Technical Leader – Prefab Data Center Engineering (Electrical/Cooling | Customer‑Facing | EAPJ)
Main Responsibilities:
During Tender Phase, the Technical Leader will be responsible of:
Main Responsibilities:
During Tender Phase, the Technical Leader will be responsible of:
- Lead technical engagements with our global customers, acting as the front-facing technical leader for all Prefab DC projects in EAPJ region. This includes driving end‑to‑end technical discussions, solution alignment, design reviews, and ensuring all customer requirements are accurately captured and translated into executable solutions.
- Participate in the programming of the project with the customer or customer representative to understand and document the owner's project requirements (OPR)
- Manage appropriate design documents to support the proposal and allow the estimating team to assemble cost for the proposal. These design documents should identify at a minimum the following as applicable:
- Identify major infrastructure equipment
- Bid specifications for the major/long lead equipment
- Space and site layout
- Load calculations
- System diagrams (electrical single lines, mechanical piping diagrams, etc.)
- Manage review of major equipment quotes for technical compliance from vendors. (Estimating team shall be responsible for soliciting and gathering the quotes)
- Provide support to estimate and develop the final design documents and production administration as appropriate for the project
- Solicit, review, and approve sub-consultant proposals to provide a complete set of design documents for the project
- Provide the technical narrative for the critical infrastructure to be incorporated into the proposal
- Working with solutions sales teams and potential customers to help qualify customer needs
- Performing design improvements primarily to support upgrades and efficient solutions in conjunction with client needs.
- Working with the various application centers to select optimized products, software, and overall solutions for projects
During Design Phase, the Technical Leader will be responsible of:
- Utilizing engineering skills and applicable codes and standards to implement systems that are safe, reliable, and economical
- Lead technical engagements with our global customers, acting as the front-facing technical leader for all Prefab DC projects in EAPJ region. This includes driving end‑to‑end technical discussions, solution alignment, design reviews, and ensuring all customer requirements are accurately captured and translated into executable solutions.
- Takes the OPR to develop the basis of design (BOD) for the project to include, but not limited to:
- Design intent
- Capacity requirements
- Project ambient/unique conditions
- System sequence of operation (SOO)
- System expansion capabilities based on project phasing requirements
- Design conditions
- Redundancy requirements
- Identify applicable codes and ordinances for the project location and occupancy type
- Capture site conditions. Being available to travel to meet customers on-site to review and identify their needs
- Defining technical architecture and providing technical support and quality control for assigned projects
- Managing project timeline commitments to customers and ensuring long-term client relationships
- Manage the design documents for approvals and production
- Coordinate with sub-consultants to ensure cohesion of the design documents
- Facilitate progress meetings with the design team and with the customer
- Work with the construction team and project scheduler for constructability review
- Provide support to the construction team to secure permits
During Production and Delivery Phase, the Technical Leader will be responsible of:
- Manage the support and response to request for information (RFI)
- Lead technical engagements with our global customers, acting as the front-facing technical leader for all Prefab DC projects in EAPJ region. This includes driving end‑to‑end technical discussions, solution alignment, design reviews, and ensuring all customer requirements are accurately captured and translated into executable solutions.
- Provide regular onsite assessment
- Participate in recurring construction meeting as required in the contract
- Assist the production team for clarification, changes, corrections, value engineering, etc. of the design documents for unforeseen site conditions or customer requests
- Provide assistance to the production/project management team for change order requests
- Manage as-builts drawings at the end of the project from redlines provided by the production team and site verification
Main interactions:
- Reports to the PreFab Tendering team Leader
- Internal: Project Engineers, Drafters, SME, Sales Manager, Opportunity Leader, Intra Group suppliers, Project Managers, Procurement, Supply Chain, Logistics, Finance, Quality, Factory
- External: customers and Outside Group suppliers
Requirements:
- Bachelor's Degree in an Engineering discipline, Electrical Engineering preferrable
- +5 - 15 years experience with Infrastructure Projects within Engineering teams in Multinational companies and global teams.
- +3 years technical experience in Data center Solutions including but not limited to Secure Power Systems, Cooling systems, Electrical and Mechanical installations, Logistics, Civil Works.
- Previous Customer-facing roles preferred
- Demonstrated ability to perform and make sound technical decisions under pressure, especially in fast‑paced project environments and during critical customer interactions.
- Ability to be customer facing excellent communication skills.
- Ability to work effectively in a group setting, team oriented and results driven
- Senior-level experience leading a multidisciplinary team on medium- to large-scale projects.
- Results oriented, critical thinking and problem-solving skills
- Influence and convince skills
- Decision-making and escalate appropriately when arbitration is required.
- Foster cooperation and people motivation in a multi-cultural environment and different time zone
- Experience working independently and covering the responsibilities of project engineering and technical expert.
- Experience in the development of technical documents and drawings, in the preparation of material estimates for bids, in preparing requests for quotations and material purchase requisitions and in the technical evaluation of vendor offers
- Adopting an excellent attitude toward providing system solutions to customer problems.
- Proven ability to work independently and provide sound technical advice and constructive support to project managers and customers (directly).
- Ability to generate and foster client relationships while working in a fast paced and competitive business environment.
- Capacity to work under pressure in order to meet deadlines.
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
- English fluency is a must (C1)
- Computer tools at user level: MS Excel, MS Word, MS Project
- AutoCAD proficiency is must
- Some knowledge on Autodesk REVIT, Autodesk Construction Cloud could be valuable
