Senior Data Center Design Manager

AECOM; Markham; Hybrid; CAD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

AECOM is seeking an experienced Design Manager to join the growing Canadian Data Center team. You will lead data center projects from due diligence through design, construction, and administration, coordinating multidisciplinary teams and ensuring design quality.

The role is senior, hands-on, client-facing, and requires leadership of complex hyperscale and data center initiatives with a focus on program management and collaboration with clients and stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Degree in Architecture, Mechanical Engineering or Electrical Engineering with relevant experience.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary design delivery for technically complex projects.
• Experience with data centers, mission-critical facilities or similar infrastructure.
• Strong technical, project-management, coordination and communication skills.
• Ability to lead teams and work with clients and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead multidisciplinary design delivery for hyperscale, colocation and mission-critical data centers.
• Lead projects from site due diligence and campus planning through conceptual, schematic and detailed design, construction documentation and construction administration.
• Coordinate architecture, civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, security, fire protection, ICT and BMS/EPMS disciplines.
• Lead core-and-shell design assignments, including greenfield and add/move/change projects.
• Develop and implement project and multi-site program management plans.
• Coordinate with discipline and project leadership to identify and mobilize appropriate design resources for project delivery.
• Maintain accountability for design requirements, schedule, quality and multidisciplinary coordination.
• Oversee the project basis of design and localization process.
• Lead interdisciplinary design reviews, peer reviews and quality checks in accordance with client requirements and AECOM standards.
• Establish and maintain processes to identify, track and resolve scope changes, design issues, errors and inconsistencies.
• Proactively identify project challenges and lead development of practical solutions.
• Manage and communicate design changes with AECOM teams, clients and project stakeholders.
• Lead client and external stakeholder meetings and provide clear project and design-status updates.
• Oversee design-management documentation, including status updates, action and risk trackers, meeting records and quality reporting.
• Develop technical and financial proposals for new and add/move/change data center design projects.
• Build trusted relationships with clients and project stakeholders.
• Mentor engineers, designers and emerging design leaders and help grow AECOM's Canadian data center capability.
• Collaborate with AECOM's global data center teams to support project delivery and knowledge sharing.

Skills

Multidisciplinary design

Client facing

Project management

Communication skills

Team leadership

Education

Degree in Architecture/Mechanical/Electrical Engineering

P.Eng. registration (Canada)

Professional architectural registration

Uptime Institute Accredited Tier Professional

Lean Six Sigma certification

12+ years experience in design/PM

Job description

AECOM is seeking an experienced Design Manager to join the growing Canadian Data Center team. You will lead data center projects from due diligence through design, construction, and administration, coordinating multidisciplinary teams and ensuring design quality.

The role is senior, hands-on, client-facing, and requires leadership of complex hyperscale and data center initiatives with a focus on program management and collaboration with clients and stakeholders.