Data Center Design Lead - Design-Build Expert

Gilbane Building Company; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 124,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Profit-sharing/401k plan

Gilbane University training

Job summary

Gilbane Building Company is seeking a Design Manager - Data Center to lead the integration of design and construction teams for coordinated, constructible designs on schedule and within budget. This role supports design-build, IPD, P3, and EPC delivery models across multiple locations, including Baltimore.

You will oversee preconstruction, design development, and construction integration while ensuring safety, risk management, and alignment with project goals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Engineering, Construction Management, or a related field
• 10+ years' experience in design/project management for large-scale construction
• Proven experience with advanced delivery models (Design-Build, IPD, P3, EPC)
• Strong understanding of design-to-budget, constructability, and risk management
• Experience establishing and executing departmental processes and procedures
• Experience with Assumptions Management, Change Management, requirement tracking, and Corrective Action Programs

Responsibilities

• Preconstruction & Proposal Phase: Serve as primary liaison between design and construction teams during proposals.
• Preconstruction & Proposal Phase: Lead strategy for design services breakdown and integration of specialty consultants or design/build trades.
• Preconstruction & Proposal Phase: Define technical scope, manage RFIs, and ensure comprehensive bridging documents.
• Preconstruction & Proposal Phase: Develop and maintain design deliverable schedules aligned with procurement and build phases.
• Preconstruction & Proposal Phase: Validate A/E scope and fee structure; support Teaming Agreements.
• Preconstruction & Proposal Phase: Collaborate with estimating to break down RFPs and support subcontractor/vendor pricing.
• Preconstruction & Proposal Phase: Assemble and maintain the Endorsed Project Baseline (proposal, estimate, contract, schedule).
• Preconstruction & Proposal Phase: Identify and communicate requirements to clarify RFPs for design and construction.
• Design Development & Delivery: Oversee design progression to ensure alignment with budget, schedule, and constructability; lead target value design.
• Design Development & Delivery: Facilitate design charrettes, team chartering, and owner approval processes.
• Design Development & Delivery: Coordinate permitting process and maintain related schedules.
• Design Development & Delivery: Monitor and document design changes, minimizing scope creep.
• Design Development & Delivery: Lead design risk management, including cost-benefit analyses for RFIs and changes.
• Design Development & Delivery: Ensure Health & Safety integration: complete Safety Risk Assessments, introduce Hierarchy of Controls, and incorporate logistics planning into design.
• Design Development & Delivery: Ensure effective coordination between the VDC team and the design team to align digital modeling, clash detection, and constructability reviews with project goals.
• Design Development & Delivery: Maintain tools for tracking design issues and changes.
• Design Development & Delivery: Promote a design-build mindset and collaboration between disciplines.
• Design Development & Delivery: Oversee and validate design team invoices.
• Construction Integration: Communicate design scope and intent to construction teams.
• Construction Integration: Support development of construction budgets from design estimates.
• Construction Integration: Assist in trade contractor/supplier scope definition and procurement.
• Construction Integration: Provide feedback for future bids and risk assessments.
• Construction Integration: Resolve scope conflicts and develop recovery plans as needed.
• Construction Integration: Ensure design team responsiveness to field issues and facilitate risk-mitigating solutions.
• Quality, Compliance & Documentation: Oversee design QA/QC for regulatory and standards compliance.
• Quality, Compliance & Documentation: Improve documentation of design basis and assumptions.
• Quality, Compliance & Documentation: Emphasize the importance of delivering the proposed design and managing scope changes.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Team-building

Design software

Construction management software

Education

Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Engineering, Construction Management, or related field

Job description

Gilbane Building Company is seeking a Design Manager - Data Center to lead the integration of design and construction teams for coordinated, constructible designs on schedule and within budget. This role supports design-build, IPD, P3, and EPC delivery models across multiple locations, including Baltimore.

You will oversee preconstruction, design development, and construction integration while ensuring safety, risk management, and alignment with project goals.