Data Centre Design Manager
About the job
- Master Degree in Engineering (Building, Structural, Mechanical, Electrical, IT).
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in data centres design, focusing on CSA and MEP systems development.
- Experience leading complex multi-disciplinary design teams and managing new construction, tenant improvements, and capital improvement projects.
- Proven expertise in consultant negotiation and contract management.
- Coordinate, advise, monitor and control project design team (internal and external) activities to deliver high-quality design solutions at the best time, cost, sustainability, reliability, scalability, safety and constructability options.
- Ensure coordination and integration of all systems (power, cooling, IT, security, firefighting) and with respect to CSA (Civil, Structural, Architectural) aspects.
- Lead cost/time-benefit analyses and present solutions that meet project goals.
- Manage appointed engineering firms and selected experts and consultants, distributing tasks and workload to ensure balanced output and the delivery of quality design work.
- Oversee design development since inception till RIBA3 stage and ensure over the entire cycle the production of accurate construction documents and specifications according to Goodman and/or final users’ requirements, aiming for a 100% satisfaction rate.
- Promote energy-efficient and sustainable design solutions, while supporting implementation of ESG strategies and certifications (e.g. BREEAM, LEED).
- Ensure that all aspects of the design are progressively reviewed, confirmed and approved as required by internal procedures within the agreed timeline.
- Review and manage (internal and/or end-user driven) design change requests during all stages of design, providing visibility and clarity on cost and time impacts.
- Provide design input to balance end-user requirements with potential project constraints.
- Support project managers, schedulers and cost managers in developing, implementing and managing project-specific design work plans, schedules and budgets.
- Act as the main point of reference for all design activities within the project team, providing internal stakeholders with timely updates on design elements and any changes.
- Represent the organization in regular design and project meetings with external design firms and consultants.
- Prepare and execute Architectural and Engineering Consultant Agreements, clearly defining Scope of Work, Services, and Fees based on the Owner’s Project Requirements (OPR) and specific local and project requirements.
- Lead the procurement process for design and consultancy services, including managing Request for Information (RFIs) and Proposals (RFPs) and evaluate proposals to justify selections.
- Review and approve consultant invoices, proactively managing project budgets, and leading value engineering initiatives to ensure cost alignment.
- Assist project team during General Contractor’ tender by ensuring completeness and correctness of the design documentation provided and assessing time, cost and actual viability of the potential value engineering solutions proposed.
- Oversee and supervise the selected General Contractor’s design efforts, especially during RIBA Stage 4 (Technical Design) and RIBA Stage 5 (Construction), ensuring the designs adhere to the project and contract documentation and regulatory requirements.
- Monitor the consistency between the OPR and construction documents, flagging and documenting any deviations for resolution.
- Conduct regular QA/QC reviews of the Contractor’s design submissions, ensuring all deliverables meet the project’s quality standards and compliance requirements.
- Ensure close collaboration with the Contractor during construction to resolve design issues swiftly and ensure alignment between design and site execution.
- Ensure full adherence to design standards, documenting any deviations after reaching a consensus with all the relevant stakeholders.
- Ensure design solutions are fully compliant with all Italian and European applicable laws and regulations, including industry standards (TIER, IEC, etc.).
- Proactively identify and effectively manage design-related risks, developing mitigation strategies to ensure the project remains on track and within the budget.
- Prepare basic drawings and preliminary layout solutions to investigate potential sites buildability according to due diligence outputs and internal design templates.
- Support project team in presenting design solutions to stakeholders, including end-users.
- Collaborate effectively with the entire project team and internal departments, ensuring that any proposed exceptions or changes are communicated and understood by all stakeholders.
- Assist, when needed, programme team in defining and reviewing OPR, technical standards, specifications and design guidelines.
- PMP or PgMP certification is a plus.
- Knowledge of French.
