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Dr Laylah Fayker | Cape Town Med; Cape Town; Hybrid; ZAR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

AECOM is seeking a Senior Professional Architect (Data Centre) to lead architectural design and BIM coordination for data centre projects in South Africa. You will guide teams, manage design development across stages, and engage with clients to align expectations.

The role requires 12+ years post-graduate experience, B.Arch or BSc Architecture and SACAP registration, with strong leadership and sustainability focus for resilient facilities.

Qualifications

• B.Arch or BSc Architecture.
• 12+ years post graduate experience.
• Professionally registered with SACAP.

Responsibilities

• Architectural design and data centre infrastructure planning, BIM models coordination.
• Design coordination with cross-disciplinary teams to ensure seamless integration.
• Design delivery oversight across all project phases.
• Guidance and management of junior staff and professionals.
• Client engagement, stakeholder management and expectation alignment.
• Value engineering and cost optimization for efficient designs.
• Sustainability and energy efficiency assessment for data centres.
• Regulatory compliance with building codes and data centre standards.

Skills

Architectural design

Team leadership

Client engagement

Sustainability focus

Education

B.Arch or BSc Architecture

Tools

Navisworks

Revit

Civil3D

ACC360

Job description

Senior Professional Architect (Data Centre)

Company Description
AECOM's Enterprise Capabilities team is looking for a Senior Professional Architect (Data Centre) to join our team in our South Africa offices.
About Enterprise Capabilities
Fundamental to our Think and Act Globally strategy and digital adoption, Enterprise Capabilities (EC) is AECOM's primary vehicle for workshare. Operating across geographic boundaries and time-zones, EC partners with regional and Global Business Line project teams to provide technical expertise, accelerate delivery and keep AECOM competitive in the industry.
With a team of over 3000 technical professionals located across nine countries and remote technical anchors, EC teams are trusted to deliver high-quality, specialist services that help to fill capability gaps, resourcing needs and technical constraints on projects of all scopes and sizes.
Start here. Grow here.
Job Description
The Senior Architect serves as a fully capable professional in an architectural design team. The Senior Architect plans (including budget and resources), schedules, organizes, coordinates, and executes the design work on any and all phases of development on small to medium scale projects (or distinct portions of larger projects), with regular interaction with an Associate or designated senior team member.
Here is what you will be doing:

• Architectural design and data centre infrastructure planning, including management of BIM models and drawing production to ensure design brief compliance, completeness, and accuracy
• Design coordination within Architecture and across all related disciplines to ensure seamless integration
• Design coordination with Engineering and cross-disciplinary teams to resolve technical conflicts and optimize solutions
• Design delivery oversight, ensuring compliance with design briefs, coordination requirements, completeness, and accuracy throughout all project phases
• Guidance and management of team members and junior staff, fostering professional development and maintaining high performance standards
• Client engagement and stakeholder management, including regular communication, presentations, and expectation alignment
• Team leadership and mentoring to cultivate architectural excellence and support career progression within the organization
• Value engineering and cost optimization strategies to deliver efficient, cost-effective solutions without compromising design integrity
• Sustainability and energy efficiency assessment, incorporating best practices for data centre environmental performance and operational resilience
• Compliance review and regulatory adherence, ensuring all designs meet applicable building codes, industry standards, and data centre-specific requirements
• Risk assessment and mitigation planning to identify potential design and construction challenges and develop proactive solutions
• Project budget management and resource allocation, monitoring expenditures and optimizing resource utilization throughout project delivery.

Qualifications

• B.Arch or BSc Architecture
• 12+ Years post graduate experience
• Professionally registered as an Architect with SACAP

Additional Information
At AECOM, you will have freedom to grow in a world of opportunity
At AECOM, our Freedom to Grow philosophy supports flexibility and balance to help our people thrive. As part of this approach, we ask all hybrid employees to work from an AECOM office at least three days per week.
At AECOM, we are committed to maintaining a secure and trustworthy recruitment process and take any fraudulent hiring activity seriously.To support this commitment, all newly hired employees are required to attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location as a condition of employment.
About AECOM
AECOM is proud to offer comprehensive benefits to meet the diverse needs of our employees. Depending on your employment status, AECOM benefits may include medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, disability benefits, paid time off, leaves of absences, voluntary benefits, perks, flexible work options, well-being resources, employee assistance program, business travel insurance, service recognition awards, retirement savings plan, and employee stock purchase plan.
AECOM is the global infrastructure leader, committed to delivering a better world. As a trusted professional services firm powered by deep technical abilities, we solve our clients' complex challenges in water, environment, energy, transportation and buildings. Our teams partner with public- and private-sector clients to create innovative, sustainable and resilient solutions throughout the project lifecycle - from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm that had revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. Learn more at aecom.com.
What makes AECOM a great place to work
You will be part of a global team that champions your growth and career ambitions. Work on groundbreaking projects - both in your local community and on a global scale - that are transforming our industry and shaping the future. With cutting-edge technology and a network of experts, you'll have the resources to make a real impact. Our award-winning training and development programs are designed to expand your technical expertise and leadership skills, helping you build the career you've always envisioned. Here, you'll find a welcoming workplace built on respect, collaboration and community - where you have the freedom to grow in a world of opportunity.
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in your potential and are here to help you achieve it. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
ReqID: J
Business Line: Architecture
Business Group: DCS
Strategic Business Unit: Enterprise Capabilities
Career Area: Design
Work Location Model: Hybrid

