Design Manager – Data Centre Construction -…

Overview

As Design Manager, lead multidisciplinary design delivery on data centre construction projects. You coordinate design teams, consultants, schedules and costs to meet project quality and timing targets. You will work in a BIM-enabled environment, liaise with stakeholders, and drive design excellence across all project phases. This role offers career growth within a major engineering and construction setting and the opportunity to shape critical infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage the design delivery schedule with client, project manager, and consultants
• Define scopes of work, deliverables, and contract documentation for each discipline
• Coordinate consultant procurement from tender to appointment
• Negotiate scopes, deliverables, fees and commercial terms with consultants
• Track design issues, changes, costs and deliverables across teams
• Allocate and manage design workloads among engineers, designers and external consultants
• Lead multidisciplinary design coordination and resolve interfaces
• Review design documentation for accuracy, quality and compliance
• Maintain design document control and clear records of deliverables
• Monitor progress against milestones and implement recovery strategies
• Lead and develop design teams and direct reports
• Coordinate design meetings and optimise designs to minimise rework
• Support planning, programming, reporting and departmental initiatives
• Liaise with clients, architects, insurers and other stakeholders
• Work within BIM environment to support coordinated design delivery

Key requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering
• Five to seven years’ experience in data centre, pharmaceutical, semiconductor or large-scale industrial construction projects
• Proven experience coordinating multidisciplinary design teams
• Experience managing design delivery across all project phases, including design fees, time and cost
• Demonstrable experience managing engineers, design teams and direct reports
• Experience working within a BIM environment
• Strong planning, programming and reporting skills
• Excellent computer skills and attention to detail
• Strong interpersonal, organisational and communication skills
• Commitment to high standards of design quality and presentation

• strong communication
• interpersonal skills
• organisational ability
• BIM environment
• design coordination
• design delivery management

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