Senior Data Centre Architect - Hybrid, Leadership & Design

Old Mutual South Africa; Cape Town; Hybrid; ZAR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

AECOM in South Africa seeks a Senior Professional Architect (Data Centre) to lead architectural design and data centre infrastructure planning, manage BIM models, and ensure design brief compliance across project phases.

You will mentor junior staff, engage clients, coordinate with engineering teams to optimize solutions, and uphold regulatory, sustainability and energy efficiency standards.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Architectural design and data centre infrastructure planning with BIM.
• Design coordination within Architecture and across disciplines.
• Design delivery oversight through all project phases.
• Guidance and management of team members and junior staff.
• Client engagement and stakeholder management.
• Value engineering and sustainability assessment for data centres.

Skills

Architectural design

BIM coordination

Leadership

Education

B.Arch or BSc Architecture

Job description

AECOM in South Africa seeks a Senior Professional Architect (Data Centre) to lead architectural design and data centre infrastructure planning, manage BIM models, and ensure design brief compliance across project phases.

You will mentor junior staff, engage clients, coordinate with engineering teams to optimize solutions, and uphold regulatory, sustainability and energy efficiency standards.