Modbus and Ethernet protocols; interpretation of drawings, single-line diagrams and schematics.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and engineering documentation tools.