Senior Pre-Construction Design Manager (CSA)

The client

Datacenter People is partnering with a European developer of hyperscale data center campuses.

What the job involves 10 responsibilities

• Design Coordination: Lead consultants to produce accurate designs, ensuring compliance with client requirements and Local Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) requirements.
• Attend regular design meetings and site visits as required.
• Product Development: Act as discipline lead to continue developing Data Center Shell flexible solutions and process to deliver faster for our customers.
• Preconstruction Sr. Design Manager Role Specification technologies and designs and advise internal stakeholders and customers on project implementation.
• Risk Management: Identifying and managing design and permitting-related risks and resolving technical queries. Report to stakeholders and investors with strategic recommendations to eliminate or mitigate risk.
• Tender Management: Develop design deliverables and Request. For Proposal (RFP) documents, and assist in pricing strategies.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Acting as the primary contact for design teams and clients, including tracking and reporting on Planning Application milestones.
• Provide project technical information and strategy for Investment Committee (IC) or JVCo approvals.
• Strategic Planning: Ensuring design outputs align with procurement strategies developed by commercial teams.
• Constructability & Value Engineering: work with the Constructability Director to review designs to enhance buildability and optimize costs before construction begins, often aligning with RIBA stages 2–5.

We are looking for someone with

• Bachelor's Degree (BA/BS) required- Civil Eng or Architectural.
• Proficiency in English, both written and spoken.
• 5+ years' of experience working in data center industry in a design role.
• 3+ years' of experience working on data centre project delivery.
• 2+ years' of experience on preconstruction and planning application projects.
• 10+ years' of experience in relevant engineering design.
• Proven track record strong analytical and commercial skill set to contribute to business case.
• Proven track record of managing multiple simultaneous projects requiring frequent communication, organization, time management, and problem-solving skills.
• Proven track record for cultivating strong relationships with key client
• Master's Degree (MEng/MS) preferred.
• Charter engineer or similar.
• 10+ years' working in the data center industry predominantly in design roles
• across the life cycle of a data center (pre-construction, construction,
• commissioning, operation).
• 2+ years' Client-side experience.