People Leadership & Capability Development

• Performs hiring, performance reviews, compensation recommendations, and career development planning.
• Plans and allocates workload, staffing, and resource distribution across the discipline.
• Oversees inter-office work sharing and outsourcing to external partners.
• Conducts regular capability assessments to identify skill gaps and implement training or recruitment strategies.
• Builds a culture of collaboration, inclusivity, and high performance.
• Leads teams through organisational change and ensures smooth transitions during restructuring or strategic shifts.

Technical Excellence & Digital Delivery

• Ensures quality of all architectural and BIM deliverables, including model federation, coordination, clash detection, digital twins, and immersive visualisation.
• Oversees digital delivery during construction phases, including progress scanning, model-based validation, and integration with 5D–7D digital workflows.
• Collaborates with project teams to align Levels of Detail (LOD) and digital requirements across project phases.
• Oversees development of architectural BIM families, templates, and standards aligned with industry and vendor requirements.
• Reviews and approves BIM Execution Plans for all data centre projects.
• Supports risk assessments and design reviews, including constructability, safety, and operational risk evaluations.
• Provides architectural and digital consultancy services as required.

Business Development & Client Engagement

• Participates in business development efforts by identifying opportunities with existing and new clients.
• Contributes to proposal development, technical presentations, and client meetings.
• Collaborates with client architectural and technical counterparts to develop design concepts and project strategies.

Other Responsibilities

• Travels to regional offices and client sites to support project and business needs.
• Leads special projects as assigned.
• Supports a smooth transition to new organisational structures, addressing concerns and fostering alignment.
• Promotes company vision, values, and culture across the discipline.

Line of Report

The Data Centre Architectural Technical Director reports to the Senior Director of Design.

The Architectural Technical Director oversees the Architectural Design and Digital Delivery (BIM/VDC) disciplines.

Associate Directors and discipline leads report directly to this role.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Extensive experience in architectural design and delivery of data centers, mission-critical facilities, or similarly complex technical buildings.
• Demonstrated ability to lead multidisciplinary design teams and manage large-scale technical projects.
• Strong administrative and organisational skills, with the ability to plan, coordinate, and supervise technical work.
• Expertise in architectural design software, BIM platforms, and digital engineering workflows.
• Experience producing and reviewing advanced digital deliverables, including model coordination, clash detection, digital twins, and construction phase digital validation.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively with senior stakeholders.
• Proven ability to lead teams through change and maintain a positive, high-performance culture.
• Strong background in employee engagement, talent development, and succession planning.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a dynamic, growth-oriented environment.
• A degree or equivalent qualification in Architecture or a related field.
• Commitment to fostering a culture of innovation, inclusivity, and continuous improvement.

All interviews are conducted either in person or virtually, with video required.

About Us

Springtide Project Services is a full-service technical consultancy providing Architectural, Engineering, Construction, Project and Program Management, and Commissioning services to advanced technology industries, including the semiconductor, mission-critical data center, renewable energy, electric vehicle, and display sectors. We bring deep subject matter expertise as well as proven, reliable execution experience to bear on complex projects. The name Springtide represents our culture and values as an agile organization providing fresh, dynamic, and innovative solutions to help our clients optimize their project outcomes. We are energetic, driven, and curious, and take a sophisticated approach to every client project, enabling a critical scope to be executed; we walk in our clients’ shoes, we listen, we are curious, and we excel in a thriving collaborative culture, proactively leaning into challenges with a solutions mindset. We focus on collaborative engagement, alignment, and optimized execution, enabling our clients to do more and to achieve their business success. Springtide is a division of IPS-Integrated Project Services, LLC.

Specialties

Architecture, Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, Program Management, LEAN Project Delivery, Strategic Master Planning, Energy Conservation Management, Project Controls, Program/Project Management, Operations/Logistics Strategy and Planning, EPCM, and augmented resourcing services.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment at Springtide without regard to race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic predisposition or carrier status, veteran, marital, or citizenship status, or any other status protected by law. Springtide is proud to be an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer.

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