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Design Manager – Electrical (Batam)

Position

The Design Manager – Electrical is a full-time role within the DC Solutions & Innovation (SME) team and reports to the Senior Manager, DC Solutions & Innovation.

Location

Based in our offices in Batam, Indonesia, with travel to and time on project sites (including the BW Digital campus at Nongsa Digital Park, Batam) as required.

Overview

The Design Manager – Electrical is the owner’s design authority for all electrical and critical-power infrastructure across BW Digital’s data centre portfolio – from HV/MV utility intake through LV distribution, standby generation, UPS and battery energy storage, busway and rack-level power delivery, to EPMS, ICT and electronic security. Reporting into the DC Solutions & Innovation (SME) team, which provides multi-project governance and technical assurance above all campus project teams, the role owns the electrical Basis of Design and reference architectures, sets and enforces technical standards and specifications, directs external design consultants and specialist vendors, and leads structured design reviews and engineering studies through every gate from concept to IFC, construction support and integrated commissioning.

The objective is the consistent delivery of electrical infrastructure that is reliable, concurrently maintainable, fault-tolerant, cost-optimised and energy-efficient – certified to Uptime Institute Tier III (TCDD/TCCF) and TIA-942 Rated 3, and aligned to tenant requirements for AI-ready, liquid-cooled, high-density deployments. The role also supports pre-sales and RFP activity and drives continuous improvement of electrical design standards across current (NDP1, Batam) and future campuses.

Key Responsibilities

The Design Manager – Electrical has the following key responsibilities:

Design ownership & standards

  • Basis of Design & standards – Own, develop and maintain the electrical Basis of Design, reference architectures, design criteria and technical specifications covering but not limited to: HV/MV/LV distribution, standby generation, UPS, battery/BESS, switchgear, busway, PDUs, EPMS, earthing/bonding and lightning protection.
  • Redundancy & resilience – Define and validate redundancy topologies (N+1, 2N, distributed-redundant, block-redundant/catcher), together with concurrent-maintainability and fault-tolerance strategies, single-point-of-failure analysis and failover matrices.
  • Codes & compliance – Ensure all designs comply with applicable international and local standards and codes (IEC, IEEE, NFPA 70/70E/72/110, ASHRAE, Uptime Institute and TIA-942, and Indonesian SNI/PUIL), and own the electrical scope of Tier certification (TCDD/TCCF).

Consultant, study & deliverable management

  • Consultant management – Direct external electrical design consultants and sub-consultants – defining scope of services, reviewing fee proposals and variation orders, agreeing deliverable schedules and BIM execution plans, and holding them accountable for quality, completeness and programme.
  • Design reviews – Lead structured, multi-discipline design reviews at each gate (concept, schematic, detailed design and IFC), running issue and comment registers and driving them to close-out against the project’s design standards.
  • Engineering studies – Specify, review and validate electrical studies – load flow, short-circuit, protective-device coordination, arc-flash (IEEE 1584 / NFPA 70E), voltage-drop, harmonics/power-quality and earthing – using tools such as ETAP or SKM, and use the results to steer topology and equipment selection.

Coordination & interfaces

  • Multi-discipline coordination – Drive coordination between electrical and the mechanical, architectural, structural, ICT/BMS and security disciplines, including BIM/Revit and Navisworks model coordination and clash detection to LOD 300–500 for a clash-free, constructible design.
  • Interfaces & demarcation – Establish clear interface and demarcation (RACI) between base-build and fit-out, the general contractor, equipment OEMs and tenants, with every active component cross-referenced to its power source and BMS/BAS connection.
  • White-space power – Define white-space power distribution (busway and tap-off boxes, RPPs, PDUs, STS, rack power delivery) and validate breaker and feeder sizing, ampacity and rack-level capacity against tenant rack densities.

Procurement & delivery

  • Procurement & technical evaluation – Support the tendering of electrical packages (gensets, transformers/RMUs, PTUs, UPS, switchgear, busway), preparing employer’s requirements and technically evaluating vendor and long-lead-equipment (LLE) submissions.
  • Construction support – Provide design support during construction – reviewing shop drawings, RFIs, technical queries, method statements and variations – and verify as-built conformance to the approved design.
  • Commissioning – Support integrated commissioning (Cx Levels 1–5), including FAT/SAT, load-bank and failure-scenario test plans, integrated systems testing and witnessing for electrical systems.

