Associate/Associate Director - Electrical (Critical Systems)
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About the Role
Cundall seeks an experienced Associate/Associate Director with electrical expertise to lead data centre design in Sydney. The role involves managing engineers, delivering designs, and building client relationships.
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Responsibilities
- Lead the design and delivery of electrical systems for hyperscale and enterprise level data centres
- Produce and oversee electrical schematics, reports, specifications, and detailed layouts
- Manage, mentor, and motivate a team of engineers
- Coordinate closely with other disciplines to ensure seamless integration of design systems
- Act as a primary point of contact for clients, building long term relationships
- Review and approve designs to ensure compliance with standards and client specifications
- Contribute to internal project management processes including fee tracking and programme delivery
- Participate in site inspections, technical meetings, commissioning activities, and post occupancy reviews
Requirements
- Chartered Engineer status
- Degree in Electrical or Building Services Engineering
- Significant experience in a consulting engineering role
- Experience in the data centre sector preferred
- Ability to manage multiple medium to large scale projects
- Proven ability in producing schematic diagrams, specifications, and project reports
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The Team
- Cundall is a global, independent, multi disciplinary consultancy delivering sustainable engineering and design solutions.
- The data centre team has been leading mission critical design since 2006, delivering over 2,000MW of capacity globally.
- Recognised as Data Centre Consultancy of the Year in 2025.
The Role
- Excellent opportunity for an experienced and client focused Associate with electrical experience to join the data centre team in Sydney.
- Play a leading role in ensuring successful delivery of design solutions on large scale data centre projects.
- Collaborate within the data centre team and work closely with colleagues of various disciplines.
Responsibilities
- Lead the design and delivery of electrical systems for hyperscale and enterprise level data centres.
- Produce and oversee electrical schematics, reports, specifications, and detailed layouts.
- Manage, mentor, and motivate a team of engineers to ensure high quality design output and commercial performance.
- Coordinate closely with other disciplines to ensure seamless integration of design systems.
- Act as a primary point of contact for clients, building long term relationships and repeat business.
- Review and approve designs to ensure compliance with relevant standards, regulations, and client specifications.
- Contribute to and support internal project management processes including fee tracking, progress monitoring, and programme delivery.
- Be involved in design strategy, advising on system resilience, redundancy, and power distribution methodologies.
- Participate in site inspections, technical meetings, commissioning activities, and post occupancy reviews.
The Skills
- A Chartered Engineer, educated to degree level in Electrical or Building Services Engineering.
- Significant experience in a consulting engineering role, ideally in the data centre sector.
- Proven ability in producing schematic diagrams, preparing specifications and project reports, carrying out site inspections and surveys, detailed design development as well as lead project meetings.
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