Data Center Customer Design Manager
Roles & Responsibilities
Job Summary
You will manage Data Centre Design projects to meet reliability, availability, efficiency, sustainability, regulatory, safety, cost, and speed-to-market targets.
Responsibilities
- Manage multiple greenfield and fit-out Data Centre Design projects concurrently, ensuring completion within budget and schedule
- Develop design briefs and key metrics to maintain consistent design quality across regional metro projects
- Hold consultants and professional teams accountable for delivering project design intent and outcomes
- Lead a consortium of consultants including town planners, architects, civil & structural engineers, mechanical & electrical engineers, environmental and LEED consultants, and geotechnical engineers
- Collaborate with suppliers and designers to implement safety, efficiency, and sustainability improvements
- Conduct site visits to verify construction methods, site coordination, and equipment performance meet design criteria and maintain reliability and maintainability standards
- Ensure design compliance and timely project handover to customers
- Standardize design processes and manage customer design variations effectively
- Make advanced design decisions and secure customer buy-in for design solutions
- Stay updated on customers’ latest technical directions and support technical RFP processes
- Qualify technical compliance and deviations with customers, including Service Level Agreements and compliance exceptions
- Initiate design improvements based on lessons learned from projects
- Oversee consistent project design delivery and construction quality
- Propose innovative solutions to accelerate design delivery and speed to market
Required competencies and certifications
- Proven design experience managing projects across regional metros
- Professional Engineer or Registered Architect with practicing certifications preferred
- Minimum 10 years’ experience in design consultancy, including at least 5 years in a principal engineer role
- Strong interpersonal, communication, leadership, and influencing skills
- Experience with Design Bid Build, Design & Build, and other design delivery methodologies
- Flexibility to relocate and travel for business needs
Preferred competencies and qualifications
- Experience in hyperscale Data Centre design
Other Information
Interested candidates may send their CV to MAC (Reg No. R1221300) at anc1@anchorsearchgroup.com quoting the job title in the Subject line. We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.
Tell employers what skills you have
On-site Coordination
Liaise With Consultants
Project Handover
Data Center
Architect
Environmental Consulting
Specification of Equipment
Project Design
Town Planning
Customer Focused Design
Perform Design for Safety Professional Duties
Design Standards
Data Center Architecture