Site Engineering & Design Manager – Data Center Construction

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

📋 Description

• Oversee and uphold the project RFI register until resolution is achieved.

• Evaluate, categorize, draft, coordinate approvals, and escalate RFIs as needed.

• Track RFI progress, due dates, response times, and audit trails.

• Organize multidisciplinary design deliverables, review cycles, and resolution of comments.

• Monitor design risks, unresolved issues, and action items.

• Lead design coordination meetings, managing agendas, documentation, and action items.

• Identify and communicate any bottlenecks in the design process.

• Maintain documentation related to design basis, RFI registers, submittal logs, design issue logs, and lessons learned databases.

• Foster collaboration among stakeholders, consultants, contractors, and client teams.

• Prepare regular program reports detailing RFI metrics, design status, issue resolutions, and project risks.

• Analyze RFI patterns and recurring issues to enhance processes.

• Support RFI management protocols and governance procedures.

• Ensure adherence to documentation standards, approval workflows, and authority boundaries.

• Comply with relevant SOX control responsibilities.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, or a related technical field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Over 5 years of experience in project engineering, design management, construction administration, or technical project coordination on large capital projects.

• Proven experience in supporting multidisciplinary design teams throughout design development, construction documentation, and construction phases.

• Strong understanding of RFI, submittal, and design change management processes.

• Experience with design-build, EPC, or traditional delivery methods.

• Proficient in Procore, Aconex, Autodesk Construction Cloud / BIM 360, or similar project collaboration tools.

• Excellent technical writing and documentation skills.

• Preferred: experience in supporting data centers, mission-critical, industrial, or large infrastructure projects.

• Preferred: knowledge of data center design fundamentals, including electrical distribution systems, mechanical cooling systems, building control systems, and reliability and redundancy concepts.

• Preferred: experience working within complex program management and governance environments.

• Preferred: background in commissioning, design validation, or construction quality processes.

🏝️ Benefits

• Bonuses may be available.

• Comprehensive benefits package.

• Flexible working environment.

• Work-life balance support.

• Equal opportunity and inclusive workplace.