Head of Architecture

A Snapshot

As the Head of Architecture, you will report to the Head of Site Selection, Asia Pacific and work closely with the Customer Solutions, Design & Innovation team, as well as the regional development and operations teams making your mark in a number of ways:

· You act as the Architect authority for AirTrunk and are responsible for success of our campus’s including collaboration with external architects, civil and structural engineers

· You will lead a regional team of architects and master planners to define AirTrunk campus planning and architectural solution

· You act as a connecting bridge between the stakeholder teams within AirTrunk, especially the Technology, Development and Operations teams

Your Day to Day

Master planning

· You will be the authority for the production of site plans for proposed sites, including macro and micro masterplanning

· Test standardized ‘sweet-spot’ designs in both plan and 3D format to produce speculative decks and initial phases of Design Development DD

· Assist in the development of Basis-Of-Design BOD documents for projects based on an understanding of AirTrunk requirements and any discernible local conditions provided or understood at the time

· Initial ability to test the eligibility of proposed sites with a pre-DD understanding of the site constraints

· Maintain a dialogue about requirements for

o Operations requirements for NOC / SOC / Staging / Store etc. using the existing Operations Matrix allowing initial planning of required spaces for individual buildings of a certain capacity vs full campus solutions

o Operations requirements for Facilities Management including schematic diagrams for initial sign-off involving rack delivery / pedestrian and vehicular movement around the site

o Technology requirements to achieve design sweet-spots with electrical design / infrastructure and overall spatial requirements

o Technology requirements for sweet-spot design of data halls as well as local code requirements for fire compartments

· Initial rack layouts for both brownfield and greenfield sites

· Be present with Developments and Site Selection team at meetings with local authorities to represent the initial interests of the Technology team during the first stages of design

Architecture and Design

· Take ownership for the Architectural, Civil and Structural Principal Project requirements PPR

· Production of Architectural Briefing Package and then manage the selected architect, civl and structural engineers throughout to completion

· Production of standardised NOC and SOC layouts as a Basis of Design and then managing any diversions with Operations and Developments

· Review of tendered designs and finished interior design packages while maintaining consistency across all interior design of both data centres and AirTrunk offices by ensuring compliance to the current interior design guidelines

· Assist with graphic design for decks as well as producing a consistency ‘Style-Guide’ for all graphics involving Site Plans / Floor plans / Elevations + Sections as well as any in-house renderings

Stakeholder Management

· During both master planning and site suitability testing, maintain a connection between the stakeholder teams within AirTrunk, especially the Technology, Development and Operations teams

· Assess important milestones through the project land maintaining a constant dialogue during a project between teams

· Assess on-going architectural drawings and provide milestone points during the concept and design process to ensure that all teams have had input and discussion during the process

Innovation

· Contributing to the on-going technology innovation discussion with a focus on construction and design such as

o construction techniques

o materials / cladding

o passive / environmental innovations

o data hall constraints – ceiling heights / layouts / sweet-spot designs

Requirements

· You have 15+ years of experience in both architecture and design management

· Bachelor’s degree, preferably in architecture or architectural engineering, is a plus

· You have experience working on innovative design solutions for complex projects, ideally for data centres or mission critical facilities, in Japan

· You are well versed in MEP design as well as project management

· You are proficient in Revit

· You are incredibly flexible and forward-thinking as you have to be ready for a continuous change of directions

· You excel at communication; you can deliver effective presentations on data centre/mission critical operations to customers, peers and management

· You have the ability for foster strong relationships with cross-functional teams

· You are willing to travel to other APAC regions on a regular basis