Design Manager, Engineering (Australia)
STACK Infrastructure APAC Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
IT Services and IT Consulting · 1,001-5,000 employees
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About the role
The Design Manager will oversee engineering and design processes for data center projects, including managing consultants, vendors, and project deliverables. They will also provide technical guidance, support procurement initiatives, and ensure all designs meet company requirements and cost-saving objectives.
What they look for
Requirements
Candidates must hold a bachelor's degree in Engineering, Project Management, or a related field and possess 5-10 years of progressive experience in construction or engineering development. Proficiency in BIM methodology, 3D design tools, and project controls is required, along with the legal right to work in Australia.
Full description
Company Overview
STACK Infrastructure builds, owns, and operates hyperscale and colocation data centers that power the world’s most ambitious technology companies. With a rapidly expanding footprint across APAC, STACK combines deep development expertise, flexible capital, and operational discipline to deliver critical digital infrastructure at scale.
Our clients include the largest hyperscale cloud platforms. We are building a regional platform defined by speed of delivery, power reliability, and long-term partnership — and we are assembling the team to lead that effort.
About the role
STACK APAC is expanding its Australian Engineering team, and the Design Manager role is key to this expansion. Detailed and design process orientated, you will remain strategically focused while being able to deep dive and support the project teams on any and all issues as they may arise, in a culture of support and collaboration.
Key responsibilities
- Represent STACK at technical meetings with consultants, contractors, and vendors (as required).
- Develop engineering/design briefs and RFPs for projects.
- Work closely with the Design Director and delivery team(s) on appointing engineering/design consultants and equipment vendors.
- Work with the Design Director and delivery team(s) to outline the engineering/design consultants' deliverables at the inception of each project and manage outputs to agreed schedule(s).
- Ensure engineering/design consultants are briefed at the inception of every project.
- Facilitate Engineering/Design reviews through weekly meetings and design stage-gate reviews with the project stakeholders.
- Provide ongoing advice/input into the projects to ensure STACK's brief/requirements are met.
- Support VP, Engineering – Design Management (APAC) and Design Director with long lead equipment/technology procurement initiatives including vendor relationships, technical specifications and keeping up to date with new technology in market.
- Work on cost saving opportunities and initiatives on projects under your remit with the Design Director.
- Support the Design Director with implementing Customer designs and engineering requirements.
About you
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Engineering, Project Management, or relevant built environment field.
- 5-10 years progressive experience in construction/engineering development, with a minimum 5 year multi-disciplinary project lead experience.
- Experience in construction project delivery, project controls and risk management.
- Data Centre project experience (or similarly complex) would be advantageous.
- Working experience leading and collaborating on 3D Design Tools, BIM process and methodology and implementation of 4D/5D design principles.
- Strong presentation and communication skills.
- Strong spoken and written English.
- Must be qualified to work in Australia.
Equal Opportunity Employer
STACK provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.
