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Western Digital

Makes hard drives for cloud and AI data centers

Electrical Facilities Engineer

Facilities ManagementConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeBayan Lepas, Penang, MalaysiaNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A Bachelor's degree or Professional Degree in Electrical Engineering is required.
  • At least 3 years of experience managing electrical systems in an industrial environment is required.
  • Good written and spoken English skills are required.
  • Basic computer skills are required, preferably including Microsoft Office and email.

Responsibilities

  • Provide engineering and technical support to discipline engineers and the maintenance team on electrical issues.
  • Maintain required levels of electrical engineering design, integrity, and equipment, systems, and services performance in accordance with engineering specifications and relevant codes and practices.
  • Manage the development and delivery of nominated minor and major projects.
  • Lead the development and implementation of the site's mid- to long-term reliability strategy.
  • Provide inputs on electrical-related equipment and recommend engineering controls to solve problems.
  • Identify Facilities Equipment maintenance needs, develop necessary maintenance plans, and execute them.
  • Draft and update utilities layouts as required.
  • Maintain Facilities equipment—including VCB, ACB, switchgear, transformers, protection relays, MSB, SSB, DBs, capacitor banks, lightning protection, electrical and building grounding, and end loads—with preventive maintenance programs in place.
  • Manage assigned projects by attending requested project meetings, preparing layouts and conceptual design proposals, developing budgets, and generating scopes of work for tendering.
  • Provide a utility matrix and implement cost-reduction programs to lower facility operating costs.
  • Carry out tasks assigned by the immediate superior.
  • Manage breakdown issues and crises outside working hours, on weekends, and on public holidays.
  • Coordinate and maintain ISO 14000 and ISO 9000 activities.
  • Coordinate and ensure necessary changes or upgrades for product introductions.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience managing low-voltage and high-tension electrical systems and maintenance is preferred.
  • Working experience in a cleanroom environment is an advantage.
  • Familiarity with facility equipment such as air handling units, air conditioners, chillers, cooling towers, air compressors, air dryers, vacuum systems, ring blowers, scrubbers, and other mechanical systems used in manufacturing facilities is preferred.
  • A professional certificate from a professional body or authority in a specialty field, and familiarity with dealings with local authorities, are advantageous.

About the Company

Western Digital

Makes hard drives for cloud and AI data centers

Western Digital, which goes by WD, designs and makes hard disk drives, mostly the high-capacity models that cloud and AI data centers use to store huge amounts of data cheaply. In 2013, its HGST unit shipped the first helium-filled hard drives, which fit more disks into each drive and use less power. Its drives store data on stacks of spinning magnetic disks, and the lineup runs from Ultrastar data center drives to WD Red and WD Purple drives for home servers and security cameras. WD makes its money selling these drives to cloud companies, PC makers, and retail shoppers. Western Digital was founded in 1970 and is based in San Jose, California, and in 2025 it spun off its flash memory business as Sandisk.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
San Jose, CA
Founded
1970

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