APAC Data Center Design Lead - Automation & Standards

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Melbourne; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Corporate Services Pty Ltd is seeking a Senior Data Center Design Manager in Melbourne to lead a multidisciplinary team through the design of mission-critical data center infrastructure across APAC. You will define design direction, drive standards, and partner with regulators to ensure compliance and performance.

The role emphasizes design leadership from concept to commissioning, with collaboration across internal teams and external consultancies.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of industrial or commercial engineering in mission critical facilities including but not limited to: data centers, power generation or oil and gas facilities experience.
• Experience coordinating multiple consultant teams and facilitating meetings.
• Knowledge of critical data center mechanical and electrical equipment.

Responsibilities

• Lead a multidisciplinary team of engineers through all phases of data center critical infrastructure design from concept through detailed engineering, construction documentation, and commissioning validation.
• Own end-to-end design direction for power, cooling, controls, physical security, and structural systems setting the architectural vision.
• Establish regional design standards, basis-of-design documents, and design quality frameworks for APAC projects.
• Lead design reviews from schematic through construction documentation ensuring technical rigour and code compliance.
• Drive design automation and tooling initiatives to reduce cycle time and improve documentation quality.
• Track design KPIs and feedback to close as-designed to as-built loop.
• Drive design risk identification, constructability reviews, and value engineering.
• Establish design budgets and partner with finance to optimize resources.
• Drive permit approvals and interface with AHJ, regulators, and government agencies.

Skills

Industrial engineering

Project management

Consultant coordination

Data center knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Professional Engineering license

Tools

RFQ/RFP process

Construction drawings interpretation

Job description

Amazon Corporate Services Pty Ltd is seeking a Senior Data Center Design Manager in Melbourne to lead a multidisciplinary team through the design of mission-critical data center infrastructure across APAC. You will define design direction, drive standards, and partner with regulators to ensure compliance and performance.

The role emphasizes design leadership from concept to commissioning, with collaboration across internal teams and external consultancies.