Regional Electrical Engineer, Facilities & Construction

Role

• Lead the engineering, design, construction, commissioning, and operational excellence of critical electrical infrastructure supporting large-scale manufacturing facilities. This role focuses on greenfield and brownfield expansion projects, capacity upgrades, reliability improvements, and sustainability initiatives across advanced industrial environments. Candidates with experience in semiconductor, pharmaceutical, petrochemical, chemical, or other highly regulated process manufacturing industries are encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for electrical systems throughout the full project lifecycle, including design review, construction management, commissioning, startup, and operation.
• Support major facilities expansion projects, capacity upgrades, and sustainability programs while ensuring alignment with global engineering standards and best practices.
• Drive electrical system reliability, asset lifecycle management, preventive maintenance, and continuous improvement initiatives to improve plant performance and reduce operational risk.
• Lead cross-functional collaboration with engineering, construction, operations, maintenance, and external partners to deliver projects safely, on schedule, and within budget.
• Review and optimize electrical infrastructure including power distribution, substations, UPS, emergency power systems, and utility networks.
• Conduct technical studies, root cause investigations, and performance benchmarking to improve reliability, energy efficiency, and operational excellence.
• Provide expert support during critical system failures, commissioning activities, and major capital projects across multiple sites.
• Contribute to sustainability, energy optimization, and digital transformation initiatives, including the application of advanced engineering and analytics tools.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related discipline.
• 8+ years of experience in facilities engineering, utility systems, construction projects, or electrical infrastructure within semiconductor, pharmaceutical, petrochemical, chemical, oil & gas, data center, or other advanced manufacturing environments.
• Proven experience managing or supporting greenfield, brownfield, plant expansion, EPC, or large-scale facilities construction projects.
• Strong knowledge of electrical power systems, substations, switchgear, power distribution, UPS, emergency power systems, and utility infrastructure.
• Hands-on experience in engineering design review, project execution, commissioning, startup, and reliability improvement programs.
• Familiarity with electrical system analysis tools such as ETAP, SKM, or equivalent.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, and cross-functional leadership skills within multicultural and matrix organizations.
• Open to regional travel and relocation to Singapore or Taiwan.