Who we are

Where performance meets sustainability, Digital Edge is a leading provider of sustainable, next-generation, AI-ready digital infrastructure across Asia Pacific. Backed by Stonepeak, a global alternative investment firm specializing in infrastructure and real assets, Digital Edge has over US$1.6 billion in committed equity capital from some of the world’s largest institutional investors and sovereign wealth funds.

Since our founding in 2020, we have rapidly scaled across key Asia markets, operating 31 data centers with over 1.8 GW of secured IT power. We operate as a regional platform delivering consistent global standards, combining scale with strong local execution across every market. This role is an exciting opportunity to join our fast-growing team as we further expand our footprint across Asia.

Our values

•  Respect: We embrace diversity and collaboration.

•  Innovation: We share ideas and solve problems.

•  Strive: We are driven and determined.

•  Excellence: We seek to deliver the best.

•  Responsibility: We do what’s right for our people and the planet.

About the role

The Critical Facilities Engineer forms part of the Data Center Operations function and is the building-focused technical engineer responsible for supporting the safe, reliable, efficient and resilient operation of an assigned data center building. Reporting to the Manager or Senior Manager, Critical Facilities, the role works business hours and participates in an on-call roster, attending site when major incidents, complex technical issues or high-risk work require engineering support.

The role plans and coordinates complex maintenance, develops building-specific operating and maintenance procedures, resolves equipment defects, reviews technical work packages and provides engineering support for switching, commissioning, changes and incident recovery. The Critical Facilities Engineer works closely with Lead Critical Facilities Technicians, who retain authority for 24/7 shift operations, and provides technical guidance without assuming routine shift leadership or direct supervision of the technician workforce.

Within Data Center Operations, the Critical Facilities Engineer works alongside location-based Reliability Engineers and Controls Engineers that support multiple buildings. Reliability Engineers and Controls Engineers retain ownership of reliability methodology, failure-mode analysis, maintenance strategy, controls standards, sequences of operation, configuration governance and controls-change authority. The Critical Facilities Engineer translates these requirements into safe, executable building work and does not duplicate their cross-building accountabilities.

Key responsibilities

•  Provide building-focused engineering support for critical electrical, mechanical, cooling, fire-protection, BMS, EPMS and associated systems, investigating defects, abnormal conditions and recurring technical issues and recommending safe corrective actions.

•  Author the technical scope for complex preventive, predictive and corrective maintenance, including risk assessments, switching plans, contingencies, permits, work orders, technical spare-parts specifications and post-work validation, and hand approved scopes to the Critical Maintenance Planner for scheduling and resourcing.

•  Develop and maintain building-specific MOPs, SOPs, EOPs, ERPs and technical work packages for review and approval, incorporating lessons learned, field feedback and approved Reliability and Controls Engineering requirements.

•  Provide technical support for planned and unplanned switching, load transfers, failover conditions and high-risk work, verifying system configuration, capacity, redundancy, operating limits and recovery arrangements within delegated authority.

•  Participate in the on-call roster and attend site for major incidents, providing technical diagnosis, recovery support and engineering recommendations while the Lead Critical Facilities Technician leads immediate shift response and the Manager or Senior Manager provides management incident command.

•  Coordinate and technically assure vendor and contractor work for the assigned building, reviewing scopes, service reports, test results and defect resolution, and confirming compliance with approved procedures, safety controls and technical requirements.

•  Partner with multi-building Reliability Engineers and Controls Engineers to implement approved maintenance strategies, reliability improvements, controls standards and authorized configuration changes, escalating systemic risks and specialist issues to the accountable engineering function.

•  Support commissioning, construction interfaces, retrofits, capacity changes and operational-readiness activities affecting the live building, ensuring technical risks, defects, documentation and handover actions are identified and resolved before acceptance.

•  Maintain accurate CMMS, technical, change and incident records; support post-event analysis, audits, efficiency improvement and competency development; and provide timely technical reporting and escalation to the Manager or Senior Manager, Critical Facilities.

The successful candidate

•  Significant experience in mission-critical data center operations, critical facilities engineering, industrial plant operations or a comparable high-availability environment, with demonstrated independent responsibility for complex technical work.

•  Relevant diploma, degree, trade qualification or professional certification in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, building services or a related discipline. Data center certifications such as CDCP, CDCS or equivalent are advantageous.

•  Strong technical knowledge of electrical distribution, switchgear, transformers, UPS and battery systems, generators, cooling systems, fire protection, BMS, EPMS and associated mission-critical infrastructure.

•  Demonstrated experience planning and coordinating maintenance, switching, permit-to-work, lockout/tagout, change control, technical troubleshooting and recovery in a live operating environment.

•  Experience developing and reviewing MOPs, SOPs, EOPs, ERPs, technical work packages, contractor scopes, service reports and post-work validation evidence.

•  Working knowledge of reliability-centered maintenance, failure-mode analysis, controls-system governance and asset lifecycle practices, with the ability to implement specialist requirements without assuming cross-building methodology or controls-change authority.

•  Experience with CMMS, BMS and EPMS platforms, technical drawings, work-order documentation, incident analysis, commissioning and operational reporting.

•  Working knowledge of applicable safety, environmental, information security, business continuity, emergency response and ISO management-system requirements.

•  Must have strong English-language verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to explain technical risks, support incident communications and produce clear engineering procedures, reports and recommendations.

•  Applicable local authorization or certification for electrical switching or mechanical services operations is required where mandated by regulation, together with the ability to participate in an on-call roster and attend site for major incidents.