About the company
Goodman is a global integrated commercial and industrial property group that owns, develops, and manages logistics and industrial real estate located close to major consumer markets. Its portfolio spans distribution centres, warehouses, light and multi-storey industrial estates, business parks, and data centres, providing infrastructure that supports e-commerce and the digital economy. The group operates in 14 countries across the Asia Pacific, Europe, the United Kingdom, and the Americas, managing hundreds of properties with roughly $73 billion in assets under management. What sets Goodman apart is this integrated model, combining ownership, in-house development, and management of high-quality, sustainable sites in supply-constrained urban locations. The goal is to provide essential industrial and logistics space near consumers while creating long-term value for its customers and investment partners.
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What believers are saying
- September 2026 approval for Project Apollo unlocked A$1.4 billion Macquarie Park growth.
- Goodman raised US$455 million on September 16, 2026 for Hong Kong HKG10.
- Management guides FY27 operating earnings growth near 9%, supported by demand.
What critics are saying
- Lane Cove withdrawal on September 29, 2026 proves community pressure kills projects.
- National data-centre standards arrive by end-2026, tightening approvals for Sydney sites.
- If councils block urban siting, Goodman’s Australian data-center pipeline loses its growth engine.
What makes Goodman unique
- Goodman controls 6.4GW of secured and procured power, rare data-center site scarcity.
- It repurposes warehouses into hyperscale facilities, like Hong Kong HKG10 and Sydney Apollo.
- FY26 operating earnings rose 10.1% and profit 15.7%, proving execution at scale.
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Waste heat from Goodman data center in Frankfurt, Germany, to power district heating system. Firm will recover and supply 50MW to warm buildings and a swimming pool October 08, 2026 A new Goodman data center in Germany will provide waste heat for a district heating network. The Australian data center firm has signed a deal with the City of Neu-Isenburg, just south of Frankfurt, and the local utility, Stadtwerke Neu-Isenburg (SWNI), that will see it recover and provide up to 50MW from its planned FRA02 facility for the district heating network. SWNI will build and operate the district heating network, which will serve the south industrial estate (Gewerbegebiet Süd), the Neue Welt residential area and the Waldschwimmbad public pool, providing a local source of heat for 600 buildings and supporting the city's decarbonization strategy. FRA02 is currently under development at Rathenaustraße 29-31, in Neu-Isenburg. Topping out at the site occurred earlier this year, and when it comes into service in 2028, it will have an IT capacity of 54MW. Christof Prange, country manager for Germany at Goodman, said: "Recovering waste heat from FRA02 for use by local homes, businesses, and community facilities will deliver a meaningful long-term benefit for Neu-Isenburg. This outcome has been made possible by the strong collaboration between Goodman, the City of Neu-Isenburg, and SWNI over the past four years. "Together, we have worked through the technical, planning, and commercial requirements needed to turn our shared ambition into tangible infrastructure. The result is a data center that will support the city's digital growth while becoming part of its future heating solution. This is how we seek to create lasting value for the communities in which we invest." Goodman said work on a high-voltage substation for the site is on track for completion this year. The company has procured the land for SWNI's planned heating plant, which will commence construction in 2028, and will invest in the technical equipment required on the FRA02 site to connect the data center to the network. Dirk Gene Hagelstein, Mayor of Neu-Isenburg, said: "Decarbonizing our heat supply is a key priority for Neu-Isenburg, and FRA02 is helping turn that ambition into reality. This agreement enables SWNI to advance the waste heat project while building on the sustainability measures Goodman has embedded in the development, including a closed-loop cooling system to limit the use of drinking water, PV systems on the roofs, and a green facade. "Together, we are transforming a vacant industrial site, modernizing our heating network and delivering the benefits of digital infrastructure locally in Neu-Isenburg." Kirk Reineke, managing director, Stadtwerke Neu-Isenburg GmbH, added: "FRA02 will provide a valuable source of recovered heat for our district heating network and support our decarbonization goals. Projects like this depend on strong, long-term partnerships. Goodman and SWNI have worked closely together to address the technical and commercial challenges, creating a foundation for long-term success that will benefit the citizens of Neu-Isenburg." Goodman has data center projects on the go across Hong Kong, Australia, the US, Japan, as well as Germany. More in europe.
