Design Manager – Electrical

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.

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.

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.

The Design Manager – Electrical has the following key responsibilities:

• 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, switch gear, 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 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.

• 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…