Chief Electrical Engineer

Job Title
Chief Electrical Engineer

Job Description Summary
The Chief Electrical Engineer provides campus-wide statutory and technical oversight of electrical work onsite in accordance with applicable MLIT and METI requirements. The role is designated for a suitably qualified Class-Two Chief Electrical Engineer and protects the safe, compliant and reliable operation of the campus electrical infrastructure.

Job Description
About the Role:

- Lead the electrical operations governance of a mission-critical site in Japan, with overall responsibility for uptime, escalation, and technical oversight of shift leads and technicians

- Fulfill statutory duties for campus electrical installations and maintain compliance with Japanese electrical laws, regulations, and authority requirements

- Provide technical governance across HV/LV systems, transformers, switchgear, generators, busway, protection systems, and associated controls

- Review and approve electrical maintenance plans, switching activities, isolations, MOPs, risk assessments, testing, and return-to-service arrangements

- Lead technical review of incidents, abnormal electrical conditions, protection events, power-quality issues, and root-cause investigations

- Oversee statutory inspections, electrical records, contractor activities, specialist testing, and coordination with utilities, authorities, OEMs, and external suppliers

- Support design reviews, commissioning, handover, defect resolution, and future campus expansion from an electrical governance perspective

- Provide technical leadership, competency guidance, and safe-work governance, including the authority to stop unsafe or non-compliant electrical work

About You:

- 7+ years of experience in critical environments, preferably within data centres or other mission-critical facilities

- Valid Class-Two Chief Electrical Engineer qualification, or another qualification accepted for statutory electrical appointment in Japan

- Demonstrable experience acting in a statutory electrical responsibility role in Japan

- Strong experience with HV/LV distribution systems, generators, transformers, protection systems, and mission-critical electrical operations

- Expert knowledge of Japanese electrical regulations, statutory compliance requirements, and electrical safety governance

- Strong capability in switching, isolation, protection, testing, incident investigation, engineering risk review, and power-quality analysis

- Ability to review technical procedures, electrical drawings, relay settings, reports, and statutory documentation with a high level of accuracy

- Proven leadership and contractor governance skills, with clear communication in both Japanese and English

- Location is in Inzai, Chiba

INCO: “Cushman & Wakefield”