Microsoft Datacenter Engineering Senior Design Manager - EMEA 

Sweden, Gävle 

777210518

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Architecture, or equivalent in construction/design management.

Significantyears’ of experience in delivering engineering / construction infrastructure projects

Goodyears’ of experience as lead engineer, lead architect, design manager or project manager for large scale complex infrastructure projects

Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to, the following specialized security screenings: Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Chartered / Professional Engineer / Project Manager or Registered Architect

Reporting to the Datacenter Engineering Northern EMEA DM Lead plus Nordics Sub-Regional DM Lead, the Design Manager will be assigned to manage the engineering scope, schedule, and budget for greenfield, brownfield and retrofit engineering / design projects through all stages of the project from site due diligence, design and construction as assigned in Sweden and in other EMEA locations as required. The Design Manager will;

• 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 to align with Microsoft IT capacity roadmap for builds.
• provide design management, technical direction, decision-making and overall leadership for our datacenter architectural / engineering designs.

Knowledge, experience and skills:

• The candidate must have excellent communication, organization, and leadership skills.
• Candidates must possess a high level of proficiency in commercial and industrial architecture and engineering with a primary focus on datacenter design.
• The candidates must also be able to work with other technical and non-technical groups in a fast- paced environment and do so with an even temperament.
• The candidate must be a person of integrity, be methodical, detailed-oriented with a strong work ethic.
• Ability to lead teams of engineers in advanced engineering and operational processes and procedures as they relate to large datacenter environments
• Contract negotiation skills with solid understanding of value-added ideas without compromising safety and quality of deliverables
• Ability to get things done in fast-paced environment; not easily discouraged; forward looking with open mindset
• 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
• Have good experience in running technical site due diligence programmes
• Demonstrate a good track record in data centre / mission critical section

Chartered / Professional Engineer / Project Manager or Registered Architect.