Senior Design\Commissioning Manager - Data Centers

Overview

Job Description

Senior Design and Commissioning Manager

What You'll Be Doing

• Lead and manage multi-disciplinary design and commissioning teams across utilities, MEP, building services, power, water, drainage, fire protection, controls, building automation, and related infrastructure systems.
• Oversee technical design delivery, design reviews, coordination workshops, constructability reviews, maintainability reviews, and interface resolution.
• Ensure design deliverables are completed in accordance with project scope, schedule, budget, quality requirements, client standards, and applicable codes.
• Review technical specifications, design reports, engineering documentation, drawings, calculations, and submittals for completeness, compliance, and coordination.
• Lead commissioning strategy, planning, execution, testing, verification, documentation, training, and handover activities.
• Oversee the preparation and review of commissioning plans, test procedures, functional performance tests, integrated systems tests, verification forms, O&M manuals, systems manuals, and training materials.
• Ensure all systems are commissioned to meet performance, reliability, maintainability, sustainability, energy efficiency, and operational requirements.
• Coordinate with clients, consultants, contractors, authorities, commissioning specialists, end users, and operations teams to resolve technical issues and secure approvals.
• Support BIM and digital coordination, including clash detection, model reviews, issue tracking, design coordination, commissioning records, and handover documentation.
• Identify, monitor, and mitigate design, commissioning, interface, compliance, schedule, quality, and operational readiness risks.
• Monitor design and commissioning progress, prepare technical reports, track KPIs, escalate critical issues, and support timely achievement of project milestones.
• Lead technical troubleshooting, root cause analysis, corrective action planning, and close-out of design and commissioning issues.
• Mentor engineers, commissioning professionals, and technical staff while promoting a culture of safety, quality, collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.

What Required Skills You'll Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, Building Services, or a related technical discipline. A Master’s degree is preferred.
• Minimum 15 years of relevant experience in design, engineering, construction, commissioning, systems integration, or project delivery.
• Proven experience managing multi-disciplinary technical teams on major infrastructure, aviation, utilities, building, institutional, industrial, government, or complex capital projects.
• Strong knowledge of utilities, MEP systems, building services, power, water, drainage, fire protection, controls, building automation, commissioning processes, and operational handover.
• Demonstrated experience in design management, design coordination, construction support, commissioning planning, testing, verification, and handover.
• Good understanding of applicable codes, standards, authority requirements, sustainability frameworks, and project specifications.
• Familiarity with standards and frameworks, and local authority requirements, as applicable to the project.
• Familiarity with BIM, digital engineering, design coordination platforms, commissioning tools, project controls systems, and issue-tracking systems.
• Project, and relevant commissioning or document control platforms is preferred.
• Strong leadership, communication, stakeholder management, problem-solving, decision-making, reporting, and presentation skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, work under pressure, and deliver coordinated technical outcomes in a fast-paced project environment.

What Desired Skills You'll Bring

• Experience delivering major infrastructure, aviation, utilities, MEP, building services, or complex capital projects.
• Knowledge of sustainability, energy efficiency, lifecycle asset performance, and operational readiness requirements.
• Experience with design-build, PMC, early contractor involvement, constructability reviews, and integrated systems testing.
• Strong stakeholder coordination skills with experience working with clients, consultants, contractors, authorities, and operations teams.
• Previous experience in the GCC, Middle East or other complex regulatory environments is advantageous.
• Field, operations, maintenance, trades, or hands-on commissioning experience is highly desirable.
• Ability to support proposals, technical presentations, business development, and client relationship management is an advantage.
• Parsons equally employs representation at all job levels no matter the race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability or genetic information.
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