Design Manager, Engineering

STACK Infrastructure; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

STACK INFRASTRUCTURE (STACK) provides digital infrastructure to scale the world’s most innovative companies. STACK APAC is expanding its Australian Engineering team, and the Design Manager role is key to this expansion.

Detailed and design‑process oriented, you will support project teams with collaboration and strategic focus. Key responsibilities include leading design briefs, appointing consultants and vendors, and guiding 3D BIM design, with a focus on cost efficiency and timely delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Engineering/PM or related built environment field.
• 5–10 years progressive experience in construction/engineering development with at least 5 years leading multidisciplinary projects.
• Experience in construction project delivery, project controls and risk management.
• Data Centre project experience would be advantageous.
• Strong presentation and communication skills.
• Strong spoken and written English.
• Must be qualified to work in Australia.

Responsibilities

• Represent STACK at technical meetings with consultants, contractors, and vendors as required.
• Develop engineering/design briefs and RFPs for projects.
• Work with Design Director and delivery teams to appoint engineering/design consultants and equipment vendors.
• Outline deliverables and manage outputs to schedule; ensure briefings at project inception.
• Facilitate design reviews through weekly meetings and stage-gate reviews with stakeholders.
• Provide ongoing advice to ensure STACK's brief and requirements are met.
• Support senior leaders on procurement initiatives and vendor relationships.
• Work on cost saving opportunities within projects and ensure customer designs are implemented.

Skills

Presentation skills

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Engineering/PM

Tools

3D Design Tools

BIM

4D/5D design principles

Job description

STACK INFRASTRUCTURE (STACK) provides digital infrastructure to scale the world’s most innovative companies. We are an award-winning industry leader in building, owning and operating highly efficient, cost-effective wholesale, colocation and cloud data centers. Each of our facilities meet or exceed the highest industry standards in all operational categories of availability, security, connectivity, and physical resilience.

STACK offers the scale and geographic reach that rapidly growing hyperscale and enterprise companies need. The world runs on data; Data runs on STACK.

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.