MEP Construction Manager- Data Centres Construction

Turner & Townsend; Barcelona; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is seeking an MEP Design Manager to join a multidisciplinary project environment in Barcelona. You will drive design excellence, coordinate across Civil, Structural, Architectural, MEP and Process Engineering, and ensure delivery aligns with program requirements.

The role focuses on leading design management plans, managing design risks and changes, and coordinating with contractors, stakeholders, and leadership to achieve timely, high-quality outcomes.

Qualifications

• Degree in Engineering (BSc / MSc or equivalent experience).
• Proven experience as a Lead Engineer or Design Manager within an EPC environment.
• Strong background in technical project management within complex, multidisciplinary environments.
• Solid knowledge of cooling systems and electrical distribution/transmission (essential).
• Ability to manage multiple interfaces and stakeholders simultaneously.
• Experience in data centre projects is a strong advantage.
• Fluent in Spanish and English.

Responsibilities

• Lead and own the Design Management Plan, ensuring clear structure and delivery.
• Coordinate across Civil, Structural, Architectural, MEP, and Process Engineering disciplines, as well as construction, security, and workplace strategy teams.
• Act as the central point of contact between Design & Build contractors, stakeholders, and leadership teams.
• Organize and facilitate design reviews, workshops, and stakeholder meetings, ensuring alignment and timely feedback.
• Oversee the full design coordination process, ensuring consistency across all packages.
• Manage design risks, issues, and changes, tracking them through to resolution.
• Ensure all design deliverables meet project requirements before submission.
• Support value engineering, constructability, and safety-in-design reviews.
• Coordinate RFIs, submittals, and technical approvals with internal and external stakeholders.
• Contribute to the Quality Control Program, including audits, walkthroughs, and issue resolution.
• Collaborate with planning teams to integrate workplace and operational requirements.

Skills

Design leadership

Cross-functional coordination

Stakeholder management

Multidisciplinary project management

Fluent in Spanish and English

Education

Engineering degree (BSc / MSc)

Job description

• Full-time

Company Description

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.

Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.

Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.

We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

We are currently looking for a talented MEP Design Managerto join a multidisciplinary project environment. This is a key role where you will drive design excellence, coordinate cross-functional teams, and ensure seamless project delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and own the Design Management Plan, ensuring clear structure and delivery
• Coordinate across Civil, Structural, Architectural, MEP, and Process Engineering disciplines, as well as construction, security, and workplace strategy teams
• Act as the central point of contact between Design & Build contractors, stakeholders, and leadership teams
• Organize and facilitate design reviews, workshops, and stakeholder meetings, ensuring alignment and timely feedback
• Oversee the full design coordination process, ensuring consistency across all packages
• Manage design risks, issues, and changes, tracking them through to resolution
• Ensure all design deliverables meet project requirements before submission
• Support value engineering, constructability, and safety-in-design reviews
• Coordinate RFIs, submittals, and technical approvals with internal and external stakeholders
• Contribute to the Quality Control Program, including audits, walkthroughs, and issue resolution
• Collaborate with planning teams to integrate workplace and operational requirements

Qualifications

• Degree in Engineering (BSc / MSc or equivalent experience)
• Proven experience as a Lead Engineer or Design Manager within an EPC environment
• Strong background in technical project management within complex, multidisciplinary environments
• Solid knowledge of cooling systems and electrical distribution/transmission (essential)
• Ability to manage multiple interfaces and stakeholders simultaneously
• Experience in data centre projects is a strong advantage
• Fluent in Spanish and English

Additional Information

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.

We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.We also encourage our staff to strive to ‘make a difference’ and become involved in various working committees and forums (for example, Inclusion Working Group, Social & Wellness, Learning & Development, Corporate Social Responsibilities and Net Zero Vision).

At Turner & Townsend we offer a competitive remuneration package and company benefits.

Turner & Townsend value greatly and have a focus on Corporate Responsibilities (CR), this includes a day’s leave entitlement to support a local charity or community activity along with the opportunity to participate in several office events that held throughout the year.

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from people from all sectors of the community.

Turner & Townsend does not accept any speculative or unsolicited CV’s that have been sent to our internal recruitment team or hiring managers from agencies outside of our preferred supplier list. Any speculative or unsolicited CV’s will be treated as a direct application.

Join our social media conversations for more information about Turner & Townsend and our exciting future projects: