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About the Role

As a Design Manager, you’ll sit at the heart of our Design, Engineering & Construction organisation, playing a key role in how our data centres are designed, developed and delivered. This is much more than a design coordination role. You’ll be involved across the design and construction phases, taking projects from early design through delivery, commissioning and handover. Working across CSA and/or MEPH disciplines, you’ll lead multidisciplinary consultant teams, drive technical decisions and ensure our projects achieve the right balance between technical excellence, buildability, safety, cost, programme and quality. You’ll operate with a high degree of autonomy, collaborating with internal teams, consultants, contractors and technical partners to turn complex design challenges into practical, buildable solutions. Ultimately, your role is about making sure that what we design on paper can be successfully built, commissioned and operated in the real world.

Responsibilities

Lead design delivery, taking ownership of project set-up and end-to-end design delivery, ensuring alignment with programme, budget and technical requirements.
Coordinate multidisciplinary teams, leading and challenging consultants and technical partners across CSA and/or MEPH, keeping multiple disciplines aligned throughout the project lifecycle.
Drive design standards & governance by implementing Design Engineering Guidelines (DEGs) and standardised design solutions, while managing design governance through the DLR Gating Process, including PID preparation and G0/G1 reviews aligned with RIBA stages.
Solve complex technical challenges by providing technical leadership throughout delivery, resolving escalated RFIs, technical submittals and design challenges while balancing cost, risk, programme, quality and buildability.
Keep projects on track by working closely with Delivery teams on project budgets, forecasts, milestones, change control, contracts, change orders and invoice approvals.
Bridge design and construction by staying closely involved through the construction phase, supporting commissioning and Integrated Systems Testing (IST) to enable safe and successful project handover.
Challenge and improve the way we design by leading and contributing to cross-functional design reviews, promoting DfMA, BIM/Revit, innovation and standardisation, and bringing lessons learned and market insight back into our regional and global design standards.
Collaborate across the business by partnering closely with Portfolio, Pre-Construction, Construction, Operations, Solutions and Sales teams to solve challenges and deliver successful project outcomes.
Manage internal and external stakeholders, ensuring all design activities adhere to established engineering guidelines and quality standards.
Coordinate complex deliverables, balancing strict budgets and schedules while maintaining technical excellence.
Perform proactive risk assessment, change control, and reporting throughout the project lifecycle.
Support cost and schedule management.
Provide technical input to HR, Finance, Operations, and Sales Engineering.
Champion continuous improvement initiatives.
Adapt quickly to changing project demands, negotiate effectively, and make critical decisions to support successful project outcomes.

Requirements

Strong technical foundation with a passion for combining engineering expertise, project delivery, and stakeholder management.
Experience delivering mission-critical, complex, or highly serviced buildings.
Technical background in CSA, MEPH, Engineering, or Architecture.
Experience within a design consultancy, contractor, commissioning, or owner/operator environment.
Data centre design experience is highly valued; experience from other complex mission-critical environments is also relevant.
Good understanding of multidisciplinary design across CSA and MEPH.
Familiarity with design gating, governance, and change control.
Ability to understand complex technical issues and confidently defend design decisions with senior internal and external stakeholders.
Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
Ability to assess technical solutions against cost, risk, schedule, and quality.
Pragmatic and organised approach, with the ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced environment.
Advanced technical knowledge in CSA and/or MEPH disciplines.
Strong stakeholder management, technical leadership, and contract administration skills.
Familiarity with design delivery processes, standards, and change control in an owner-operator environment.
Financial awareness relating to project budgeting, forecasting, and cost management.

Skills

DfMA
BIM/Revit
Stakeholder Management
Technical Leadership
Contract Administration
Design Gating
Governance
Change Control
Project Delivery
Engineering Expertise
Risk Assessment
Cost Management
Schedule Management
Quality Management
Buildability Assessment
Commissioning
Integrated Systems Testing (IST)

Experience Level

4-7 Years of experience in mission critical (data center or similar complex buildings) delivery, ideally in a multi-disciplinary design environment

Education Level

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Architecture or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant professional experience
Bachelors degree in Civil, Structural, Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing (MEPH) Engineering, or Architecture (or equivalent experience)
Masters or Doctorate degree preferred
Chartered Engineer or equivalent professional certification (ideally)

About the Company

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