Senior Design Manager

France - Mainly Paris

I am looking to recruit a Senior Design Manager to work for a Data Centre Global Operator based in France.

The role can be based remotely with travel required to Paris on regular basis. You will primarily support projects in Europe but will also have input on projects across the wider region which will include a variety of new construction, phased expansion, upgrade and fitout projects.

You will drive a multi-disciplinary design delivery process acting as the primary contact to external design vendors, liaising with various internal stakeholders and consulting with other members to ensure best design decisions are made with careful assessment of risks and opportunities.

Your responsibilities

Design Delivery

• Drive/support end to end design delivery process starting from brief definition and internal alignment with various stakeholders, to appointment, management and review of external design vendors that carry out design work for projects
• Work in conjunction with associated Project Manager for each project to ensure design delivery is progressing in line with projects brief, agreed budget and programme
• Undertake and/or supervise design reviews to ensure compliance with company design standards, local code requirements and the project brief.
• Ensure regular reporting of progress against agreed plans to senior members of Design and Engineering and the associated project managers.
• Advise and ensure corrective action taken promptly to address any design issues
• Ensure quality and value for money received through third party appointments

Technical & Process Improvement

• Undertake specialist reviews within scope of your technical expertise
• Help development of new tools, processes, and procedures for best practice design management
• Contribute driving innovation in design to improve reliability, constructability and ease of operation keeping a focus on sustainability
• Develop and manage long term relationships with key third party design and equipment vendors
• Interface with peers within other departments within the region and with peers in D&E teams globally

Your profile

• Experience in design of mission critical and/or similar hi-tech content M&E led industries, Ideally Data Centres.
• Experience working in the french construction, ideally with permitting experience
• Experience working within multi-disciplinary design teams, preferably in a leading role
• Experience in design consultant/client engineer/site engineer/contractor engineer roles
• International experience and outlook both in type of company (multi-national Consultant/Contractor/Operator) and project experience (have worked on projects outside home country, ideally have lived outside home country for a period)
• Good written and oral communication skills in English and French to a business level

Please email your CV