Lead Electrical Engineer Datacenters

For an leading global consulting engineering company, we are seeking an Electrical Lead Engineer. In this role you’ll need to impress some of the world’s toughest customers and collaborate proactively with colleagues worldwide. Our Datacenter projects go beyond standard building features, demanding specific and advanced knowledge. A proactive approach is key for their clients, and your technical skills, along with expertise in 3D/BIM modeling, enable you to efficiently engineer and design.

You’ll tackle designs involving power supplies from 5 volts DC to 150 kV substations, managing distribution, storage, redundancy, and uninterruptible power supplies. Additionally, you play a vital role in ensuring maximum security through innovative installations for fire protection, intrusion protection, and access control. The Brown Field Services team, operating in live data centers, relies on you for risk management, assessments, and executing Testing and Commissioning protocols.

Your primary responsibilities include, but aren’t limited to, the following:

• Lead and execute electrical work packages across multiple projects:
• Define project scope, design, and management objectives, and produce project documentation to ensure the quality and smooth flow of information for contractors, vendors, and regulatory authorities;
• Draft technical specifications and reports;
• Support the project manager in preparing/reviewing project costs and risk assessments;
• Cultivate and sustain vendor relationships, fostering continuous technical professional development;
• Assess contractor pre-qualifications and create tender evaluation summaries for review;
• Evaluate proposals and provide client recommendations on vendor selection;
• Prepare technical specifications for tenders;
• Represent our client in factory acceptance tests and site testing & commissioning activities;
• Communicate project status to internal directors and external stakeholders (clients) on both an ad-hoc and formal basis.

However, your involvement extends beyond project-related responsibilities. You will actively participate in enhancing the business processes and fostering the preservation and sharing of knowledge within their expertise. This contribution extends not only within your team but also across their own Community. An annual knowledge day is organized, bringing together all colleagues in the Netherlands. This event provides an excellent platform to deepen connections, exchange experiences, and share knowledge.

You will need to have:

• A bachelor and/or master degree in electrical engineering;
• At least 5 – 10 years relevant working experience in electrical design and / or installation;
• Good knowledge of standard practices in the design and construction industry;
• Good understanding of the daily (operational) business of our clients;
• Result oriented and have a proactive problem solving attitude;
• You perform best in a multidisciplinary team;
• You have excellent communication skills towards colleagues and clients;
• You have a good command of English both written and spoken.

This is what our client offers:

• A good balance between work and private life, including flexible working hours and 28 days of vacation with full-time employment;
• You will also receive a laptop and telephone from the company so that you can work wherever and whenever you want;
• Personal budget that you can use to, for example, buy extra vacation days or a bicycle. Or you have it paid out;
• Room for own initiative in an open and flexible culture.
• Plenty of training and development opportunities. You will not find rigid positions and well-defined development paths, but flexible roles and a lot of freedom of choice when it comes to team, location, and work.

You will be based in Nijmegen. As our clients are based in various locations nationally and internationally, flexibility towards traveling is expected.

About our client

Our client is an international consulting and engineering firm dedicated to collaborating with clients and partners to develop innovations and smart solutions for a more sustainable future. They leverage their expertise as engineers, designers, and advisors, integrating it with cutting-edge software and technology. Every day, they tackle solutions for complex societal challenges, both locally and globally, emphasizing a collaborative approach. Their mission is clear: to enhance society together. This is made possible by the collective knowledge, experience, and talent of their team, working towards a shared goal of making a positive impact now and in the future. Joining their mission means contributing to a better tomorrow.

Do you want to know more?

Have you become enthusiastic and do you want to apply? Fill in the application form online and send it to us. For questions and/or more information, please contact Mr. Burak Öktem, telephone number +31 6 521 430 92. We look forward to meeting you!