Design Manager - Hyperscale

As our Design Manager you’ll lead the planning and technical design of data centre projects, ensuring innovative, scalable, and compliant solutions aligned with Hyperscale Data Centre requirements.

Here you’ll support the project delivery across all project phases from due diligence to handover with technical analysis and advice and coordinating multi-discipline teams to deliver the designs for high-performance resilient Data Centres with a focus on safety in design, buildability and prefabrication for speed of delivery and innovation in achieving both technical and commercial outcomes.

Being our DM PM, you’ll work collaboratively with our Engineering and Design Centre of Excellence SMEs and sector leads, to achieve economies of scale and speed through standardised long lead, free issue equipment, application of lessons learned, NEXTDC design standards, briefs, process and scopes of services to improve speed, scale, security, sustainability, reliability, business case total cost of ownership and ROIC for hyperscale projects.

You’ll be responsible for the following areas:

Design Management

Culture and Leadership

Safety Leadership

Project Planning

Risk Management

Cost & Commercial Management

Quality Control

This opportunity will see you working with world leaders in our space. Join our journey now and be an integral part of our ongoing success.

Demonstrated ability to lead and motivate multidisciplinary teams including architects, engineers and specialty consultants

Ability to delegate responsibilities, foster a collaborative and productive work environment, and maintain the respect and engagement of the workforce

Capability to manage complex data centre designs and in-depth understanding of technical principals, construction methods, materials, best practices, building codes, regulations, and safety standards.

Proficiency in design management and collaboration tools

Ability to anticipate potential issues (e.g., design improvements, changing customer needs, unforeseen subsurface conditions), implement proactive measures, and resolve problems when they do occur.