Design Delivery Principal

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Job Profile Summary

In summary this role is to be a design manager for large data centers in the USA and within the Dallas metro area. This role is technical in nature, and you will be managing a team of external design consultants to deliver designs and construction administration for dater centers and campuses in the 200-300MW range. Ideally you will be located within the Dallas metro area, but other locations in Texas would also be considered. You will be familiar with design and construction administration. During construction, you will be attending site to assist with technical issue resolution and guiding the field teams on the design intent. You will understand mechanical and electrical equipment that is used in datacenters and be familiar with the vendors used in the industry.  The ideal candidate comes from an MEP consulting background. Consulting and owner side experience is desirable. Architectural experience with a deep understanding of MEP systems is also a suitable background.
 

Responsibilities

Design Process

• Owns and leads a design process, interacting with Architectural, Mechanical and Electrical Partners (MEPs), and other design partners to deliver a portfolio of world class datacenters with a strong focus on technical excellence, mission critical resilience and cost management
• Reviews and contributes to the development of globally standardized tools, techniques and processes for the management and reporting of the design process
• Works with peers in other regions to drive consistency and technical excellence on design and delivery practices and methodologies
• Thinks and acts in a global manner, considering the applicability of any design decision, innovations or standards changes for all regions

In the regional role:

• Obtains site-specific conditions, utility and infrastructure design, costs and availability of utilities, liaison with planning authorities and local logistics including site logistics during construction and phasing
• Provides locally informed and compliant infrastructure design, supply information to and collaborate with the master planning function
• Provides local design engineering to support site specific changes to templates
• Reviews the masterplan for delivery and submits to senior staff for approval

In the Center of Excellence role:

• Conducts the master planning of expansion portfolio using global design standards and templates; incorporating regional information to apply these to the inception of projects
• Generates project visualization, initial model using reference design templates and cost estimate for business case inception
• Liaises with regional team to incorporate local infrastructure into the design
• Liaises with construction cost team regionally and globally to assist business case generation
   

Cross-Functional Coordination

• Maintains interpersonal relationships with internal technical staff, external design consulting partners, construction management, commercial management, and regional P&L holders to ensure appropriate stakeholder exposure and buy in to data center projects
• Appropriately leverages the center of excellence teams and more senior Design staff to augment their individual technical expertise to ensure all facets of the datacenter design are adequately considered and approved
• Manages internal and external resources via their influence and outstanding competencies

Project Management

• Indirectly manages experienced electrical and mechanical engineering staff in the Independent Technical Review and Innovation & Development teams to deliver a portfolio of world-class datacenter designs on time and to budget
• Directly responsible for managing the design schedule for assigned projects to ensure on time creation and review of Basis of Designs (BODs), Real Estate Investment Committee (REIC) Submissions, and design documentation for Issued for Permit (IFP) and Issued for Construction (IFC) sets