Goodman's Japanese data center under fire following Sydney site setback. A construction site for one of the largest data center projects in Japan by Australian property group Goodman Group in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, earlier this month SHARE/SAVE Oct 7, 2026 TSUKUBA, Ibaraki Pref. - Goodman Group, Australia's largest property firm by market value, faces mounting criticism of what would be its largest data center project in Japan, just days after it scrapped plans for a similar development in Sydney following local resistance. The dispute with residents in Japan is part of a broader global backlash against data centers, as local communities raise concerns about their impact on power grids, water supplies and local environments. For Goodman, the stakes are high. The project is one of the largest foreign-backed digital infrastructure investments in Japan and is expected to become one of the country's biggest data center campuses, with an eventual capacity of 1 gigawatt - equivalent to an estimated investment of about ¥3 trillion ($20 billion). This year, Goodman began construction on the first 50-megawatt phase of the data center campus in the city of Tsukuba in Ibaraki Prefecture. The 45-hectare site in the Oho district, with a population of about 20,000, is adjacent to a residential block, a hospital and a nursing home. Residents said they had little understanding of the project's scale until huge cranes appeared at the construction site in February and now complain that developers have yet to address concerns via an open public forum. "The project was originally presented in documents in 2023 as a logistics warehouse, but partway through, the word 'data center' appeared," said Hiroyuki Yanagimachi, who later formed a residents' group to seek more information. "That made people deeply suspicious." In Japan, foreign developers like Goodman, Singapore's GLP and London-based Colt Data Centre Services have been racing to build data centers to meet surging demand, sometimes in densely populated neighborhoods where residents typically have little sway over development plans. Yanagimachi said his group collected about 800 signatures calling for a public town hall meeting and sent two letters to Goodman requesting an open information session, but had yet to receive a response. If talks fail to materialize, the group is considering protests at the construction site and outside Goodman's Tokyo office, he said. Asked why it had not responded to the group, Goodman said in a statement: "Our door remains open to meet the head of the residents' association and address their concerns and they have our contact details." It said it planned to hold an information meeting with residents in a format that would be decided after consultation with municipal authorities. Some six months after construction began, Goodman held its first information sessions which a few dozen Tsukuba residents attended over two evenings in August. The invitation-only meetings took place at a local restaurant and included a multicourse meal, according to four residents who attended. "It felt like a hospitality event," one of the attendees said, asking to be identified only by her first name, Keiko, to protect her anonymity. "I'm not against data centers in general, but if anything, the event made me feel distrustful of them." Goodman said it is "committed to engaging with residents openly and respectfully, and we will continue to do so." It also said the company has "exceeded legal requirements and those set out in guidelines." In guidelines published in May, the Japan Data Center Council, an industry body of which Goodman is a member, stressed the importance of consultation, saying operators should view engagement as "a forum for discussion and mutual understanding, not a one-sided report." In a time of both misinformation and too much information, quality journalism is more crucial than ever. By subscribing, you can help us get the story right.
Goodman's Japanese data centre comes under fire following Sydney site setback. The data centre is adjacent to a residential block, a hospital and a nursing home Published Wed, Oct 7, 2026 · 02:29 PM * The construction site for one of the largest data centre projects in Japan by Australia's Goodman Group in Tsukuba, Japan, Oct 1, 2026. PHOTO: REUTERS [TSUKUBA, Japan] Goodman Group, Australia's largest property firm by market value, faces mounting criticism of what would be its largest data centre project in Japan, just days after it scrapped plans for a similar development in Sydney following local resistance. The dispute with residents in Japan is part of a broader global backlash against data centres, as local communities raise concerns about their impact on power grids, water supplies and local environments. For Goodman, the stakes are high. The project is one of the largest foreign-backed digital infrastructure investments in Japan and is expected to become one of the country's biggest data centre campuses, with an eventual capacity of 1 gigawatt - equivalent to an estimated investment of about 3 trillion yen (US$20 billion). This year, Goodman began construction on the first 50-MW phase of the data centre campus in the city of Tsukuba, about 50 km north-east of Tokyo. The 45-hectare site in the Oho district, with a