Senior Design Manager (Data Centres) - London

RED are an expanding international M&E consultancy, with a proven track record in low energy design, focused on providing excellent design solutions to clients.

Through our market leading technical expertise, we enable the world’s digital infrastructure and develop the built environment whilst also helping clients realise ambitious plans for zero carbon-built environments. We cover the entire life cycle of any building project, with our broad capability offering saving our clients time, money, and effort. Our approach is centred around listening to our clients and interacting energetically with our fellow project stakeholders. We add value with our people, client service ethos, global delivery strategy, technical ability, and attitude.

We now seek a Senior Design Manager to be based out of our London office, to provide project support from inception through completion, including pre and post contract. The successful candidate will expertly manage relationships between the design team and Subject Matter Expert (SME), while maintaining our excellent relationship with the client. The successful candidate will also ensure efficient use resources throughout and act with integrity and high professional standards.

Role Responsibilities

• Review status advised by project personnel and external parties and modifies schedules or plans as required. Prepares project reports for Management, Client or others
• Day to day management of project progress and direct liaison with project support teams
• Ensures risk and performance monitoring analysis takes place through effective systems of internal control and delegation
• Capture a project brief and distil into design toll gates for delivery (typically masterplan, 50% 80% and 100% design)
• Manage project requirements to present progress and manage the acquisition of design information whilst managing multiple workstreams concurrently
• Coordinate teams to deliver coherent and well-rehearsed face to face page turn presentations
• Manage virtual design teams working across multiple times zones
• Collaborate with and coach the design team through the design stage on the basis that the design team are the experts and put forward recommended solutions that localise the clients design principles to the subject sites
• Maintain clear and accurate records and reports
• ‘Set the standard’ for good project and design management
• Drive the team, to support and resolve difficult issues as they arise in a fair and reasonable manner
• Identify and address performance issues before the client raises them
• Quickly understand clients process and develop supporting tools
• Work autonomously, as part of a wider team and leading a team
• Actively participate in new growth initiatives internal and external and to contribute to the development of internal systems and procedures
• Support growth initiatives
• Support the delivery of projects in accordance with the expectations of the RED Project Delivery Process from a Project Management, Financial Management, QA/QC and Technical Review perspective
• BEng in appropriate engineering discipline desirable
• MCIBSE/MIEE/IMechE Professional Membership desirable
• Chartered Engineer status desirable
• Proven experience intaking a project requirement, typically for a new hyperscale availability zone comprising of one to three sites from the real estate due diligence phase to 100% design phase in circa a 20-25week timescale period desirable
• Experience in project management and MEP engineering track record with some experience of data centres or other heavily engineered buildings e.g. pharma, process, hospital,
• Knowledge of UTI and Sub UTI T3 principles e.g. distributed redundancy
• An in-depth technical expertise in industrial architecture, structures, civils, acoustics, environmental  

Role Requirements

• 5+ Years’ experience at Senior Engineer level or Design Management level
• Enthusiastic, driven and dynamic self-starter with career progression aspirations
• Demonstrate a thorough understanding of the design process
• Peripheral experience in architecture, structures, civils, security and permitting
• Sound understanding of template design with localisation requirements
• Ability to forge strong client and supplier relationships and maintain the same
• Ability to keep clear and accurate records and reports
• Ability to mentor and develop and team to achieve project and business goals
• Ability to contribute to the growth of the business via business development
• Ability to work well, either alone, or as part of a team under own initiative
• Ability to step outside A/E consultancy delivery norms and embrace an intensively collaborative design environment working for and reporting daily to an expert client
• Ability to proactively step outside the role of conventional design regiment and stages and to understand fast track design driven by the hyperscale client model
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office suite (word/excel outlook/PowerPoint)
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Project
• Ability to use IT based calculation and spreadsheet software
• Adaptable, proactive approach to engineering tasks
• Flexible and willing to travel regularly to service international projects and customers
• Commercial and financial awareness and management of projects and fees
• Ability to work autonomously, as part of a wider team, and leading a team
• Sound knowledge & working application of key Health and Safety issues and legislation
• Able to chair & facilitate meetings at all levels
• Possess exceptional clear communication skills and command of English spoken/written,
• Have an appreciation of different cultures/races and embrace the same
• Understand and maintain the long terms goals of the business
• Understand the company QA process, maintain and contribute to the same
• Maintain an appropriate knowledge of industry initiatives
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills both written and oral
• Act in an ethical manner and follows the principles of the Ethics Charter and Ethics in Practice Guidelines
• Maintain and appropriate internal profile within the business
• Promote a positive work ethic
• Play an active role in external promotion of the business as required
• Managing client and stakeholder engagement
• Developing long-term trusted client and supplier relationships
• Maintain an appropriate external profile in the industry
• To contribute to wider external group communications and support the profile of the business

Benefits

RED offers a variety of benefits, including but not limited to:

• 23 days annual leave rising to 28 days annual leave over 5 years’ service
• Holiday purchase and buy back scheme
• Hybrid Working
• Contributory company pension scheme
• Healthcare Scheme via salary sacrifice (Company funded cover is dependant on level)
• Non-contractual bonus awards
• Training sponsorship
• Charity volunteering leave
• Wellness days/ initiatives.
• Salary commensurate with experience.
• Our people work in friendly teams with a collaborative approach and mentoring support from talented leaders.
• We offer a comprehensive benefits package and are an equal opportunities employer.

*This role will ideally suit those with the right to live & work in the UK without restrictions, as we are unable to offer sponsorship at the present time.