Senior Design Manager

Job Description

Amsterdam, Netherlands
 
The Client

Datacenter People is working with the largest global provider of cloud and carrier neutral data center, colocation and interconnection solutions.

What The Job Involves 

• Regularly collaborate and coordinate with internal DRT organisational stakeholders.  
• Operate strategically and predominately under their own initiative and to think laterally and innovatively. 
• Responsible for the tender, selection, appointment and management of Design Consultants as well as the drafting and presentation of standard gating deliverables.
• Determine the magnitude of project Consultancy fees and other required budgets for incorporation into the Investment Committee funding process. 

We’re Looking for Someone With

• Bachelor’s degree in one of the CS/MEPH engineering disciplines or Architecture - equivalent experience in a related engineering, architecture or other discipline field will be considered.
• A minimum of 3 to 10 years' mission critical building delivery experience ideally in a multi-disciplinary design environment.
• Data center design experience is preferred or experience of highly serviced building designs.
• Familiarity of gating processes/change control within an Owner Operator Development organisation.
• An awareness of contractual responsibilities and internal/external interfaces.
• Familiarity of multi-disciplinary subject matters within the Group to cover the key technical areas relevant to the data centre industry inclusive of all CSA and MEPH disciplines.
• Ability to clearly explain complex technical issues while driving solutions in a multi-stakeholder environment.
• Confidence to defend design decisions taken to key senior internal and external stakeholders.
• Experience of ensuring that the design process is followed inclusive of required change control.
• An ability to succinctly and confidently communicate complex technical challenges at a range of levels of detail to a range of technical and non-technical audiences. 

We regret that due to the high volume of applications we are unable to acknowledge each one. Please bear in mind that if you are selected for interview we will contact you within the next seven days.