Design Manager

Overview

As Design Manager, you drive end-to-end design delivery for data centre projects, aligning with programme, budget and technical requirements. You govern DEG-based design across regional projects and lead multi-disciplinary consultant teams to achieve technical excellence and safe build outcomes. Working autonomously yet collaboratively with internal stakeholders, you shape design solutions that meet internal standards and customer expectations. You will champion buildability, safety and quality while advancing modern design systems and standards adoption. This is a hands-on leadership role with a clear impact on project outcomes and organizational standards.

Pay / Benefits

• competitive compensation
• excellent benefits
• development opportunities
• inclusive environment

Responsibilities

• Lead project set-up and end-to-end design delivery for data centre projects, ensuring alignment with programme, budget and technical requirements
• Coordinate and manage multi-disciplinary consultant teams across CSA and/or MEPH scopes
• Implement and govern the company’s Design Engineering Guidelines (DEG’s) and standardised design solutions
• Own design governance through the DLR Gating Process, including preparation of the PID and chairing G0/G1 calls
• Control and report on project cost and schedule, collaborating with Delivery teams on budgets, forecasts and milestones
• Oversee change control activities including budget reviews, contracts, change orders and invoice approvals
• Provide technical leadership throughout delivery, resolving escalated RFIs and managing submittals to close-out
• Co-manage commissioning activities and Integrated Systems Testing (IST) to support handover
• Produce and contribute to monthly project reporting, pipeline metrics and insurance reporting
• Champion buildability, safety and quality by design across all project phases
• Lead and participate in cross-functional design reviews, promoting innovation and DfMA strategies
• Support evolution of regional/global design standards by feeding back lessons learned
• Drive adoption of modern design systems and tools (e.g. BIM/Revit) and ensure standard designs are agreed at milestones
• Collaborate with Portfolio, Pre-Construction, Construction, Operations, Solutions and Sales to resolve design challenges and meet project goals

Key requirements

• Strong mission critical building delivery experience in a multi-disciplinary design environment
• Data centre design experience preferred or highly serviced mission critical building designs
• Familiarity with gating processes/change control in Owner Operator Development contexts
• Knowledge of CSA and MEPH disciplines across multiple groups
• Bachelor in CS/MEPH Engineering or Architecture, or equivalent experience
• Clear ability to explain complex technical issues and defend design decisions with stakeholders
• Proactive, collaborative, and able to work with multiple stakeholders in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to evaluate options against cost, risk, schedule and quality
• Organised and pragmatic in developing technical solutions within a process-oriented framework

• strong communication
• collaboration
• problem solving
• CSA
• MEPH
• Design Engineering Guidelines (DEG)

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