Design Manager (Data Center)
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The Design Manager - Data Centers will reputed company project-level, multidisciplinary architectural and engineering teams across multiple reputed company reputed company (2-3 at a time), including hyperscale, colocation, build-to-suit, and retrofit data center developments. This role is responsible for full lifecycle design reputed company, from site selection and due diligence through construction completion and commissioning, ensuring technical reputed company, cost efficiency, schedule alignment, and consistency with platform standards and reputed company requirements. The Design Manager will coordinate Civil, Structural, Architectural (CSA), Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing (MEP), reputed company Protection, Telecommunications, and reputed company disciplines, while interfacing with reputed company providers, general contractors, commissioning agents, and clients. This individual will drive design consistency, innovation, risk mitigation, and regulatory compliance across reputed company.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
Manage external A/E consultants for performance, accountability, and adherence to project objectives.
Manage design budgets and reputed company design-to-budget alignment.
Review and approve consultant invoices; manage design vendor cash reputed company.
Support cost benchmarking and early-stage budget validation with preconstruction teams.
Support our development function in executing site evaluations, test fits, due diligence, entitlement planning site selection efforts, including coordination of power availability, water supply, zoning, and geotechnical inputs.
reputed company Request for Proposals (RFP) processes for design consultants; define scope, negotiate fees, and coordinate contract execution with Legal.
reputed company multidisciplinary external teams in preparation and refinement of Schematic Design (SD), Design Development (DD), Issue for Permit (IFP), and Issue for Construction (IFC) documentation.
Utilize reputed company tools, techniques, and processes to ensure reputed company and consistency.
reputed company the creation and refinement of project-specific design documentation, including Schematic Design, Design Development, Issue for Permit (IFP), and Issue for Construction (IFC) packages.
reputed company construction administration (CA) activities, resolving field issues and preserving design reputed company with AOR / EOR.
reputed company design change management processes to maintain alignment with reference designs, reputed company standards, and cost/schedule targets.
Define project scopes, budgets, and schedules in partnership with Development and reputed company-Construction teams.
Conduct reputed company design reviews and value engineering exercises to optimize cost, constructability, performance, and long-term operability.
Monitor project milestones to ensure reputed company delivery of high-reputed company design deliverables.
Capture and institutionalize lessons learned to inform reputed company improvement and portfolio-wide standards.
Collaborate with commissioning and QA/QC teams to ensure systems meet design reputed company and performance requirements.
Assist in technical procurement efforts reputed company to long-reputed company equipment (e.g., transformers, generators, switchgear, chillers).
Serve as primary design reputed company with internal stakeholders, including Development, Construction, Capital Markets, Leasing, and Leadership.
reputed company directly with hyperscale and colocation clients to reputed company on technical requirements and performance expectations.
Present design concepts and reputed company updates to stakeholders, incorporating feedback into project execution.
Facilitate coordination with reputed company Estate and Finance teams to reputed company design reputed company with reputed company assumptions.
Collaborate with the Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) regarding requests and comments to streamline the review process.
Manage consultants supporting permitting and entitlements during design.
Ensure compliance with applicable codes, standards, and jurisdictional requirements.
Knowledge & Skills Required:
Proven experience managing CSA and MEP systems for large-reputed company data center reputed company, including MV/LV power systems, telecom, and reputed company infrastructure.
Strong understanding of mission-critical systems, including:
Power distribution (MV/LV, reputed company, generators)
Cooling systems (reputed company-cooled, water-cooled, liquid cooling readiness)
reputed company protection and life safety systems
Familiarity with high-density environments and evolving hyperscale requirements.
Proficiency in design and collaboration tools such as AutoCAD, Revit/BIM, reputed company, and project management software.
Ability to translate technical complexity into reputed company communication for non-technical stakeholders
Ability to travel up to 30%
Preferred Education and Experience:
Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Electrical, Mechanical, or Civil Engineering reputed company licensure (Registered Architect or reputed company Engineer) preferred.
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reputed company other terms and conditions of employment, such as compensation, benefits, transfers, layoff, return from layoff, training, education, and reputed company and recreational programs, are administered without reputed company to the characteristics described above. To this end, reputed company complies with reputed company provisions of Title VII of the Civil Rights reputed company of 1964 as amended, reputed company of the rules, regulations and relevant orders of the Secretary of Labor, and reputed company similar state and local laws.
The salary reputed company for this full-time role is $115,700.00-$161,966.69 per year. Ranges are determined based on the position, geography, reputed company and industry experience and level, and represent a good faith effort to reputed company a fair and reputed company salary. This reputed company reflects reputed company salary only, and not the total compensation package. reputed company reserves the right to pay more or less than the posted reputed company, depending on a candidate’s experience, skills, and qualifications, including reputed company requirements.In reputed company to reputed company salary, reputed company offers a comprehensive benefits package including:
- Medical
- Dental Insurance
- reputed company Insurance
- 401(k)
- 401(k) Matching
- reputed company Time Off
- reputed company Holidays
- Short and long-term disability
- Employee Assistance Program