Data Center Design Manager, Data Center Engineering

Bachelors Degree in Engineering or Architecture
- Minimum of five (5) years professional experience in data center or mission critical facility design with basic multidisciplinary knowledge of mission critical systems, design process, pre-construction requirements and the construction process.
- Minimum of two (2) years of Project Management or Project Lead experience including RFQ/RFP process, selecting engineering teams, developing budgets, coordinating multiple consultant teams and facilitating meetings.

As a Data Center Design Manager you will be part of a global engineering leadership team, comprised of highly effective Architects, Structural, Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, and Control Engineers. AWS drives the engineering on our capacity delivery projects. This unique vantage point allows the Design Managers to maintain a close connection with project details and drive project outcomes. You will have impact on the design direction and ability to improve design delivery for all APAC projects, while establishing design procedures and protocols for the development of future systems. This role is an opportunity to collaborate with many facets of the AWS organization, external engineering resources and regulatory agencies.

Key job responsibilities

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

- Leading a team of engineers in the design of data center critical infrastructure systems
- Facilitating weekly meetings with internal engineer resources, internal customers and external consultants to address design issues, meet design milestones and escalate as needed.
- Driving process improvements.
- Creating and tracking metrics related to cost, quality and duration of design as well as collecting data from construction and commissioning teams as designs are implemented.
- Establishing capital project design budgets and contributing to complex business cases for existing region and new region deployment.
- Collaborating with AWS finance teams to secure funding for projects.
- Working in partnership with AWS Engineering leads to schedule engineering resources and influence design changes based on internal customer needs.
- Partnering with internal customers to establish project scope, schedule and deliverables.
- Managing document controller’s workflow and audit of deliverables

About the team

The APAC Design Management team comprises of six (6) contributors, located across Sydney, Singapore, Tokyo or Mumbai. The team members have diverse engineering backgrounds (structural, mechanical and architectural) but they usually fundamentally able to focus on cross-discipline delivery to deliver the best outcomes for the project and for the business. They are usually exceptional communicators, self-actualizing, driven and very organized.
- Professional Engineering or Architectural License.
- 10+ years of experience directly related to data center design, construction, operations, and/or facility maintenance.
- Direct experience with design or construction administration of a variety of electrical distribution systems ranging from low voltage to high voltage.
- Direct experience with delivering modular data centers design projects, including procurement and commissioning of facilities.
- Functional knowledge of industry standards, environmental codes, building codes and safety standards including International Building Code.
- Ability to communicate complex technical issues to senior leadership or non-engineers, develop basic business case financial projections and create performance metrics.
- Direct experience in negotiating with regulatory agencies regarding departures from building code and construction change orders.
- Working Knowledge of Sharepoint, BIM/Revit, Salesforce and Procore software

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