Commercial, customer & governance

  • Cost & schedule – Deliver the electrical scope to budget and to aggressive programmes, applying value engineering to reduce cost and embodied carbon without compromising reliability or maintainability.
  • Customer interface – Support pre-sales and RFP activity – translating tenant requirements into compliant electrical solutions, compliance matrices and work-letters, and presenting to customers and senior stakeholders.
  • Sustainability & efficiency – Optimise electrical design for energy efficiency and sustainability (PUE/WUE impact, power factor, transformer and UPS efficiency), supporting LEED/BCA and ESG objectives.
  • Governance & standardisation – Contribute to multi-project governance and technical assurance across campuses, capturing lessons learned and continuously improving electrical standards, checklists, templates and reference designs.
  • Team leadership – Provide technical direction to, and in later phases line-manage, Electrical SMEs within the team, building discipline capability and quality oversight.

Qualifications & Experiences

  • Mandatory Requirements:
    • Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Electrical Engineering or a closely related discipline.
    • Minimum 10 years’ experience in electrical design and design management, including substantial experience on data centre or other mission-critical / critical-power facilities.
    • Demonstrated ownership or senior review of electrical Basis of Design, reference architectures and design standards for Tier III / TIA-942 (or equivalent) data centres.
    • Expert knowledge of mission-critical electrical topology – HV/MV/LV distribution, standby generation, UPS and battery/BESS, switchgear, busway and rack power – and of redundancy concepts (N+1, 2N, distributed/block-redundant).
    • Proven ability to specify, review and challenge electrical engineering studies (load flow, short-circuit, protective-device coordination, arc-flash to IEEE 1584 / NFPA 70E, voltage-drop, earthing), including familiarity with ETAP and/or SKM.
    • Strong command of international and local standards and codes (IEC, IEEE, NFPA, ASHRAE, Uptime Institute, TIA-942; Indonesian SNI/PUIL an advantage).
    • Proven experience directing external design consultants and specialist vendors – scope, fee, deliverables and design reviews – in a client-side / owner’s-engineer capacity.
    • Working knowledge of BIM/Revit and Navisworks coordination (LOD 300–500, ISO 19650) and structured design-review / QA processes.
    • Excellent written and verbal communication in English, with the ability to produce clear technical reviews, registers, specifications and reports.
    • Willingness to travel to, and spend significant time at, project sites in Batam, Indonesia.
  • Preferred / Desirable:
    • Chartered Engineer (CEng) / Professional Engineer (PE/PEng) or equivalent professional registration.
    • Uptime Institute Accredited Tier Designer (ATD) and/or a recognised commissioning credential (e.g. ATS, ASHRAE CPMP).
    • Direct experience with AI / HPC, high-density and liquid-cooled (DLC) deployments and their electrical infrastructure (e.g. GB300 NVL72, high-rated busway, high-density rack power).
    • Experience delivering data centre projects in Indonesia or the wider APAC region, including utility (PLN) interface and grid-connection coordination.
    • Experience across the full commissioning lifecycle (Levels 1–5), integrated systems testing and load-bank programmes.
    • Familiarity with EPMS/SCADA, ICT/BMS and electronic security systems and their electrical interfaces.
    • Exposure to sustainability and efficiency frameworks (LEED, BCA, ISO 50001) and carbon reduction in electrical design.
  • Personal Attributes:
    • Decisive technical judgement, with the confidence to set clear positions and hold consultants and contractors to account.
    • Strong stakeholder management across owner, consultant, contractor, vendor and tenant interfaces.
    • Rigorous, evidence-based and detail-oriented, while keeping sight of the whole-system picture.
    • Comfortable working to aggressive programmes in a fast-moving, multi-project environment.
    • Collaborative and pragmatic, with a consistent focus on safe, reliable and buildable outcomes.

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