Senior Electrical Engineer - Data Centre Commissioning

About the role

CORE Emirates, a specialist data centre consultancy and commissioning partner, is hiring a Senior Electrical Engineer to lead electrical commissioning of mission-critical data centres. The role provides technical oversight from installation verification through to Integrated Systems Testing (IST), coordinating across disciplines, managing commissioning risk and verifying that electrical systems meet the commissioning strategy and client requirements for redundancy, resilience and operational readiness. It is based in Dubai, Ajman or Abu Dhabi.

Key responsibilities

• L2 - Installation verification: define L2 acceptance criteria and readiness gates, oversee electrical installation verification across data centre systems and zones, and resolve complex installation and interface issues.
• L3 - Individual element commissioning: approve element-level commissioning strategies and outcomes, review electrical settings, operating sequences and protection philosophies against resilience requirements, and mentor engineers and inspectors.
• L4 - System functional testing: lead the strategy and execution, validate performance under all operating modes including failure and recovery scenarios, and manage technical risk during abnormal and failure testing.
• L5 - Integrated systems testing: lead and control IST, demonstrate redundancy, resilience and failure-recovery compliance, support client acceptance and the transition to live data centre loads.
• Full technical authority for commissioning sign-off within scope, and the authority to halt commissioning due to risk or non-compliance.

Required profile

• 8-12+ years of commissioning experience in mission-critical facilities.
• Strong data centre delivery background with hands-on electrical commissioning experience.
• Confident stakeholder leadership and risk management across multidisciplinary, mission-critical data centre projects.