Design Manager - Hyperscale

Nextdc Ltd.; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

gifted share options

NEXTDC days

volunteer days

professional development

Job summary

NEXTDC is seeking a Design Manager to lead the planning and technical design of data centre projects, ensuring innovative, scalable solutions aligned with Hyperscale Data Centre requirements. You’ll coordinate multi-discipline teams and guide the design through due diligence to handover, emphasising safety in design, buildability and speed of delivery.

You will work with Engineering and Design Centre of Excellence SMEs to drive economies of scale, standardised practices, and value across

Qualifications

• Leads and motivates multidisciplinary teams including architects, engineers and specialty consultants.
• Manages design processes with focus on safety, buildability and value.
• Drives cost and schedule outcomes across hyperscale data centre projects.

Responsibilities

• Oversee design management across all project phases.
• Foster culture, leadership and cross‑discipline collaboration.
• Provide safety leadership and design for safety.
• Lead project planning, scheduling and coordination.
• Control costs and commercial aspects of projects.
• Ensure quality control and compliance with standards.

Skills

Team leadership

Design management

Safety leadership

Project planning

Cost management

Quality control

Tools proficiency

Education

Relevant engineering/architecture degree

Job description

At NEXTDC we are building the heart of Australia & Asia’s high tech future. We design, build and operate world class, next generation data centres, using cutting edge, environmentally efficient infrastructure to service the specific requirements of local, international customers.

NEXTDC is an exciting ASX 100 listed technology company, only 16 years young and operating 17 data centres across 7 major cities in Australia, and our first international data centre in Kuala Lumpur which opened in May 2026. We have multiple sites across APAC in development to support our customer’s digital infrastructure well into the next decade.

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 leading customer centric data centre services company.

Where Cloud lives and AI thrives

Job Description

As our Design Manager you’ll lead the planning and technical design of data centre projects, ensuring innovative, scalable, and compliant solutions aligned with Hyperscale Data Centre requirements.

Here you’ll support the project delivery across all project phases from due diligence to handover with technical analysis and advice and coordinating multi-discipline teams to deliver the designs for high-performance resilient Data Centres with a focus on safety in design, buildability and prefabrication for speed of delivery and innovation in achieving both technical and commercial outcomes.

Being our DM PM, you’ll work collaboratively with our Engineering and Design Centre of Excellence SMEs and sector leads, to achieve economies of scale and speed through standardised long lead, free issue equipment, application of lessons learned, NEXTDC design standards, briefs, process and scopes of services to improve speed, scale, security, sustainability, reliability, business case total cost of ownership and ROIC for hyperscale projects.

You’ll be responsible for the following areas:

• Design Management
• Culture and Leadership
• Safety Leadership
• Project Planning
• Cost & Commercial Management
• Quality Control

This opportunity will see you working with world leaders in our space.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to lead and motivate multidisciplinary teams including architects, engineers and specialty consultants
• Ability to delegate responsibilities, foster a collaborative and productive work environment, and maintain the respect and engagement of the workforce
• Capability to manage complex data centre designs and in-depth understanding of technical principals, construction methods, materials, best practices, building codes, regulations, and safety standards.
• Proficiency in design management and collaboration tools
• Ability to anticipate potential issues (e.g., design improvements, changing customer needs, unforeseen subsurface conditions), implement proactive measures, and resolve problems when they do occur.
• Ability to effectively manage multiple design projects and sub-projects concurrently.

Your proven commercial experience will see you bringing:

• 5+ years’ experience in Data Centre or mission critical design management
• Degree in Architecture, Electrical or Mechanical Engineering, or Structural/Civil Engineering, or other relevant industry qualification.
• Experience working for Consulting Engineers, Principal Contractors or Client-side Design management

Additional Information

• Be part of ‘factories of the future’ as we build the infrastructure to support the digital economy, AI and cloud.
• Awesome employee benefits (gifted share options, NEXTDC days, volunteer days, professional development, holistic wellbeing and 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.

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