Site Engineering & Design Manager – Data Center Construction

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company working across real estate, infrastructure, energy, and natural resources. The Site Engineering & Design Manager will support a large-scale data center development program by managing RFIs, coordinating multidisciplinary design activities, tracking issues and action items, and supporting program governance. The role serves as a liaison between design, construction, and program management teams.

Responsibilities:

• Manage and maintain the project RFI register, ensuring all RFIs are logged, categorized, prioritized, and tracked through resolution
• Review, triage, and classify RFIs according to established project protocols and escalation criteria
• Draft proposed responses for routine RFIs using existing contract documents, drawings, specifications, and approved project precedents
• Coordinate review and approval of drafted 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 accurate audit trails documenting authorship, review, approval, and issuance of all RFI responses
• Coordinate design deliverables, review cycles, and comment resolution activities across architectural, structural, mechanical, electrical, controls, and specialty disciplines
• Track design-related risks, open issues, and action items, ensuring timely follow-up and resolution
• Facilitate design coordination meetings, including agenda preparation, meeting documentation, and action item management
• Identify and communicate design process bottlenecks that may affect project execution or construction activities
• Support document management efforts, including maintenance of:
• Design basis documentation
• RFI registers
• Submittal logs
• Design issue logs
• Lessons learned databases
• Promote cross-functional collaboration between project stakeholders, consultants, contractors, and client teams
• Prepare and deliver regular program reports on RFI metrics, design status, issue resolution, and project risks
• Analyze RFI trends and recurring issues to identify opportunities for process improvement and enhanced design clarity
• Support development and continuous refinement of RFI management protocols and governance procedures
• Ensure compliance with project documentation standards, approval workflows, and established authority boundaries
• SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Preference would be to be located in Dallas or Houston, TX, but will consider remote for the right candidate
• 5+ 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
  • Similar project collaboration systems
• Strong technical writing and documentation skills
• 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
  • Reliability and redundancy concepts
• Experience operating within sophisticated program management and governance environments
• Exposure to commissioning, design validation, or construction quality processes