Data Center Customer Design Manager

ANCHOR SEARCH GROUP PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

ANCHOR SEARCH GROUP PTE. LTD. seeks a senior Data Centre Design Lead to manage multiple greenfield and fit-out projects across regional metros, ensuring reliability, efficiency, sustainability and regulatory compliance.

You will lead a diverse consultant team, drive design quality from concept to handover, and coordinate across stakeholders while maintaining budget and schedule. Travel/relocation flexibility is required.

Qualifications

• Proven design leadership across regional metro projects.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Experience coordinating multiple consultants and stakeholders.
• Knowledge of design delivery methodologies (Design Bid Build, Design & Build).
• Willingness to relocate and travel for business needs.
• 10+ years in design consultancy with at least 5 years in a principal engineer role.

Responsibilities

• Manage multiple greenfield and fit-out Data Centre Design projects concurrently, ensuring completion within budget and schedule
• Develop design briefs and key metrics to maintain consistent design quality across regional metro projects
• Hold consultants and professional teams accountable for delivering project design intent and outcomes
• Lead a consortium of consultants including town planners, architects, civil & structural engineers, mechanical & electrical engineers, environmental and LEED consultants, and geotechnical engineers
• Collaborate with suppliers and designers to implement safety, efficiency, and sustainability improvements
• Conduct site visits to verify construction methods, site coordination, and equipment performance meet design criteria
• Ensure design compliance and timely project handover to customers
• Standardize design processes and manage customer design variations effectively
• Make advanced design decisions and secure customer buy-in for design solutions
• Stay updated on customers' latest technical directions and support technical RFP processes
• Qualify technical compliance and deviations with customers, including Service Level Agreements and compliance exceptions
• Initiate design improvements based on lessons learned from projects
• Oversee consistent project design delivery and construction quality
• Propose innovative solutions to accelerate design delivery and speed to market

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Influencing

Project Management

Education

Professional Engineer

Registered Architect

Job description

Job Summary

You will manage Data Centre Design projects to meet reliability, availability, efficiency, sustainability, regulatory, safety, cost, and speed-to-market targets.

Responsibilities

• Manage multiple greenfield and fit-out Data Centre Design projects concurrently, ensuring completion within budget and schedule
• Develop design briefs and key metrics to maintain consistent design quality across regional metro projects
• Hold consultants and professional teams accountable for delivering project design intent and outcomes
• Lead a consortium of consultants including town planners, architects, civil & structural engineers, mechanical & electrical engineers, environmental and LEED consultants, and geotechnical engineers
• Collaborate with suppliers and designers to implement safety, efficiency, and sustainability improvements
• Conduct site visits to verify construction methods, site coordination, and equipment performance meet design criteria and maintain reliability and maintainability standards
• Ensure design compliance and timely project handover to customers
• Standardize design processes and manage customer design variations effectively
• Make advanced design decisions and secure customer buy-in for design solutions
• Stay updated on customers' latest technical directions and support technical RFP processes
• Qualify technical compliance and deviations with customers, including Service Level Agreements and compliance exceptions
• Initiate design improvements based on lessons learned from projects
• Oversee consistent project design delivery and construction quality
• Propose innovative solutions to accelerate design delivery and speed to market

Required competencies and certifications

• Proven design experience managing projects across regional metros
• Professional Engineer or Registered Architect with practicing certifications preferred
• Minimum 10 years' experience in design consultancy, including at least 5 years in a principal engineer role
• Strong interpersonal, communication, leadership, and influencing skills
• Experience with Design Bid Build, Design & Build, and other design delivery methodologies
• Flexibility to relocate and travel for business needs

Preferred competencies and qualifications

• Experience in hyperscale Data Centre design