population of about 20,000, is adjacent to a residential block, a hospital and a nursing home. Residents said they had little understanding of the project's scale until huge cranes appeared at the construction site in February and now complain that developers have yet to address concerns via an open public forum. "The project was originally presented in documents in 2023 as a logistics warehouse, but partway through, the word 'data centre' appeared," said Hiroyuki Yanagimachi, who later formed a residents' group to seek more information. "That made people deeply suspicious." The business times turns 50. Five decades of milestones and moments that shaped Singapore's success story - told through our headlines. Explore BT50" Residents' group considers protests as next step In Japan, foreign developers like Goodman, Singapore's GLP and London-based Colt Data Centre Services have been racing to build data centres to meet surging demand, sometimes in densely populated neighbourhoods where residents typically have little sway over development plans. Yanagimachi said his group collected about 800 signatures calling for a public town hall meeting and sent two letters to Goodman requesting an open information session, but had yet to receive a response. If talks fail to materialise, the group is considering protests at the construction site and outside Goodman's Tokyo office, he said. Asked why it had not responded to the group, Goodman said in a statement: "Our door remains open to meet the head of the residents' association and address their concerns and they have our contact details." It said it planned to hold an information meeting with residents in a format that would be decided after consultation with municipal authorities. Some six months after construction began, Goodman held its first information sessions which a few dozen Tsukuba residents attended over two evenings in August. The invitation-only meetings took place at a local restaurant and included a multi-course meal, according to four residents who attended. "It felt like a hospitality event," one of the attendees said, asking to be identified only by her first name, Keiko, to protect her anonymity. "I'm not against data centres in general, but if anything, the event made me feel distrustful of them." Goodman said it is "committed to engaging with residents openly and respectfully, and we will continue to do so." It also said the company has "exceeded legal requirements and those set out in guidelines." In guidelines published in May, the Japan Data Center Council, an industry body of which Goodman is a member, stressed the importance of consultation, saying operators should view engagement as "a forum for discussion and mutual understanding, not a one-sided report." REUTERS Share with us your feedback on BT's products and services
Goodman's Japanese data centre comes under fire following Sydney site setback. Published on 10/07/2026 at 01:55 am EDT - Modified on 10/07/2026 at 02:58 am EDT TSUKUBA, Japan, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Goodman Group, Australia's largest property firm by market value, faces mounting criticism of what would be its largest data centre project in Japan, just days after it scrapped plans for a similar development in Sydney following local resistance. The dispute with residents in Japan is part of a broader global backlash against data centres, as local communities raise concerns about their impact on power grids, water supplies and local environments. For Goodman, the stakes are high. The project is one of the largest foreign-backed digital infrastructure investments in Japan and is expected to become one of the country's biggest data centre campuses, with an eventual capacity of 1 gigawatt - equivalent to an estimated investment of about 3 trillion yen ($20 billion). This year, Goodman began construction on the first 50-MW phase of the data centre campus in the city of Tsukuba, about 50 km (30 miles) northeast of Tokyo. The 45-hectare site in the Oho district, with a population of about 20,000, is adjacent to a residential block, a hospital and a nursing home. Residents said they had little understanding of the project's scale until huge cranes appeared at the construction site in February and now complain that developers have yet to address concerns via an open public forum. "The project was originally presented in documents in 2023 as a logistics warehouse, but partway through, the word 'data centre' appeared," said Hiroyuki Yanagimachi, who later formed a residents' group to seek more information. "That made people deeply suspicious." RESIDENTS' GROUP CONSIDERS PROTESTS AS NEXT STEP In Japan, foreign developers like Goodman, Singapore's GLP and London-based Colt Data Centre Services have been racing to build data centres to meet surging demand, sometimes in densely populated neighbourhoods where residents typically have little sway over development plans. Yanagimachi said his group collected about 800 signatures calling for a public town hall meeting and sent two letters to Goodman requesting an open information session, but had yet to receive a response. If talks fail to materialise, the group is considering protests at the construction site and outside Goodman's Tokyo office, he said. Asked why it had not responded to the group, Goodman said