The Position:
The Director, Engineering is responsible for the strategic leadership, planning, and execution of all engineering and facilities operations in the data centre. This role ensures the availability, reliability, and efficiency of critical infrastructure systems, including electrical, mechanical, and building management systems, while driving innovation and operational excellence. The Director will represent STACK at technical meetings with consultants, contractors, and vendors and lead multidisciplinary engineering teams to maintain uptime, meet customer SLA commitments, and support business growth.
Key responsibilities:
- Lead and develop engineering/design briefs for projects in Japan.
- Provide inputs and outline the engineering/design consultants’ deliverables at the inception of each project.
- Provide ongoing advice/input into the projects to ensure STACK’s brief/requirements are met and outputs are delivered according to agreed schedules.
- Lead Engineering/Design reviews through weekly meetings and design stage-gate reviews.
- Regularly report on project progress, challenges, and recommendations to senior leadership.
- Work closely with the Delivery team in the appointment of engineering/design consultants and equipment vendors.
- Develop and maintain excellent professional working relationships with consultants, contractors, vendors and all other stakeholders.
- Work closely with VP, Engineering – Design Management (APAC) to:
- review customer designs and engineering requirements
- review procurement initiatives including vendor relationships, technical specifications and keeping up to date with new technology in the market.
- work on cost saving opportunities initiatives across projects in Japan
- Lessons learnt/continuous improvement – ensure lessons are reviewed at the end of each project, and feedback into next phases of design and regional basis of design.
- Lead, coach and engage team members to maximize their performance and potential.
- Passionate about the data center industry and be an innovator, always looking to bring the forefront of technology into our projects to achieve and exceed our sustainability, safety & efficiency goals.
- Be safety focused at all times, work collaboratively with STACK Safety Leadership, embody and lead by example our in Safety Best Practices and Conduct.
Must-have Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Engineering, Project Management, or relevant fields.
- At least 10 years of experience in construction and/or engineering development, especially in construction project delivery, project controls, risk management, contract administration.
- Data centre experience including detailed knowledge and understanding of data centre design, engineering principals and best practice.
- Technical skills to include 3D Design Tools, BIM process & methodology, 4D/5D design principals.
- Strategic thinking with operational execution focus.
- Strong decision-making and problem-solving skills.
- Stakeholder and client management skills.
- Leadership and team development in high-performance environments.
- Continuous improvement and risk management mindset.
- Strong presentation and communication skills.
- Language: Japanese (native), English (fluent)
This might be right for you if:
- You don’t get flustered easily. You can juggle multiple high-level priorities with competing timelines while welcoming a new, urgent challenge with ease.
- Are culturally sensitive and enjoy working with a diverse group of individuals from multiple regions.
- You pay attention to the details – meticulously, and every time. Nothing falls through the cracks on your watch.
- You’re collaborative. You enjoy working with others to solve problems – and people enjoy working with you. You can shift from being a leader to a contributor when needed.
- You’re smart. You think five steps ahead and see issues from multiple angles. You’re not just a problem solver – you’re a problem preventer.
