Data Center Design Manager

• Manage the engineering scope, schedule, and budget for greenfield, brownfield and retrofit engineering / design projects through all stages
• Manage internal and external resources for the delivery of land technical due diligence, construction permitting, engineering/designing the building shell/core, power, cooling, telecom and controls infrastructure
• Provide design management, technical direction, decision-making and overall leadership for our datacenter architectural / engineering designs
• Oversee the delivery of multiple, concurrent, complete Datacenter design solutions
• Manage the design deliverables of MS consultants (architects, engineers, and designers)
• Engage with key MS stakeholder groups within Microsoft as well as outside vendors

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Architecture, or equivalent in construction/design management
• Substantial number of years’ experience in delivering engineering / construction infrastructure projects
• Ideally 5 years’ experience as lead engineer, lead architect, design manager or project manager for large scale complex infrastructure projects
• Chartered / Professional Engineer / Project Manager or Registered Architect
• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements
• Must pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter
• Excellent communication, organization, and leadership skills
• High level of proficiency in commercial and industrial architecture and engineering with a primary focus on datacenter design
• Ability to work with other technical and non-technical groups in a fast-paced environment
• Person of integrity, methodical, detailed-oriented with a strong work ethic
• Ability to lead teams of engineers in advanced engineering and operational processes
• Contract negotiation skills with solid understanding of value-added ideas
• Ability to get things done in fast-paced environment
• Knowledge of local building codes, regulations, and jurisdictional standards
• Ability to prepare and present using MS office packages
• Able to travel domestically and internationally
• Large scale project experience (100MW per project) delivering Design Build, and Design Bid Build type projects
• Good experience in running technical site due diligence programmes
• Good track record in data centre / mission critical section

Chartered / Professional Engineer / Project Manager or Registered Architect