in a statement: "Our door remains open to meet the head of the residents' association and address their concerns and they have our contact details." It said it planned to hold an information meeting with residents in a format that would be decided after consultation with municipal authorities. Some six months after construction began, Goodman held its first information sessions which a few dozen Tsukuba residents attended over two evenings in August. The invitation-only meetings took place at a local restaurant and included a multi-course meal, according to four residents who attended. "It felt like a hospitality event," one of the attendees said, asking to be identified only by her first name, Keiko, to protect her anonymity. "I'm not against data centres in general, but if anything, the event made me feel distrustful of them." Goodman said it is "committed to engaging with residents openly and respectfully, and we will continue to do so." It also said the company has "exceeded legal requirements and those set out in guidelines." In guidelines published in May, the Japan Data Center Council, an industry body of which Goodman is a member, stressed the importance of consultation, saying operators should view engagement as "a forum for discussion and mutual understanding, not a one-sided report." ($1 = 158.3800 yen) (Reporting by Chang-Ran Kim; Editing by Miyoung Kim and Thomas Derpinghaus) By Chang-Ran Kim (C) Reuters - 2026
Goodman's Japanese data centre comes under fire following Sydney site setback. By Thomson Reuters Oct 7, 2026 | 2:58 AM By Chang-Ran Kim TSUKUBA, Japan, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Goodman Group, Australia's largest property firm by market value, faces mounting criticism of what would be its largest data centre project in Japan, just days after it scrapped plans for a similar development in Sydney following local resistance. The dispute with residents in Japan is part of a broader global backlash against data centres, as local communities raise concerns about their impact on power grids, water supplies and local environments. For Goodman, the stakes are high. The project is one of the largest foreign-backed digital infrastructure investments in Japan and is expected to become one of the country's biggest data centre campuses, with an eventual capacity of 1 gigawatt - equivalent to an estimated investment of about 3 trillion yen ($20 billion). This year, Goodman began construction on the first 50-MW phase of the data centre campus in the city of Tsukuba, about 50 km (30 miles) northeast of Tokyo. The 45-hectare site in the Oho district, with a population of about 20,000, is adjacent to a residential block, a hospital and a nursing home. Residents said they had little understanding of the project's scale until huge cranes appeared at the construction site in February and now complain that developers have yet to address concerns via an open public forum. "The project was originally presented in documents in 2023 as a logistics warehouse, but partway through, the word 'data centre' appeared," said Hiroyuki Yanagimachi, who later formed a residents' group to seek more information. "That made people deeply suspicious." RESIDENTS' GROUP CONSIDERS PROTESTS AS NEXT STEP In Japan, foreign developers like Goodman, Singapore's GLP and London-based Colt Data Centre Services have been racing to build data centres to meet surging demand, sometimes in densely populated neighbourhoods where residents typically have little sway over development plans. Yanagimachi said his group collected about 800 signatures calling for a public town hall meeting and sent two letters to Goodman requesting an open information session, but had yet to receive a response. If talks fail to materialise, the group is considering protests at the construction site and outside Goodman's Tokyo office, he said. Asked why it had not responded to the group, Goodman said in a statement: "Our door remains open to meet the head of the residents' association and address their concerns and they have our contact details." It said it planned to hold an information meeting with residents in a format that would be decided after consultation with municipal authorities. Some six months after construction began, Goodman held its first information sessions which a few dozen Tsukuba residents attended over two evenings in August. The invitation-only meetings took place at a local restaurant and included a multi-course meal, according to four residents who attended. "It felt like a hospitality event," one of the attendees said, asking to be identified only by her first name, Keiko, to protect her anonymity. "I'm not against data centres in general, but if anything, the event made me feel distrustful of them." Goodman said it is "committed to engaging with residents openly and respectfully, and we will continue to do so." It also said the company has "exceeded legal requirements and those set out in guidelines." In guidelines published in May, the Japan Data Center Council, an industry body of which Goodman is a member, stressed the importance of consultation, saying operators should view engagement as "a forum for discussion and mutual understanding, not a one-sided report." ($1 = 158.3800 yen) (Reporting by Chang-Ran Kim; Editing by Miyoung Kim and Thomas Derpinghaus)