IT & Software

Technical Design Lead- Data Centres

AECOM

Birmingham · West Midlands · United Kingdom

Overview

As Technical Design Lead, you will steer the design and delivery of hyperscale, colocation, and enterprise data centre projects across Europe. You will manage multidisciplinary design teams and maintain strong client relationships in a fast-paced, client-facing environment. You’ll oversee from due diligence to construction documentation while mitigating risks and ensuring quality. This role offers career progression and the chance to contribute to high-profile projects at a global scale.

Pay / Benefits
  • hybrid work options
  • comprehensive compensation and benefits
  • well-being programs
  • global opportunities
  • career progression
  • engaged, diverse workplace
Responsibilities
  • Lead and coordinate multi-disciplinary design teams across UKI and Europe
  • Oversee all phases of data centre projects from due diligence to construction documentation
  • Ensure timely, high-quality design outputs meeting client requirements
  • Identify and mitigate project risks with innovative solutions
  • Support commercial governance, ensuring compliance and risk mitigation
  • Build and maintain trusted client relationships and interface with Client CAM
  • Present to clients and stakeholders ensuring timely delivery
  • Collaborate to ensure localisation and permitting compliance
  • Respond to client requirements in a timely manner
Key requirements
  • Chartered Engineer or Architect (or equivalent professional qualification)
  • Extensive experience in data centre design and/or project management
  • Proven experience leading multi-disciplinary teams on complex data centre projects
  • Strong understanding of permitting processes, building systems, regulations, and construction methodologies
  • Ability to manage multiple projects and meet tight deadlines in a dynamic environment
  • Willingness to travel as required
  • Excellent communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills
  • communication
  • interpersonal skills
  • presentation skills
  • data centre design
  • leading multi-disciplinary teams
  • permitting processes, building systems, regulations, construction methodologies

Reference: WJ-747_30173773

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