Electrical Engineering and Technical Review
Electrical systems design · Construction drawings and specifications · Technical documentation · Constructability review · Electrical distribution · Coordination · Engineering review
Engineering with purpose. Systems that endure.
Registered Electrical Engineer and Registered Master Electrician with experience in electrical estimating, engineering, and project controls.
Jeffrey Malicdem
Connected expertise, accountable decisions.
Jeffrey Malicdem is a Registered Electrical Engineer and Registered Master Electrician based in Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. As Head of Estimating, Electrical Engineering & Project Controls at BrittHay Electric, Ltd., he leads and supports strategic planning, cost evaluation, technical review, project controls, and execution planning for electrical construction projects. His work connects design intent, commercial requirements, and field execution to help projects remain accurately scoped, effectively planned, and clearly controlled.
Head of Estimating, Electrical Engineering & Project Controls
BrittHay Electric, Ltd.October 2020 to PresentGrand Cayman, Cayman IslandsThis personal website does not imply employer endorsement.
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Professional narrative
Jeffrey Malicdem is a Registered Electrical Engineer and Registered Master Electrician based in Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. His professional experience connects electrical engineering, estimating, project controls, procurement strategy, construction delivery, technical documentation, and practical technology.
Since October 2020, Jeffrey has served as Head of Estimating, Electrical Engineering & Project Controls at BrittHay Electric, Ltd. In this role, he contributes to the strategic planning, cost evaluation, technical review, and execution oversight of electrical construction projects across the Cayman Islands. His approach focuses on bridging design intent with real-world implementation so that projects are clearly scoped, effectively budgeted, coordinated, and delivered with discipline.
Jeffrey works closely with project managers, field teams, foremen, superintendents, consultants, clients, vendors, and suppliers. His responsibilities include contract and scope review, estimating, project budgeting, cost control, procurement planning, change-order management, construction-document review, technical coordination, reporting, and execution strategy.
Before joining BrittHay Electric, Jeffrey worked with Corporate Electric Ltd. from April 2011 to October 2020. He served as Project Coordinator / Estimator from April 2011 to May 2019 and as Head Estimator from May 2019 to October 2020.
Earlier in his career, he worked as a Project Engineer with Alecto General Technology Corporation from December 2007 to March 2011 and as a Project Manager with Tokyo Bosai Setsubi Industrial Services, Inc. from September 2007 to December 2007.
Jeffrey is interested in improving how electrical construction information is reviewed, organized, and turned into accountable action. He also explores practical uses of artificial intelligence, automation, and connected business systems to strengthen estimating, engineering review, project controls, and access to reliable project information.
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Professional philosophy
Good engineering should connect design intent with real-world implementation. Reliable estimating begins with disciplined scope review, and project controls are most valuable when they connect current information to clear ownership and timely action. Technology and artificial intelligence should strengthen professional judgment through secure, traceable, and human-reviewed workflows.
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Connected expertise
Electrical Estimating and Preconstruction
Construction estimating · Quantity takeoff · Scope analysis · Contract review · Project estimation · Cost planning · Budgeting · Subcontracting · Procurement
Project Controls and Change Management
Project budgeting and cost control · Change-order management · Project planning · Project coordination · Contract management · Construction delivery oversight · Gantt planning · Microsoft Project · Reporting and execution strategy
Technology, Systems, and Workflow Improvement
Microsoft Excel · AutoCAD · Building Information Modeling · Information workflows · Artificial intelligence · Automation · Business systems · Technical communication · Productivity improvement
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Practice and responsibility
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Lead and coordinate electrical estimating and bid-development activities.
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Review contracts, scopes of work, drawings, specifications, and technical requirements.
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Support electrical engineering, systems review, and constructability evaluation.
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Develop project budgets, cost plans, estimates, and commercial assumptions.
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Support project controls, forecasting, reporting, and execution planning.
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Manage and evaluate change-order scope, cost, documentation, and workflow.
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Coordinate procurement strategy, vendor engagement, and material planning.
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Align office planning, technical information, and field execution.
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Coordinate with clients, consultants, suppliers, project managers, foremen, and superintendents.
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Improve estimating, documentation, project-control, and information-management workflows.
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Explore practical uses of artificial intelligence, automation, and connected business systems.
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Professional progression
Future direction
Systems, automation, AI & Engineering Intelligence
ContinuingExplores secure, practical tools that strengthen accountable professional judgment.
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Education, registrations, and development
Education
Technological University of the Philippines
Technological University of the Philippines
Professional registrations
Public wording only. Registration identifiers and private verification records are not published.
Public wording only. Registration identifiers and private verification records are not published.
Selected professional development
- Become a Project Manager (May 2021)
- Project Management Foundations (May 2020)
- Strategic Planning Foundations (May 2020)
- Learning Gantt Charts (May 2020)
- Learning Construction Estimating (May 2020)
- Construction Change Orders (May 2020)
- Construction Estimating Takeoff (May 2020)
- Finance Foundations (May 2020)
- Communication Foundations (May 2020)
- Business Writing Principles (May 2020)
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Leadership principles
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Make scope, evidence, assumptions, and ownership visible.
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Connect technical judgment with commercial and execution context.
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Create review paths that respect the people responsible for the decision.
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Use technology to strengthen judgment, not to obscure accountability.
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Future direction
Advance Engineering Intelligence through better data, secure information, practical automation, responsible artificial intelligence, and accountable human judgment.