Associate Director Site Engineering & Design – Data Center Construction (Per Diem)
About The Position
Turner & Townsend is seeking an experienced Associate Director Site Engineering & Design to join a large-scale data center development program as an embedded member of the program team. The role manages the Request for Information (RFI) process, coordinates multidisciplinary design activities, tracks design issues and action items, and supports overall program governance. The position serves as a liaison between design, construction, and program management teams, ensuring RFIs, design deliverables, and documentation are handled efficiently while following established design authority and governance protocols. It requires strong organizational, technical writing, and stakeholder management skills, as well as experience supporting complex capital projects in mission-critical environments. Travel to remote job site locations during the week is required, and per diem will be provided. On-site presence and requirements may change based on client needs. SOX control responsibilities may apply. The stated salary range is $170,000–$200,000; employees may also be eligible for bonuses and a comprehensive benefits package.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, or a related technical discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- At least 8 years of experience in project engineering, design management, construction administration, or technical project coordination on large capital projects.
- Experience supporting multidisciplinary design teams through design development, construction documentation, and construction phases.
- Strong knowledge of RFI, submittal, and design change management processes.
- Experience working within design-build, EPC, or traditional delivery models.
- Proficiency with project information management platforms such as Procore, Aconex, Autodesk Construction Cloud/BIM 360, or similar project collaboration systems.
- Strong technical writing and documentation skills.
- Ability to travel to remote job site locations during the week.
Nice To Haves
- Experience supporting data center, mission-critical, industrial, or large infrastructure projects.
- Familiarity with data center design fundamentals, including electrical distribution systems, mechanical cooling systems, building controls systems, and reliability and redundancy concepts.
- Experience operating within sophisticated program management and governance environments.
- Exposure to commissioning, design validation, or construction quality processes.
Responsibilities
- Manage and maintain the project RFI register, ensuring RFIs are logged, categorized, prioritized, and tracked through resolution.
- Review, triage, and classify RFIs according to project protocols and escalation criteria.
- Draft proposed responses for routine RFIs using contract documents, drawings, specifications, and approved project precedents.
- Coordinate review and approval of drafted RFI responses with designated client design representatives before formal issuance.
- Escalate RFIs involving design changes, code interpretations, schedule impacts, cost implications, or technical ambiguities to the appropriate design authority.
- Monitor RFI status, due dates, and turnaround times to support project schedule objectives.
- Maintain audit trails documenting authorship, review, approval, and issuance of RFI responses.
- Coordinate design deliverables, review cycles, and comment resolution across architectural, structural, mechanical, electrical, controls, and specialty disciplines.
- Track design-related risks, open issues, and action items, and follow up to support timely resolution.
- Facilitate design coordination meetings, including preparing agendas, documenting meetings, and managing action items.
- Identify and communicate design process bottlenecks that may affect project execution or construction activities.
- Support document management, including maintaining design basis documentation, RFI registers, submittal logs, design issue logs, and lessons learned databases.
- Promote collaboration among project stakeholders, consultants, contractors, and client teams.
- Prepare and deliver program reports on RFI metrics, design status, issue resolution, and project risks.
- Analyze RFI trends and recurring issues to identify process improvements and opportunities to enhance design clarity.
- Support development and ongoing refinement of RFI management protocols and governance procedures.
- Ensure compliance with project documentation standards, approval workflows, and established authority boundaries.
- Adhere to applicable SOX control responsibilities.
Benefits
- Per diem for travel to remote job site locations.
- Employees may be eligible for bonuses.
- Comprehensive benefits package.
- Flexible working environment that supports work-life balance.
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Career Level
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