Data Center Design Authority & Quality Gate Lead

Norconsult Telematics

Dubai

On-site

AED 441,000 - 661,000

Full time

6 days ago
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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.

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