Senior Site Engineering & Design Lead, Data Centers

Turner & Townsend; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend seeks an experienced Associate Director Site Engineering & Design to join a large-scale data center program as an embedded member of the program team. You will manage RFIs, coordinate multidisciplinary design work, track issues, and support governance and reporting.

The role requires strong technical writing, stakeholder management, and 8+ years’ experience on major capital projects. Preference for Dallas/Houston; remote considered for the right candidate.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, or related technical discipline, or equivalent.
• Preference for Dallas/Houston location, remote considered for right candidate.
• 8+ years of experience in project engineering, design management, construction administration, or technical project coordination on large capital projects.
• Experience supporting multidisciplinary design teams through design development, construction documentation, and construction phases.
• Strong knowledge of RFI, submittal, and design change management processes.
• Experience in design-build, EPC, or traditional delivery models.
• Proficiency with project information management platforms such as Procore, Aconex, Autodesk Construction Cloud / BIM 360.

Responsibilities

• Manage and maintain the project RFI register, ensuring RFIs are logged, categorized, prioritized, and tracked through resolution.
• Review, triage, and classify RFIs according to project protocols and escalation criteria.
• Draft proposed responses for routine RFIs using contract documents, drawings, specifications, and approved precedents.
• Coordinate review and approval of drafted responses with client design representatives before issuance.
• Escalate RFIs involving design changes, code interpretations, schedule impacts, cost implications, or ambiguities.
• Monitor RFI status, due dates, and turnaround times to support project schedule objectives.
• Maintain audit trails documenting authorship, review, approval, and issuance of all RFI responses.
• Coordinate design deliverables across architectural, structural, mechanical, electrical, controls, and specialty disciplines.
• Track design risks, open issues, and action items; ensure timely follow-up and resolution.
• Facilitate design coordination meetings and document actions.
• Support document management, including design basis docs, RFIs, submittal logs, design issue logs, and lessons learned databases.
• Promote cross-functional collaboration between stakeholders, consultants, contractors, and client teams.
• Prepare and deliver regular program reports on RFI metrics, design status, issues, and risks.
• Analyze RFI trends to identify process improvements and clarity in design.

Skills

RFI management

Design coordination

Documentation

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field

Tools

Procore

Aconex

Autodesk Construction Cloud / BIM 360

Job description

Turner & Townsend seeks an experienced Associate Director Site Engineering & Design to join a large-scale data center program as an embedded member of the program team. You will manage RFIs, coordinate multidisciplinary design work, track issues, and support governance and reporting.

The role requires strong technical writing, stakeholder management, and 8+ years’ experience on major capital projects. Preference for Dallas/Houston; remote considered for the right candidate.