Your role

The Subregional design lead role sits within the wider Design, Engineering & Construction function and is responsible for project set-up and delivery control, technical coordination of consultant teams and implementation of both the company's Design Engineering Guidelines (DEG's) and standardised design for data centre projects within the respective region/market.

The role requires a technical background, ideally from design consultancy or commissioning firm, in any of the CSA and or MEPH disciplines with a level of construction management experience, hence adept at managing the production of complex deliverables against project expectations of: technical excellence; budget; milestone schedule objectives; and safe build techniques. Candidates will be expected to operate strategically and predominately under their own initiative and to think laterally and innovatively in the light of performance expectations at Director level.

The DE&C Group's driver is to deliver a quality service and product to both our internal standards and customers' expectations in line with project goals by working with the professional team applying DLR's systems, procedures and culture. Additionally, to support the Portfolio Management, Pre-con, Construction and Sales teams in the resolution of design related issues in a timely manner to avoid impact to either the construction programme or project budgets.

What you'll do

Project Technical Coordination

• Provide oversight and guidance to the design managers within the respective subregion.

• Perform design manager duties when required.

• Manage resources within the subregion to ensure workstreams are efficient and design managers are equally performing.

• Oversee dispersion of projects to consultants on a subregional basis to ensure workloads are sustainable.

• Issue RFP's to 3rd party consultants, review and level bids.

• Managing and collaborating with all internal and external stakeholders

• Ensuring design compliance to both Global DEG and Regional DEG standards; Escalate any DEG Deviations for approval in accordance with the DEG Deviation Process

• Review of the Basis of Design (BoD) and subsequent drawing/document issues

• Management of the design schedule to align with the construction Tender Event Schedule (TES) requirements

• Working with external Governance parties such as: Insurance; permitting; planning; fire

• Coordination of page-turn reviews with subsequent input/incorporation of internal stakeholder comments

• Alignment of Project Teams input into the DLR gating process

• Alignment on scope demarcation (with the Construction team) between appointed parties within the different design stages to align with the procurement strategy

• Attend OAC meetings as technical resource to the Construction Team

• Communicating ad hoc project technical details to internal stakeholders as required

• Serve as technical manager for 3rd party A/E and commissioning teams on each project. Review commissioning plans and testing scripts

• Review OFCI equipment submittals and make recommendations to Procurement team

• For Build-to-Suit projects, act as the primary customer contact for the development of customized data center development projects.

• Liaise with customer success team in post-lease projects

• Tour project sites during construction

• Attend Level 4 and 5 commissioning activities

• Participate in internal design team meetings to innovate and recommend new technologies or design concepts.

Project Cost & Schedule Control & Reporting

• Review all monthly reports for the subregion.

• Follow Gating Process, performing administrative duties such as reviewing budgets, issuing contracts and change orders, approval invoices

• Work with Delivery Team in the preparation and review of schedule/budgets and forecasts related to anticipated design and construction expenditures

• Creating the Project Information Document (PID)

• Chairing the G0 (if applicable), G1 gating calls

• Attend the G2 gating call

• Compilation of project monthly reports until G1 approval, monitoring the project budget including any cost implications of the design process

• Reviewing construction Requests for Information (RFI's) as escalated by the A/E Consultants

• Project technical submittals - ensure these are closed out by the Project Team in a timely manner, providing point of contact for escalation and/or clarification for the Project Team

• Co-managing the commissioning process and Integrated Systems Test (IST)

• Participating in the lessons learned/continuous improvement process

• Communicating, championing and reporting on project milestone delivery and process requirements to align project teams to DLR standard process

• Manage the reporting of project information into DLR's Insurance process

• Summarizing and reporting project metrics to ensure up-to-date and accurate corporate pipeline reporting.

Standards Alignment, Evolution & Process

• Assist as requested by the Regional Design & Engineering Standards Lead or Global Design & Engineering Standards Team in the updating and maintenance of DLR's Regional and Global Design & Engineering standards

• Provide feedback to the Regional Design & Engineering Standards Lead related to lessons learned and recommendation to DEG improvement.

• Management of standards, DEG/DER management and procurement input to include:

• Overseeing the implementation of new design systems and tools e.g. REVIT / BIM / BIM 360

• Agree all standard project designs at key design milestones G0 to G2

• Lead cross functional project and standards design reviews to implement standardisation

• Ensure lessons learned are factored into current and future standards and project designs

• Attend Factory Witness Testing (FWT) as requested by greater Design Team.

• If required, collate/record/action updates of DEG documentation based on:

• Feedback from the Operations Team

• Gaps/inconsistencies etc. identified throughout project implementation

• Ongoing market developments in projects, new market requirements, etc.

• Governs technical design innovation and in particular incorporation of DfMA strategies

What you'll need

• 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;

• Master's or Doctorate degrees will be preferred.

• Ideally Chartered in the relevant area or discipline expertise.

• A minimum of 10 to 15 years 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

• Familiarity of gating processes/change control within an Owner Operator Development organisation

• An awareness of contractual responsibilities and internal/external interfaces

• Familiarity of 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.

Competencies

• Ability to clearly explain complex technical issues while driving solutions in a multi-stakeholder environment

• Confidence to defend design decisions taken to key senior internal and external stakeholders

• Experience of ensuring that the design process is followed inclusive of required change control

• An ability to succinctly and confidently communicate complex technical challenges at a range of levels of detail to a range of technical and non-technical audiences

• Able to interactively work proactively with the project team, contractors and other specialists

• Ability to navigate competing complex pressures to direct project teams, contractors and specialists with clear solution options mapped and impacts assessed against project risks, costs and schedule

• To bring a pragmatic yet structured approach to developing and appraising technical solutions

• An ability to recognise key points of complex technical topics outside of any single area of technical expertise

• Able to compare proposals against requirements/standards/presidents and interrogate pros and cons

• Able to persuade and negotiate disagreements between internal/external stakeholders to resolution

• An organised individual operating within a process orientated framework inclusive of process improvement

• Familiar with full project life cycle from: planning; design; permitting; construction and commissioning to IST;

• An ability to identify high priority issues within a high volume of communication based on an awareness of project pressures including cost, risk, schedule and quality

• To operate in a fast-paced and high-pressure environment providing the capacity and direction required to respond to current pressures/ongoing project developments

• A keen awareness of project programme financial status with associated potential project impact.

Additional Requirements:

Local Operations Technical Support:

• If required, provide and/or coordinate technical support to DLR Operations - and in particular for diagnostics in the case of any major incident/outages

• Provide assistance with supplier/Vendor relationship management and the DLR OFCI VMI process

• If required, provide input as the business looks to continually innovate and improve process noting the ability to flex to suit ongoing initiatives and or other activities is important

• Likely areas of ad-hoc focus shall include, but not be limited to:

• sustainability improvements

• design/construction standards

• design process improvements

• master planning support

• due diligence and pipeline activities

• ongoing industry body engagement.

• Similarly provide support to HR and Finance in their dealings with the wider DE&C Group

• As required, provide and/or coordinate technical support for Sales Engineering when Customer requirements have the potential for significant engineering changes and or infrastructure impacts

• Provide and/or coordinate impact assessments/feasibility assessments of Customer solutions presented and provide assistance with technical information for ongoing costing/buildability purposes.