Company Description
Work with Us. Change the World.
At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world's most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations.
There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.
We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.
Job Description
Here is what you will be doing:
The Senior Engineer delivers discipline involvement in projects and ensures effective delivery input of others. Works on detailed or routine engineering assignments involving calculations, drawings, and reports, etc. The role includes design development, design review, supervision, coordination, and design documentation. Guides junior engineers and independently performs all the tasks necessary to complete design works. Shares technical expertise and experience with others in the company via internal technical communication and presentations. Responsible for the development of high-quality design outputs. Able to do hands‑on design. The Senior Engineer will have superb interpersonal and leadership skills, a growth mindset, attention to detail and an excellent work ethic. The Senior Engineer will serve as lead engineer on small to medium size projects, providing specialised technical input to studies, engage with the client and other disciplines to develop solutions and design for specific areas of expertise.
Team Responsibilities:

• Lead a design team of junior and mid-level Building Civils staff and provide daily mentorship, direction, and motivation in a strategic manner to ensure AECOM remains an employer of choice for Building Civils skills.
• Ensure assigned teams effectively coordinate with other disciplines to ensure there are no design gaps providing fully coordinated design deliverables. This includes support to the construction supervision teams.
• Effectively bring project teams together to work toward a shared goal ensuring the team's results exceed the total achievements of the individuals within.
• Hold themselves and others to high standards.
• Provide coaching and guidance to less experienced staff, engineers, and designers to increase technical competence, as well as knowledge of systems and procedures.

Business Development:

• Begins to build and maintain client relationships.
• Participate in preparing major bids and proposals on the technical aspect whilst supporting business development initiatives through their technical expertise.

Engineering:

• Responsible for technically leading aspects of projects, supporting Project Managers and technical teams to deliver within scope, budget, timeframe, and high-quality standards.
• Have a working knowledge of Navisworks, ACC360, Revit, Civil3D, SWMM, EPANET, Dynamo and other associated design programmes.
• Have experience in design of stormwater (hydrology), water (hydraulics), sewerage, bulk earthworks, roads, and pavement design.
• Have a working knowledge of running a building civil engineering team in a multi-disciplinary team environment where all project drawings are generated using BIM tools (Autodesk Revit, Navisworks and ACC360).
• Interface with clients on schedules, meetings, and issues (manage client expectations and perceptions).
• Anticipate potential schedule or priority delays and initiate plans for alternative actions.
• Apply diversified knowledge of engineering principles and practices in broad areas of assignments and related fields.
• Support digital transformation strategy and implementation and embrace change within the discipline.
• Follows existing or develops design procedures to facilitate high-quality, cost-effective work by self and team members.
• Take responsibility for civil designs and drawings.
• Attend planning, design and site meetings, and ad-hoc site inspections.
• Undertake technical reviews / audits to ensure that designs are in accordance with project / study requirements and company objectives and are produced in a timely and cost-effective manner.
• To work in a safe manner, complying with and actively contributing to the company Health, Safety and Environmental HSE policies, manuals, and procedures.
• Work to ensure the implementation of safety and integrity principles in civil engineering risk documentation.
• Promote compliance with all relevant engineering standards and internal procedures for all design activities

Qualifications
Here is what we are looking for:

• 4-year degree in Civil Engineering (Civil), preferably M. Eng or MSc. Eng.
• At least 8 years' post qualification experience.
• Professionally registered with ECSA as Pr.Eng. (Civil) for at least 3 years.
• Ability to develop key and trusted client relationships that can lead to new business.
• Demonstrated collaborative skills, both internally and externally.
• Ability to advise on complex matters to non-specialists.
• Superior interpersonal, communication skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and understand the importance of delivery and client satisfaction.
• Strong analytical, literacy and numerical skills.
• Ability to function with minimal supervision.
• Ability to delegate tasks and effectively supervise others.
• Attention to detail.

Additional Information
At AECOM, you will have freedom to grow in a world of opportunity.
At AECOM, we are committed to maintaining a secure and trustworthy recruitment process and take any fraudulent hiring activity seriously.To support this commitment, all newly hired employees are required to attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location as a condition of employment.
About AECOM
AECOM is proud to offer comprehensive benefits to meet the diverse needs of our employees. Depending on your employment status, AECOM benefits may include medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, disability benefits, paid time off, leaves of absences, voluntary benefits, perks, flexible work options, well-being resources, employee assistance program, business travel insurance, service recognition awards, retirement savings plan, and employee stock purchase plan.
AECOM is the global infrastructure leader, committed to delivering a better world. As a trusted professional services firm powered by deep technical abilities, we solve our clients' complex challenges in water, environment, energy, transportation and buildings. Our teams partner with public- and private-sector clients to create innovative, sustainable and resilient solutions throughout the project lifecycle - from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm that had revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. Learn more at aecom.com.
What makes AECOM a great place to work
You will be part of a global team that champions your growth and career ambitions. Work on groundbreaking projects - both in your local community and on a global scale - that are transforming our industry and shaping the future. With cutting-edge technology and a network of experts, you'll have the resources to make a real impact. Our award-winning training and development programs are designed to expand your technical expertise and leadership skills, helping you build the career you've always envisioned. Here, you'll find a welcoming workplace built on respect, collaboration and community - where you have the freedom to grow in a world of opportunity.
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in your potential and are here to help you achieve it. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
ReqID: J
Business Line: Building Engineering
Business Group: DCS
Strategic Business Unit: Enterprise Capabilities
Career Area: Engineering
Work Location Model: Hybrid