Design Manager, AMER

Yondr Group

About The Position

Yondr is a global developer, owner, operator, and service provider of data centers, focused on delivering complex data center capacity for the world's largest tech companies. This role is responsible for performing the Design Management function to ensure consistency in service provided by vendors and consultants, promoting best practices and continuous improvement. The position involves early site due diligence and master planning to ensure quality, delivery, and evolution of Yondr’s offering. It requires ensuring the deployment of global standards, processes, and technical governance for project delivery, and analyzing technical development risks. The role also contributes to strategic site selection expansion through technical process development, implementing Yondr’s standard design principles, leading technical elements with the Development team, and providing design support throughout construction to meet long-term portfolio targets. Additionally, the role assists with pre-qualification, bid and tender documents, participates in project meetings to ensure quality delivery adhering to Yondr’s systems, procedures, and culture, and manages the review of design quality and completeness against cost plans, schedules, and safety requirements.

Requirements

Possess at least 10 years' experience of highly serviced buildings and possess an understanding of the relationships between the primary mechanical, electrical and ICT elements of the build.
Knowledge of Data Centres or mission critical facilities is a must.
In-depth knowledge of the design and construction process, which includes refurbishment and fit out.
Track record of delivering successful sizable projects.
Commercially savvy and support the commercial team to identify opportunities arising from design development and equally manage change control communications.
A good relationship builder, team player and strong communication skills (written and verbal).
Experience in managing working relationships (internal & external) with cross-cultural experience.
Experience working with information technology workstreams to improve systems.
Commercial acumen appreciating impact of technically led decisions, and data center costing.
Ability to take the lead in technical workshops and meetings, with external consultants and vendors.

Nice To Haves

Prior construction design and/or design management experience or Architectural, Structural or M&E qualifications would be preferred.
Someone who is a good organiser / system implementer who is able to effectively mitigate risks and exposures.
Experience with Design Management programmes/software would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

Lead and manage the project design review process and coordinate the process with internal stakeholders.
Evaluate and manage individual deliverables as well as overall performances of contractor, vendor and supplier for each individual project.
Coordinate design release, submissions, approvals with the delivery programme, coordinate model reviews and clash detection, ensure technical interpretation of the design and change process is communicated effectively to the project team.
Responsible for the monitoring and ensuring Permitting Activities are on schedule and in sync with the overall Project Schedule.
Awareness of all commercial aspects of design management including estimates, change control and out-turn costs.
Lead company sustainability initiatives and ensure sustainability objectives are met throughout the project.
Ensure the design solutions integrate Yondr's safety and quality standards across all projects.
Audit the design and identify inconsistencies, discrepancies and missing information and record, report and track the close-out of these items in an Information Required Schedule (IRS) format.
Support the delivery / construction team in the resolution of design related issues in a timely manner to prevent an adverse effect on the construction programme.
Accountable for design and technical due diligence of the acquisition program associated to the Americas region.
Interface with internal discipline leads in implementing the site-specific data center design masterplan and basis of design.
Work with external customer requirements and the specific site design, based on Yondr's standard design principles, feeding back requirements to Yondr basis of design documents.