Design Manager, Data Centre Development — Equity Eligible

QTS Realty Trust; Cambois; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave and holidays

Volunteer hours

Salary sacrifice pension

Private medical and dental cover

Job summary

QTS Realty Trust is seeking a Design Manager, Data Centre Development to oversee design execution for campus and project workstreams. You will coordinate with design consultants, contractors, engineers, and operations to ensure on‑time delivery within budget and quality standards.

The role requires a technical degree and 5+ years in commercial construction or development, with proficiency in design tools such as Bluebeam, Revit, BIM 360, and ACC.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in science, engineering, construction management, architecture, project management, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• Five or more years of professional experience in commercial construction, design management, development, engineering, or project delivery.
• Experience coordinating design or construction activities from conceptual development through procurement and project closeout.
• Working knowledge of Lump Sum, Construction Management at Risk, and Design Build.
• Experience coordinating with external consultants, contractors, designers, engineers, commissioning agents, vendors, and internal operations stakeholders.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including PowerPoint for project updates and Excel for budgets, tracking, and schedule support.
• Experience with design/project technology tools such as Bluebeam, Revit, BIM 360, ACC, or similar platforms.
• Ability to travel up to 25% based on project and business needs.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to organize information, document decisions, and ...

Responsibilities

• Support design management for assigned campus, site, or project workstreams, including maintaining budgets, schedules, action logs, and status updates.
• Prepare clear project design updates and escalation summaries to support leadership decision-making.
• Partner with QTS stakeholders, design teams, construction teams, and operations teams to support complete campus and project design solutions.
• Coordinate design input for entitlement, permitting, and site development needs for assigned projects.
• Support multi-phased development design plans to help achieve time, budget, quality, and predictability expectations.
• Draft and review scopes of work for design, construction, commissioning, and related professional services.
• Support procurement and cost-estimate activities, including proposal review and pricing-leveling for design, construction, and commissioning services.
• Coordinate with strategic procurement on equipment procurement, delivery tracking, and stakeholder communications.
• Ensure design submittals, design decisions, and stakeholder reviews are coordinated and documented appropriately.
• Maintain project design schedules and coordinate external design partners to support on-time deliverables.
• Review change order requests and prepare analysis or recommendations for senior review.
• Support product deployment planning and communicate project impacts to internal QTS teams.
• Collaborate with Sales Engineering and Product teams to support custom deal solutioning within assigned project schedule and budget parameters.
• Participate in OAC and stakeholder meetings as the design/project representative for assigned workstreams.
• Support due diligence efforts for potential new sites and contribute to improvements in development design processes and protocols.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Design coordination

Project management

Schedule tracking

Budget tracking

Stakeholder management

Vendor/consultant coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Bluebeam

Revit

BIM 360

ACC

Job description

QTS Realty Trust is seeking a Design Manager, Data Centre Development to oversee design execution for campus and project workstreams. You will coordinate with design consultants, contractors, engineers, and operations to ensure on‑time delivery within budget and quality standards.

The role requires a technical degree and 5+ years in commercial construction or development, with proficiency in design tools such as Bluebeam, Revit, BIM 360, and ACC.