About this role
<b>Overview</b><br><h1 style="margin: 10pt 0in 4pt; line-height: 115%; break-after: avoid; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #243a5e;">Role Purpose</h1><p style="margin: 0in 0in 5pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">The Sr Construction Project Engineer – MEP provides site-based project engineering support while contributing to the APAC CE&I regional support network. The role is grounded in electrical engineering and extends across mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems, including interfaces with controls, life safety systems, construction delivery and commissioning.</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 5pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">The role supports project teams in resolving multidisciplinary engineering and commissioning issues, assessing compliance with approved design requirements and Microsoft standards and translating project experience into practical improvements through root cause analysis, lessons learnt and technical guidance.</p><h1 style="margin: 10pt 0in 4pt; line-height: 115%; break-after: avoid; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #243a5e;">Operating Context</h1><p style="margin: 0in 0in 5pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">The Sr Construction Project Engineer – MEP focused on assigned project and site delivery responsibilities while supporting regional activities when specialist input or coordinated MEP review is required. The role works collaboratively with project delivery teams, design and engineering stakeholders, commissioning teams, contractors, consultants and the APAC CE&I network. Matters requiring final design authority are escalated through the appropriate engineering governance pathway.</p><br><br><b>Responsibilities</b><br><h1 style="margin: 10pt 0in 4pt; line-height: 115%; break-after: avoid; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #243a5e;">Key Responsibilities</h1><h2 style="margin: 10pt 0in 0in; line-height: 115%; break-after: avoid; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #007c91;">1. Project Delivery and Site Engineering</h2><ul style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 2.0pt;"><li style="margin: 0in 0in 2pt 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Provide practical engineering support throughout construction, testing, commissioning and project close-out.</li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 2pt 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Review MEP installation issues, technical queries, RFIs, submittals, design changes and field conditions.</li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 2pt 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Assess whether proposed solutions align with approved design documentation, specifications, safety requirements and project objectives.</li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 2pt 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Coordinate multidisciplinary interfaces to identify gaps, clashes, sequencing constraints and system integration risks.</li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 2pt 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Support resolution of site issues without displacing the accountability of the responsible designer, contractor or project delivery team.</li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 2pt 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Monitor closure of assigned technical actions and verify that agreed outcomes are reflected in field execution and project records.</li></ul><h2 style="margin: 10pt 0in 0in; line-height: 115%; break-after: avoid; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #007c91;">2. MEP Technical Assurance</h2><ul style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 2.0pt;"><li style="margin: 0in 0in 2pt 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Apply strong electrical engineering judgement while reviewing the wider MEP system and its interfaces.</li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 2pt 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Support technical reviews and project assessments across electrical, mechanical, plumbing, controls, fire and life safety systems as applicable.</li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 2pt 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Identify non-compliance, deviations, design gaps, scope gaps, constructability concerns and risks to operability or maintainability.</li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 2pt 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Provide clear, evidence-based recommendations and escalate issues requiring specialist or final engineering authority.</li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 2pt 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Promote consistent interpretation and implementation of approved requirements across APAC projects while recognising local regulatory obligations.</li></ul><h2 style="margin: 10pt 0in 0in; line-height: 115%; break-after: avoid; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #007c91;">3. Commissioning Support</h2><ul style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 2.0pt;"><li style="margin: 0in 0in 2pt 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Support commissioning readiness reviews, system turnover, pre-functional checks, functional testing and integrated systems testing activities.</li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 2pt 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Investigate commissioning failures, repeated test issues, equipment performance concerns and MEP system interface problems.</li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 2pt 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Work with construction, commissioning, design, vendor and operations stakeholders to establish safe and technically sound recovery actions.</li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 2pt 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Confirm that commissioning issues are documented, assigned and tracked to an evidence-based closure.</li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 2pt 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Identify recurring commissioning constraints and recommend improvements to procedures, sequencing, temporary arrangements and future project planning.</li></ul><h2 style="margin: 10pt 0in 0in; line-height: 115%; break-after: avoid; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #007c91;">4. Root Cause Analysis and Lessons Learnt</h2><ul style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 2.0pt;"><li style="margin: 0in 0in 2pt 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Support and review root cause analyses for material construction, quality, engineering and commissioning events.</li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 2pt 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Challenge incomplete problem statements, unsupported causal conclusions and corrective actions that do not address the identified cause.</li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 2pt 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Help distinguish immediate causes, contributing factors, systemic causes and required corrective or preventive actions.</li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 2pt 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Capture lessons learnt from mistakes, misunderstandings, misinterpretations, design gaps, scope gaps, specification gaps and commissioning issues.</li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 2pt 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Translate validated lessons into actionable recommendations, project controls, technical guidance or proposed controlled document changes.</li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 2pt 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Support verification that approved corrective actions and lessons are implemented and closed.</li></ul><h2 style="margin: 10pt 0in 0in; line-height: 115%; break-after: avoid; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #007c91;">5. Regional CE&I Contribution</h2><ul style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 2.0pt;"><li style="margin: 0in 0in 2pt 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Provide targeted regional support to other APAC projects when requested and when compatible with primary site responsibilities.</li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 2pt 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Participate in multidisciplinary reviews with mechanical, electrical and project delivery specialists.</li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 2pt 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Contribute to programme reviews, technical assessments, technical papers, guidance documents and improvement initiatives.</li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 2pt 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Share proven solutions and emerging risks across the regional network to improve consistency and prevent recurrence.</li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 2pt 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Support feedback to the appropriate document owners where evidence indicates a need to clarify or update specifications, drawings, contracts or technical requirements.</li></ul><br><br><b>Qualifications</b><br><ul style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 2.0pt;"><li style="margin: 0in 0in 2pt 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Bachelor’s degree or higher in Electrical Engineering from a recognised institution.</li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 2pt 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Minimum 10 years of relevant experience in electrical engineering, MEP construction, project engineering, or mission-critical infrastructure delivery.</li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 2pt 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Demonstrated experience supporting complex construction projects through installation, testing, commissioning and close-out.</li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 2pt 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Practical understanding of multidisciplinary MEP systems and the interfaces between electrical, mechanical, plumbing, controls and life safety systems.</li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 2pt 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Experience investigating technical failures, supporting RCA development and implementing corrective actions and lessons learnt.</li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 2pt 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Experience working with designers, contractors, commissioning providers, equipment vendors, project managers and operations teams.</li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 2pt 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Ability to interpret drawings, specifications, technical submittals, testing documentation and commissioning records.</li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 2pt 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Professional engineering registration or chartered status is desirable where applicable.</li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 2pt 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Less than 10 years experience candidates will be reviewed based on specific DC, strong electrical/ MEP experience only.</li></ul><p style="margin-top: 0in;margin-right: 0in;margin-bottom: 2pt;margin-left: 0px;line-height: 115%;font-size: 10pt;font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"> </p> <br><p>This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.</p><br><hr><br><p>Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about <a href="https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html"><b><u>requesting accommodations.</u></b></a></p>