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Design Manager

AJ Group • London, ENG, United Kingdom • 15h ago

Job Description

SENIOR / DESIGN MANAGER - M&E Engineering

*sponsorship not provided*

Hybrid - London location (sites can change)

1/2 days a week office/site based, the rest remote

Involvement in the appointment of teams of Architects, designers, engineers, consultants, and specialists to develop designs and progress planning for new Data Centre Facilities.
Provide day to day technical oversight of the Design and Approval process for new Data Centre Facilities, existing facility expansions and technology refreshes.
Initially confined to the UK but with the expectation to expand into Europe.
Keep a detailed log of design decisions, their reasoning, and the associated impacts to cost and program.
Regularly review of the Design Approval and Design Change Management processes, suggesting changes to the process to ensure their effectiveness and alignment with the real-life approach.
Implement new processes, procedures, and check sheets where beneficial to further bolster the company's approach to the design of industry leading data centre facilities.
Ensure that all design activities follow Design and Approval processes, and that design activities and deliverables are to program.
Maintain a professional network of designers, engineers, and specialists; introducing the company to new consultants where needed.
Present innovative designs and technologies to major stake holders and leadership team.
Draft strategic intent documents, business cases, basis of design documents, development briefs, concept designs and technical specifications.
Escalate key design decisions and high design risk items to the Head of Design and Senior Leadership Team.
Arrange review workshops and presentations of the design documentation produced by external consultants and engineers at each of the RIBA stages.

Roles & Responsibilities

Checking alongside other teams for technical accuracy and compliance with technical standards and operations intent.

Organise lessons learnt workshops with key stakeholders.
Regularly report on design progress and design risks.
Provide technical and design support for incoming enquiries to the company's Sales Representatives and Client Delivery Executives.
Input into technical specifications and design standards that capture key design requirements and protect the company's interests.
Research new and emerging data centre technologies, undertake product comparison / selection reviews and recommend novel approaches / suppliers.
Provide guidance and mentoring for junior team members.
Assist Sales Representatives and Client Delivery Executives by providing technical support to the RFP / bid process and attending / leading Technical
Presentations and Design Workshops with Clients.
Support site technical operations where required acting as a subject matter expert and knowledge resource.
Provide technical support to commissioning consultants; witnessing key commissioning activities to ensure that installed infrastructure meets the design intent.
Proactively seek out and undertake training to develop your capability.

Competencies and Qualifications

Effective interpersonal skills; ability to deliver presentations on strategic matters and to create, maintain and enhance productive working relationships.
Strong general engineering and technical capability.
High aptitude in problem solving and attention to detail.
Self-motivated and initiative-taking with the ability to work independently and as part of a team.
Ability to produce technical documentation to a high standard.
Excellent organisation with strong time management skills.
An accredited bachelor’s degree with honours in engineering, technology or equivalent from combined further education and experience.
Previous experience and involvement in the design life cycle through each of the RIBA stages. An in depth understanding of the next steps at each design stage to ensure project success.
Technical analysis and problem solving, with great attention to detail.
Proficient in the use of IT tools such as Microsoft Office suite, SharePoint, Microsoft Project etc.
Ambition to work in or previous experience of working in a fast-paced, dynamic and growing team, with a desire to add new processes and structure where of overall benefit.
Strong general engineering capability.