Senior Design Manager - Data Center

About the role

A client of Clear Recruitment is looking for a Senior Design Manager in Pittsburgh to support major technical programs targeting colocation and hyperscale builds. The role covers oversight of employees and third-party organizations involved in preconstruction, design and construction, and works under supervision with strong communication, organizational and time-management skills.

Key responsibilities

• Drive projects from inception through turnover, leading the preconstruction and design phases and taking over project leadership from the land enablement team at design hand-off, then handing it to the Construction Manager at GC mobilization.
• Coordinate with architects, consultants, equipment providers and GCs, and promote safety and compliance on site.
• Act as primary support to the Construction Manager from mobilization to turnover, and integrate with sales and solutions engineering teams during revenue generation.
• Manage several design management project teams, with possible growth to lead multiple projects across a campus or region.
• Lead the design team, manage design deliverables, track design variances and enforce compliance with DEC, CCL and CDE matrices.
• Help maintain budget and cost models, prepare funding requests and quarterly project updates, and create project dashboards in Smartsheets.
• Review construction plans, communicate conceptual designs to internal teams, and cross-reference customer requirements.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering or equivalent.
• 9+ years of progressive experience managing commercial construction project design programs; data center experience strongly preferred.
• Mechanical/electrical background preferred.
• Ability to interpret construction drawings and specifications, estimate construction costs and forecast the impact of design and schedule changes on project costs.
• May travel up to 25% of the time.

Required skills

• Design engineering experience and management of design teams.
• Exposure to IPD, Design-Build and/or construction management.
• Project management software such as MS Project, Prolog, Procore, BIM 360 or similar.
• Advanced Excel, Smartsheets and/or AutoCAD; CAD knowledge is a plus.

What we offer

• Compensation of $150,000 - $210,000 plus bonus.
• Medical, dental and vision insurance, HSA and FSA.
• 401(k) with company match.
• Paid time off, holiday pay and short-, long- and life insurance.
• Wellness programs including an EAP and gym membership.