Design Manager (Data Centers)

EPC Project Management Consulting, LLC is seeking an experienced Design Manager to support large-scale data center and mission-critical projects. This role involves leading complex design efforts, ensuring alignment, quality, and technical excellence throughout the project's design lifecycle.

Responsibilities:

• Leading and integrating all design stakeholders, including the owner, tenant, engineers, and consultants, to ensure alignment with project objectives, standards, and delivery strategy
• Overseeing design progression across all phases—from Feasibility and Front-End Planning and FEL1–FEL3 through Detailed Design and Construction Administration—to maintain continuity, quality, and technical integrity
• Managing design through stage gates and deliverables to ensure decisions are informed, risks are controlled, and scope is clearly defined before advancement
• Confirming design outputs support constructability, procurement sequencing, and schedule execution, reducing downstream rework and delivery risk
• Leading team coordination during construction to preserve design intent, resolve technical issues efficiently, and protect overall project outcomes
• Develop and manage the overall design management plan, including schedules, deliverables, and coordination strategies
• Drive interdisciplinary coordination between architectural, structural, MEP, civil, and specialty systems
• Review and validate design packages for compliance with project standards, client requirements, and regulatory codes
• Identify design risks early and implement mitigation strategies
• Support value engineering and optimization initiatives without compromising reliability or performance
• Manage RFI responses, submittal reviews, and design clarifications during construction
• Provide regular reporting on design progress, risks, and milestones to project leadership and clients

Requirements:

• 8+ years of experience in design management, engineering, or project delivery for data centers or mission-critical facilities
• Strong understanding of data center infrastructure including power, cooling, redundancy strategies, and reliability requirements
• Proven experience managing multidisciplinary design teams and consultants
• Experience with FEL processes, stage-gated design delivery, and front-end planning
• Strong knowledge of constructability, procurement sequencing, and construction integration
• Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to work effectively in a remote environment while supporting geographically diverse projects
• Experience supporting hyperscale or colocation data center programs
• Familiarity with BIM coordination and digital design workflows