Technical Specifications Manager

The client

Datacenter People is partnering with a French architectural and engineering design consultancy, specialists in designing, building and operating for the built environment, including data centers.

What the job involves 30 responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and govern the project's technical reference framework, including:
• Owner requirements.
• Package specifications.
• Design standards and requirements.
• Structure and organize technical requirements to ensure consistency across the project.
• Define and align common technical assumptions between disciplines and stakeholders.
• Ensure requirements support project objectives related to performance, redundancy, constructability, operability, and long-term asset management.
• Maintain alignment between technical requirements and evolving project needs.
• Lead the development, consolidation, and management of technical specifications for all project packages.
• Ensure consistency and traceability of technical requirements throughout the project documentation hierarchy.
• Eliminate ambiguities, overlaps, contradictions, and gaps within specifications and technical documentation.
• Establish clear documentation structures and governance processes.
• Ensure technical documentation remains accessible, practical, and usable for all project stakeholders.
• Participate in multidisciplinary design and document reviews.
• Assess consultant deliverables against project requirements and technical standards.
• Provide structured feedback and support closure of technical review comments.
• Monitor document maturity and readiness at key project milestones.
• Identify inconsistencies, missing requirements, and technical issues requiring escalation or arbitration.
• Collaborate closely with other disciplines within the Technical & Design Integration team.
• Ensure consistency of technical requirements across package interfaces.
• Support alignment of technical documentation required for:
• Permitting and regulatory approvals.
• Procurement activities.
• Construction execution.
• Commissioning and handover.
• Promote a coherent, system-wide technical framework across all project phases.
• Support identification and mitigation of technical risks associated with specifications and design documentation.
• Ensure documentation quality supports efficient procurement and project execution.
• Contribute to reducing cost, schedule, and delivery risks arising from incomplete or inconsistent technical requirements.
• Drive continuous improvement in technical documentation processes and governance.

We are looking for someone with

• Degree in Engineering, Architecture, Building Services, Construction Management, or a related technical discipline.
• Proven experience delivering large-scale infrastructure, energy, industrial, mission-critical, or data center projects.
• Experience working within multi-stakeholder, multi-package, and phased project environments.
• Strong background in:
• Technical specifications development.
• Engineering documentation management.
• Technical governance frameworks.
• Requirements management.
• Experience collaborating with design consultants, EPCM organizations, OEMs, contractors, and project stakeholders.
• Strong technical coordination, organization, and stakeholder management capabilities.
• Exceptional attention to detail and documentation quality.
• Demonstrated expertise in review processes, document control principles, and technical assurance.
• Ability to develop and maintain a robust, coherent, and scalable technical reference framework within a complex EPCM environment.
• Proven ability to contribute to cost and schedule risk mitigation through effective requirements and documentation management.
• Fluent French and professional-level English, both written and spoken.