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Job Description
Your Role
The Design Manager sits within the Design, Engineering & Construction function and is responsible for project set-up, delivery control, and technical coordination of consultant teams. The role ensures implementation of the company’s Design Engineering Guidelines (DEG’s) and standardised design across data centre projects within the region.
With a technical background in CSA and/or MEPH (ideally from a data centre, design consultancy, or commissioning environment), the Design Manager oversees complex design deliverables, ensuring technical excellence, programme, budget, and safe build outcomes. Operating with a high degree of autonomy, the role works closely with internal stakeholders to deliver high-quality design solutions aligned with internal standards, customer expectations, and business objectives.
What You’ll Do
- Lead project set-up and end-to-end design delivery for data centre projects, ensuring alignment with programme, budget, and technical requirements
- Coordinate and manage multi-disciplinary consultant teams across CSA and/or MEPH scopes
- Implement and govern the company’s Design Engineering Guidelines (DEG’s) and standardised design solutions
- Own design governance through the DLR Gating Process, including preparation of the Project Information Document (PID) and chairing G0/G1 calls aligned with RIBA delivery stages
- Control and report on project cost and schedule, working closely with Delivery teams on budgets, forecasts, and milestone planning
- Oversee change control activities including budget reviews, contracts, change orders, and invoice approvals
- Provide technical leadership throughout delivery, resolving escalated RFIs and managing technical submittals to timely close-out
- Co-manage commissioning activities and Integrated Systems Testing (IST) to support safe and successful project handover
- Produce and contribute to monthly project reporting, pipeline metrics, and insurance reporting in line with corporate requirements
- Champion buildability, safety, and quality by design across all phases of the project lifecycle
- Lead and participate in cross-functional design reviews, promoting innovation, DfMA strategies, and best-in-class technical solutions
- Support the evolution of regional and global design standards by feeding in lessons learned and market insights
- Drive adoption of modern design systems and tools (e.g., BIM/Revit) and ensure standard designs are agreed at key milestones
- Collaborate closely with Portfolio, Pre-Construction, Construction, Operations, Solutions, and Sales teams to resolve design challenges and deliver project goals
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What You’ll Need
- Strong mission-critical building delivery experience, ideally in a multi-disciplinary design environment
- Data centre design experience is preferred or experience of highly serviced building designs within the mission-critical sector
- Familiarity with gating processes/change control within an Owner Operator Development organisation is preferred
- Familiarity with multi-disciplinary subject matters within the Group to cover the key technical areas relevant to the data centre industry inclusive of all CSA and MEPH disciplines
- Bachelor’s degree in one of the CS/MEPH engineering disciplines or Architecture - equivalent experience in a related engineering, architecture, or other discipline field will be considered
- Ability to clearly explain and communicate complex technical issues, confidently defending design decisions with senior internal and external stakeholders
- Able to work proactively and collaboratively with project teams, contractors, and other specialists in a multi-stakeholder environment
- Ability to navigate competing project pressures, assessing solution options against cost, risk, schedule, and quality impacts
- Organised and pragmatic in developing and appraising technical solutions, operating effectively within a process-orientated framework and fast-paced environment
About Us
A Bit About Us
Digital Realty brings companies and data together by delivering the full spectrum of data center, colocation, and interconnection solutions. PlatformDIGITAL, the company’s global data center platform, provides customers with a secure data meeting place and a proven Pervasive Datacenter Architecture (PDx) solution methodology for powering innovation and efficiently managing Data Gravity challenges. Digital Realty gives its customers access to the connected data communities that matter to them with a global data center footprint of 300+ facilities in 50+ metros across 25+ countries on six continents.
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What We Can Offer You
Our rapidly evolving business sector offers the opportunity to be part of a courageous and passionate team who work together to understand and meet the changing needs of our global customers.
Join us and you’ll be part of a supportive and inclusive environment where you can bring your whole self to work. As part of our team, you’ll get to work with people from different business areas, challenge the way we do things, and put your ideas into action. We’ll also give you plenty of development opportunities so you can build a rewarding and successful career with us.
Apply today, take charge of your career, and grow your talents with us.
Safely Powering Progress
Safety isn't just a priority here at Digital; it's critical to everything we do. Safeguarding lives, protecting assets, and securing data aren't just ideals - they're essential pillars of our commitment to excellence for our people, our partners, and our customers. We have a culture of care where every member of Team Digital embraces a relentless pursuit of working safely across Digital Realty. Together we are Safely Powering Progress.
Our Compensation Philosophy
Digital Realty offers its employees a highly competitive compensation package, excellent benefits, and an environment that recognizes and rewards your contributions. Central to our compensation philosophy is rewarding our employees for achieving the values and objectives aligned with the company's overall goals and values.
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