Design Manager – Data Center

Overview

Job Purpose

Design Leadership & Coordination

• Lead and manage all Civil, Structural, and Architectural design activities across the Data Center Campus.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary design teams, consultants, specialist contractors, and design stakeholders.
• Establish and maintain effective design management processes, governance, and reporting structures.
• Ensure alignment between design objectives, project requirements, and construction strategies.

Design Management

• Manage the preparation, review, and approval of design deliverables, including drawings, specifications, calculations, reports, BIM models, and technical submissions.
• Ensure all design deliverables comply with client requirements, applicable regulations, international standards, and data center-specific requirements.
• Monitor design progress and ensure timely delivery of key milestones in accordance with the project schedule.
• Manage design interfaces across CSA, MEP, façade, ICT, security, and specialist systems.

Technical Excellence & Risk Management

• Lead value engineering workshops, constructability reviews, and technical optimisation initiatives.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate design and technical risks throughout the project lifecycle.
• Ensure technical consistency and integration across all disciplines.
• Support the development of innovative and cost-effective engineering solutions while maintaining project performance requirements.

Design Integration & Project Delivery

• Coordinate closely with Procurement, Construction, Commercial, Planning, and Commissioning teams to ensure effective design integration.
• Support procurement activities through technical evaluations, package reviews, and vendor coordination.
• Ensure alignment between design deliverables, procurement strategies, and construction sequencing.
• Manage design changes throughout the project lifecycle and maintain design integrity through delivery and handover.

Stakeholder Management

• Act as the primary technical interface with the Client, consultants, authorities, utility providers, and other project stakeholders.
• Lead technical workshops, design reviews, and coordination meetings.
• Present design solutions, technical recommendations, and project updates to senior stakeholders.
• Ensure effective communication and collaboration across all project functions.

Team Leadership

• Lead, mentor, and develop design management and engineering teams.
• Promote a culture of collaboration, innovation, quality, and continuous improvement.
• Support resource planning and capability development within the project design team.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 15 years of relevant experience in Civil, Structural, and Architectural design management within EPC, Design & Build, or major construction environments.
• Proven experience delivering large-scale data center, hyperscale data center, mission-critical, industrial, or complex infrastructure projects.
• Strong expertise in multidisciplinary design coordination across CSA, MEP, façade, ICT, security, and specialist systems.
• Demonstrated experience managing design consultants, subconsultants, and multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Extensive experience in constructability reviews, technical optimisation, and design-to-construction integration.
• Strong knowledge of international design standards, local authority requirements, permitting processes, and regulatory compliance.
• Experience working within fast-track project environments and coordinating design, procurement, and construction programmes.
• Proficiency in BIM methodologies, digital design coordination platforms, and information management systems.
• Strong leadership, communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience acting as the primary technical interface with clients, consultants, authorities, and project teams.

Why You’ll Enjoy Working with Us

• Competitive Benefits

• Positive Workplace Culture

• Opportunity to work with a leading international construction group
• Exposure to large-scale, high-impact projects in the Middle East
• Collaborative, diverse, and professional work environment
• Career growth and development opportunities