Design Manager

Skills

About the Role

You will coordinate, integrate, and execute design work across a portfolio of fast-track hyperscale data center projects. You will align architecture, engineering disciplines, construction sequencing, and procurement; manage schedules, deliverables, reviews, risks, RFIs, and design status updates.

Requirements

• 8–15+ years of experience in design project management, engineering coordination, or architecture and engineering project delivery.
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary design teams, external engineers of record, and consultants.
• Understanding of construction workflows and procurement impacts on design.
• Experience in fast-track or design-build environments.
• Organizational and facilitation skills.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate design efforts across Civil, Structural, Architectural, Electrical, Mechanical, and specialty systems.
• Ensure integration between architecture, engineering disciplines, construction sequencing, and procurement timelines.
• Serve as the primary coordination point between Engineering and PMO for design execution.
• Develop and manage design schedules and milestones aligned with program timelines.
• Track design deliverables across disciplines and external consultants.
• Identify and escalate design risks affecting construction, procurement, and commissioning milestones.
• Coordinate drawing production and multidisciplinary drawing review sessions.
• Organize and facilitate design coordination meetings and drawing review workshops.
• Coordinate design-related RFIs from construction teams and ensure timely responses.
• Align design decisions with supplier capabilities and lead times.
• Provide design status updates to the Director of Engineering and Director of Program Management.

Benefits

• 401K Retirement Plan with match
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Life and disability insurance
• Other perks