Project Design Manager – Data Centres

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom.

📋 Description

• Lead and oversee the multidisciplinary design process for extensive Data Centre projects, which include hyperscale and colocation developments.

• Coordinate the Civil, Structural & Architectural (CSA) and Mechanical, Electrical & Plumbing (MEP) disciplines.

• Manage and supervise external engineering and design consultants.

• Review designs, specifications, drawings, BIM models, and technical documentation.

• Manage the interfaces between disciplines, identifying and resolving technical conflicts.

• Oversee the design program, delivery milestones, and engineering package planning.

• Ensure that solutions are technically feasible, constructible, efficient, and aligned with operational requirements.

• Identify technical risks, delays, and design deviations, and propose corrective actions.

• Coordinate design reviews, technical meetings, workshops, and approval processes.

• Collaborate with the construction team to ease the transition from design to on-site execution.

• Work with commissioning and start-up teams to ensure adherence to operational requirements, testing, and final handover.

• Manage design modifications and evaluate their impact on schedules, costs, quality, and execution.

• Maintain communication with the Project Manager, client, engineering teams, and contractors.

• Contribute to the ongoing enhancement of standards, coordination processes, and best practices.

⛳️ Requirements

• A university degree in Engineering, Architecture, Building Engineering, Building Services Engineering, or a related field.

• Proven experience in design management and coordination for Data Centre projects.

• Direct experience with large-scale projects, ideally in hyperscale, colocation, or critical infrastructure settings.

• Experience in coordinating multidisciplinary design teams, including CSA and MEP disciplines.

• Experience managing external consultants, technical deliverables, engineering interfaces, and the design review and approval process.

• Ability to evaluate design quality, constructibility, and integration with the construction and commissioning phases.

• Experience in planning, milestone tracking, risk management, and addressing technical challenges.

• Familiarity with design and development processes for complex construction projects.

• Ability to coordinate multiple stakeholders and prioritize tasks in an international context.

• Exceptional communication, organizational, technical leadership, and problem-solving abilities.

• Willingness to occasionally travel to projects across Europe.

• Professional-level proficiency in spoken and written English (mandatory).

🏝️ Benefits

• 100% remote working.

• Occasional travel to projects across Europe.

• Fixed-term employment contract for 18 months.

• Competitive compensation based on experience and country of residence.

• Opportunity to engage with major international large-scale Data Centre projects.

• Collaboration with multidisciplinary teams in an international and technically challenging environment.