Design Manager, Engineering (Australia)

STACK Infrastructure APAC; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

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 stay strategically focused while deep diving to support project teams with a collaborative culture.

You will lead technical meetings, develop briefs, manage consultant/vendor deliverables, and support procurement initiatives. English fluency and Australia work eligibility are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Engineering, Project Management, or related built environment field.
• 5-10 years progressive experience in construction/engineering development with multi-disciplinary project lead experience.
• Experience in construction project delivery, project controls and risk management.
• Data Centre project experience or similar complex projects is advantageous.
• Experience with 3D Design Tools, BIM processes and 4D/5D design principles.

Responsibilities

• Represent STACK at technical meetings with consultants, contractors, and vendors.
• Develop engineering/design briefs and RFPs for projects.
• Collaborate with Design Director and delivery teams on appointing consultants and vendors.
• Outline deliverables at project inception and manage outputs to schedule.
• Ensure consultants are briefed at project inception and lead design reviews.
• Provide ongoing input to ensure STACK's requirements are met.
• Support APAC Design Management and Design Director with long lead procurement initiatives.
• Identify cost-saving opportunities within projects under remit.

Skills

Presentation skills

Communication skills

English proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Engineering/Project Management

Tools

3D Design Tools

BIM

Job description

Company Overview

STACK Infrastructure builds, owns, and operates hyperscale and colocation data centers that power the world’s most ambitious technology companies. With a rapidly expanding footprint across APAC, STACK combines deep development expertise, flexible capital, and operational discipline to deliver critical digital infrastructure at scale.

Our clients include the largest hyperscale cloud platforms. We are building a regional platform defined by speed of delivery, power reliability, and long-term partnership — and we are assembling the team to lead that effort.

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.