Customer Engineering Manager

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

At NEXTDC we are building the heart of Australia & Asia’shightechfuture. We design,buildandoperateworld class, next generation data centres, usingcutting edge, environmentally efficient infrastructure to service the specific requirements of local, international customers.

NEXTDC is an exciting ASX 100-listed technology company, only 16years young andoperating17 data centres across 7 major cities in Australia, with multiple international sites in development to support our customer’s digital infrastructure.

At NEXTDC our success depends on the talents of our people, and we foster a culture of continued learning and development. Our culture is built on collaboration and innovation, we are passionate about what we do, and we are committed to our mission to be the leadingcustomercentricdata centre services company.

Where Cloud lives and AIthrives

Job Description

NEXTDC is looking for a Custom Engineering Manager to lead tailored fitout engineering solutions andtechnical proposals across our Hyperscale, Colocation and Edge data centre projects. Reporting to the Head ofEngineering & Customer Development,you'lldrive proposal development from technical due diligence throughto design documentation, working closely with multi-discipline consultants and NEXTDC's engineering subjectmatter experts to win and deliver customer opportunities.

You'llalso lead facility audits, capacityassessmentsand scope development, partnering with our Design Centreof Excellence to bring standardisation,speedand value to hyperscale projects across Australia.

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,fireand security

Apply NEXTDC design standards and Centre of Excellence lessons learned to improve speed,scaleandreliability

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

Your responsibilities will include:

Preparing technical responses to customer opportunities, coordinating input across all disciplines

Managing design development from brief through to executable contract documentation

Reviewing customer contracts toidentifyand resolve technical risk

Overseeing the shop drawing and technical submittal process to ensure tender compliance

Championing safety-in-design andeliminatinghazards through robust design practices

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

Qualifications

5+ years' experience in data centre or mission-critical design management

Degree qualified in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering

Background with consulting engineers,contractorsor client-side design management

Proven ability to lead and motivate multidisciplinary teams of engineers,architectsand consultants

Strong communicationand stakeholder skills, with the ability to build lasting relationships

Proficient with design and collaboration tools such as Aconex, Procore, MS Project,Revitor Bluebeam

Additional Information

Seize this exciting opportunity to join one of Australia’s fastest growing companies and play a key contributing role in the future of AI and the digital economy

Join an inclusive, diverse and valuesdriven working culture supporting hybrid work practices

Enjoy awesome employee benefits (gifted share options, NEXTDC days, volunteer days, professional development, holisticwellbeingand mental health programs and more)

Great opportunities to progress within our company (grow as we grow)

Our mission is to continue building a diverse and inclusive workforce which represents the communities in which we operate. Make NEXTDC your next move.