Custom Data Center Engineering Lead – Hyperscale & Cloud

NextDC; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Gifted share options

NEXTDC days

Volunteer days

Professional development

Holistic wellbeing and mental health

Job summary

NEXTDC is looking for a Custom Engineering Manager to lead tailored fitout engineering solutions and technical proposals across our Hyperscale, Colocation and Edge data centre projects.

Reporting to the Head of Engineering & Customer Development, you'll drive proposal development from technical due diligence through to design documentation, working closely with multi-discipline consultants and NEXTDC's engineering subject-matter experts to win and deliver customer opportunities.

Qualifications

• 5+ years' experience in data centre or mission-critical design management.
• Degree qualified in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering.
• Background with consulting engineers, contractors or client-side design management.
• Proven ability to lead and motivate multidisciplinary teams of engineers, architects and consultants.
• Strong communication and stakeholder skills, with the ability to build lasting relationships.
• Proficient with design and collaboration tools such as Aconex, Procore, MS Project, Rev it or Bluebeam.

Responsibilities

• Own technical proposal development for enterprise, hyperscale and neocloud customer opportunities.
• Lead facility audits and capacity assessments across mechanical, electrical, hydraulic and fuel systems.
• Coordinate multi-discipline consultants and NEXTDC SMEs across architecture, structural, electrical, mechanical, fuel, fire and security.
• Apply NEXTDC design standards and Centre of Excellence lessons learned to improve speed, scale and reliability.
• Work across the full sales cycle, from due diligence through to contract and design handover.
• Play a key role in Australia's hyperscale and colocation growth.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder mgmt

Data center design

Technical proposals

Education

Electrical/Mechanical Eng

Tools

Aconex

Procore

MS Project

Revit

Bluebeam

Job description

NEXTDC is looking for a Custom Engineering Manager to lead tailored fitout engineering solutions and technical proposals across our Hyperscale, Colocation and Edge data centre projects.

Reporting to the Head of Engineering & Customer Development, you'll drive proposal development from technical due diligence through to design documentation, working closely with multi-discipline consultants and NEXTDC's engineering subject-matter experts to win and deliver customer opportunities.