Senior Data Center Design & MEP Execution Lead

Black & Veatch Corporation; Overland Park (KS); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

ESOP ownership

Flexible work schedules

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Black & Veatch Corporation in Overland Park, KS seeks an experienced Data Center Detailed Design & MEP Execution Lead to provide executive-level technical and delivery leadership for hyperscale, colocation, and mission-critical data center design programs.

The role connects project leaders, engineering managers, BIM/VDC, and regional delivery teams to translate client requirements into safe, constructible, and commercially sound design deliverables for construction through closeout.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of progressive experience in engineering and design delivery for complex buildings or mission-critical infrastructure.
• Demonstrated leadership of multidisciplinary MEP and design teams.
• Experience leading design through construction documents, permitting, procurement support, construction administration, commissioning, and issue resolution.
• Experience with hyperscale or colocation standards, reference designs, site-adapt programs, and repeatable design platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead multidisciplinary data center design execution from concept to closeout.
• Establish the project-specific design execution plan, organization, workshare model, design schedule, deliverable register, decision cadence, and discipline interfaces.
• Provide oversight across mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, controls, civil, structural, architecture, telecom/security interfaces, and campus utility connections.
• Ensure designs support reliability, redundancy, maintainability, resiliency, energy and water performance, phased deployment, and future expansion requirements.
• Chair interdisciplinary design reviews and technical decision forums; maintain ownership, action tracking, and escalation paths.
• Coordinate internal subject matter experts and external architecture/engineering partners where specialized capability is required.

Skills

Data center design

MEP coordination

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Professional Engineer license

Tools

Revit

BIM/VDC

Job description

Black & Veatch Corporation in Overland Park, KS seeks an experienced Data Center Detailed Design & MEP Execution Lead to provide executive-level technical and delivery leadership for hyperscale, colocation, and mission-critical data center design programs.

The role connects project leaders, engineering managers, BIM/VDC, and regional delivery teams to translate client requirements into safe, constructible, and commercially sound design deliverables for construction through closeout.