Alibaba Cloud-Senior Electrical Design Engineer, Data Center Engineering-Frankfurt, Germany

Job Description

• Collaborate with internal stake-holders to define project design criteria and develop Basis of Design

• Technical leader managing the consultants to implement the project through schematic design, design development, to construction documents

• Technical leader managing the design build contractor to ensure the project meets the business and technical needs defined in the BOD

• Provide construction administrative support to the project manager during construction. Task include but not limited to, responding to RFI's, issuance of technical bulletins, review submittals and shop-drawings, conducting source inspections at vendor factories and participating in the data center construction commissioning process

• Provide and analyze energy efficient solutions to minimize power losses

• Review and develop detailed scripts for change management request (CMR) activities

• Travel to data center sites for engineering studies, electrical systems audits, startup testing, and full commissioning, as required

• Provide electrical mission critical system review services to local data center operations teams

• Participate in equipment failure or power outage related incident Root-Cause-Analysis (RCA)

• Provide instructions to design consultants, installation contractors and validate quality of installed works

• Respond on an as-needed basis to emergencies

Position Requirement

• BS in Electrical Engineering

• Minimum of seven (7) years professional experience in building design and construction

• Knowledge of high voltage (115kV, 12kV) substation design and mission critical power distribution systems (data center topologies, PLC based transfer controllers, generators, UPS, PDU, and Building Management System)

• Knowledge of industry standards, building codes and safety standards including NFPA, UFC and UBC

• Experience with the construction and cost estimating process

• Cross-discipline knowledge of complete critical facility systems

• Trouble shooting and analytical skills

• Ability to provide solutions to projects under pressure

• Experience with AutoCAD, Visio, Bluebeam and SKM software

• Ability to travel regionally and overseas (up to 30%)

• Bilingual in Mandarin Chinese is a plus

Preferred Qualifications

• Electrical Professional Engineer registration

• Data center or mission critical design, construction and operations