Technical Manager - Data Center

SLB•Houston, TX

20h

About The Position

Come join us at SLB New Energy & Industrial and be part of a global company driving energy innovation for a balanced planet SLB New Energy & Industrial (NEI) is a division of SLB; our portfolio includes ventures in carbon capture and sequestration, geothermal power, energy storage, sustainable battery-grade lithium, hydrogen and Data center infrastructure solutions. To know more about NEI please visit https://www.slb.com/about/driving-energy-innovation/scaling-new-energy-systems Our Data Center infrastructure solutions business provides Innovative and cost-effective solutions that enable building faster, smarter and more resilient data centers. Our modular infrastructure solutions scale AI and cloud computing capacity while minimizing capital risk and deployment delays. From design and supply chain to commissioning and operations, by standardizing components and relocating labor to controlled offsite environments, we help reduce costs, improve lead times, and lower construction risk while ensuring quality and global repeatability. To know more about our Data Centers Infrastructure solutions please visit https://www.slb.com/products-and-services/scaling-new-energy-systems/data-center-infrastructure-solutions SLB is seeking a highly qualified and motivated Technical Manager to acting as the single point of accountability for all technical matters across active data center projects. The Technical Manager provides oversight, coordination, and direction on technical execution while ensuring that client-provided designs are executed correctly and the technical interfaces between contractors and disciplines are aligned, and that technical issues are resolved efficiently to support construction progress. This position bridges construction, procurement, and engineering contractors from a technical standpoint, ensuring consistency, clarity, and execution readiness across the portfolio.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or construction management or 25+ years of relevant execution-focused technical leadership experience.
20+ years of experience in technical management, construction engineering coordination, or execution-focused technical leadership on large-scale Data Center projects
Extensive experience in Data Center projects.
Strong background in managing execution of client-provided designs rather than producing engineering deliverables
Proven experience coordinating multiple engineering contractors, suppliers, and construction teams
Demonstrated ability to resolve complex technical interface issues in fast-paced, multi-project environments
Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
Candidates must be able to legally work and reside in the US, without sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

Experience with modular construction or standardized building systems is preferred.
Background working with PEMB structures, vendor-engineered packages, or multi-contractor engineering models is preferred
Experience operating at portfolio or program level across multiple concurrent projects is preferred.

Responsibilities

Act as the primary technical point of contact for the full project portfolio, supporting Program and Project Managers on all technical matters
Manage and oversee all technical interfaces across projects, ensuring alignment between client designs, engineering contractors, PEMB suppliers, and construction teams
Guide site engineering, interface management, and field engineering teams in resolving technical queries, clashes, and execution challenges without undertaking design activities
Coordinate responses to technical queries (RFIs, clarifications, deviations) in alignment with client-provided designs and contractual requirements
Provide technical oversight of BIM and digital model coordination across projects, ensuring models issued by clients, engineering contractors, and vendors are aligned, constructible, and consistent with execution sequencing without performing model authoring or design work
Ensure consistent interpretation and application of design documentation across projects and contractors
Identify, assess, and promote modularization and standardization opportunities that improve constructability, reduce risk, and enhance delivery efficiency
Bridge technical gaps between construction, procurement, logistics, and engineering contractors to maintain execution continuity
Support technical reviews of supplier and subcontractor deliverables to ensure alignment with client requirements and execution strategy
Provide technical risk visibility to Program leadership, highlighting potential impacts to schedule, cost, or constructability.