Data Center Design Authority & Quality Gate Lead

Norconsult Telematics; Dubai; On-site; AED 441,000 - 661,000; Full time

Job summary

Norconsult Telematics in Damascus is seeking a Data Center Design Governance Lead to own the design-review and quality-gate process for mission-critical facilities. You will ensure designs meet requirements, target uptime tiers, and applicable standards before procurement.

The role requires leading design-assembly through HLD to IFC, maintaining independence from production, and guiding teams through L1–L5 commissioning criteria.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering.
• 10–12 years in data center or mission-critical design; 4–5 years in design review/owner's-engineer roles.
• Experience taking designs through formal stage gates with quality standards.
• Knowledge of Uptime Institute tier topology, TIA-942, and EN 50600.

Responsibilities

• Manage the design-review and quality-gate process through High-Level Designs (HLD) before procurement.
• Verify designs trace to requirements and reject deviations.
• Maintain independence from design production and review partner at arm's length.
• Verify the resilience case via single-line diagrams, redundancy topology, and PFHE analyses.
• Review critical power and cooling concepts (UPS, switchgear, generators, DC plant, chillers, CRAH).
• Ensure site meets designated tier (Tier III/IV) and standards (TIA-942, EN 50600, ASHRAE).
• Issue NCRs and track closure; support bid evaluation on compliance.
• Review EPC detailed-design and IFC submittals against approved intent.
• Chair design-change and deviation board; disposition change requests.
• Define acceptance criteria for commissioning (L1-L5).
• Provide technical leadership to design and review teams.

Skills

Data center design

Design review process

Quality assurance

Uptime Institute knowledge

TIA-942 knowledge

EN 50600 knowledge

NFPA/IEC/IEEE standards

English communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering

Master's degree (advantage)

Tools

Uptime Institute ATD

Job description

Norconsult Telematics in Damascus is seeking a Data Center Design Governance Lead to own the design-review and quality-gate process for mission-critical facilities. You will ensure designs meet requirements, target uptime tiers, and applicable standards before procurement.

The role requires leading design-assembly through HLD to IFC, maintaining independence from production, and guiding teams through L1–L5 commissioning criteria.