Senior Design Manager

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate multi-disciplinary design teams through all project phases (from concept to IFC).
• Develop and manage design delivery programs, milestones, and key deliverables in alignment with overall project schedules.
• Act as primary interface between the design team and the client, contractors, and other stakeholders.
• Ensure technical design aligns with performance goals—resilience, sustainability, energy efficiency, and operational uptime (e.g., Tier III/IV).
• Manage design change processes, risk registers, and coordination workshops (e.g., BIM clashes, interface resolution).
• Work closely with commercial and project controls teams to monitor scope, budget, and change impacts.
• Promote a culture of design excellence, innovation, and digital delivery (e.g., BIM, data-driven design).

Qualifications & Experience

• Degree in Engineering, Architecture, or a related discipline.
• Chartered or working toward chartership (CIBSE, RIBA, ICE, etc.) preferred.
• 7+ years of experience in design/project management, with a minimum of 3 years in data centre or mission-critical environments.
• Proven ability to lead integrated design teams on large-scale, complex technical projects.
• Strong understanding of data centre design drivers: power, cooling, redundancy (N+1, 2N), scalability, and security.
• Familiarity with industry standards such as Uptime Institute, ASHRAE, TIA-942, and BICSI.
• Experience working with digital tools: BIM (Revit/Navisworks), scheduling (MS Project/Primavera), and collaboration platforms (e.g., BIM360).

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