Design Manager-Data Center Construction at Turner & Townsend — Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong | Racks & Rows
Design Manager-Data Center Construction
Turner & Townsend·Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
Full-time
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About This Role
Company Description
Who is Turner & Townsend?
Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.
Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.
Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.
We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.
Lead project set‑up and end‑to‑end design delivery for data centre projects, ensuring alignment with programme, budget and technical requirements
Coordinate and manage multi‑disciplinary consultant teams and take lead in cross‑functional design reviews
Implement and govern the in-house design engineering guidelines and standardised design solutions
Own design governance under the in-house workflow framework, including chairing meetings throughout the entire design development and project delivery stages
Control and report on project cost and schedule, working closely with project teams on budgets, forecasts and milestone planning
Oversee change control activities including budget reviews, contracts, change orders and invoice approvals
Provide technical leadership throughout delivery, resolving escalated RFIs and managing technical submittals to timely closeout
Co‑manage commissioning activities and Integrated Systems Testing (IST) to support safe and successful project handover
Produce and contribute to monthly project reporting, pipeline metrics and insurance reporting in line with corporate requirements
Champion buildability, safety and quality by design across all phases of the project lifecycle
Ensure standard designs are agreed at key milestones and collaborate closely with internal teams to resolve design challenges and deliver project goals
Support on enhancing the inhouse design standards by feeding in lessons learned and market insights
Qualifications
Corporate member of HKIE in building services /mechanical engineering /electrical engineering or equivalent with design background is preferred.
Strong mission critical building delivery experience ideally in a multi-disciplinary design environment
Data centre design experience is preferred or experience of highly serviced building designs within the mission critical sector
Familiar with MEP driven fit-out works and other key technical areas relevant to the data centre industry
Ability to clearly explain and communicate complex technical issues, confidently defending design decisions with senior internal and external stakeholders
Able to work proactively and collaboratively with project teams, contractors and other specialists in a multi‑stakeholder environment
Ability to navigate competing project pressures, assessing solution options against cost, risk, schedule and quality impacts
Organised in developing and appraising technical solutions, operating effectively within a process‑orientated framework and fast‑paced environment
Familiar with processes project gateway and change control as a client or client representative is preferred
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Department: Real estate
Required Skills
Data center constructionProject managementDesign managementMEP engineeringBudgetingCost controlSchedule managementStakeholder managementCommissioningIntegrated systems testingTechnical submittalsChange controlBuilding services engineeringMission critical infrastructureDesign governance