The Position
As Design Manager for Data Centres (MEP), based in London, you will lead multi-disciplinary design delivery across high-profile mission critical projects. You’ll manage multidisciplinary teams and stakeholders to ensure seamless, high-quality outcomes, providing technical and commercial leadership from concept through to handover and post-handover stages.
You will act as NDY’s primary client liaison on design matters, championing design excellence, collaboration and sustainable solutions in complex, energy-intensive environments.
Key Challenges
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Managing complex, multidisciplinary design teams and stakeholders under tight timeframes
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Delivering resilient facility designs within challenging budget constraints
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Balancing client requirements and industry standards with innovative, sustainable design approaches
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Demonstrating NDY’s market-leading engineering to drive repeat business and growth
Your Key Accountabilities
Project delivery & design management
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Project delivery and design managementLead and coordinate MEP design activities from concept to handover, ensuring integration across disciplines
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Manage programme, cost and risk, resolving issues to meet commercial objectives
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Maintain design documentation, including risk registers, change logs and quality assurance
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Coordinate technical deliverables such as specifications, calculations and design reports
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Facilitate design reviews, client meetings and workshops
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Support procurement, testing, commissioning and post-handover activities
Client and stakeholder management
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Serve as primary client contact for design matters, effectively managing expectations
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Build strong relationships with architects, engineers, contractors and other stakeholders
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Identify and pursue business opportunities through client engagement and networking
People leadership and development
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People leadership and developmentMentor, coach and manage project engineers, designers and consultants
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Foster a collaborative, inclusive team culture that promotes knowledge sharing and growth
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Ensure adherence to NDY’s quality, health and safety, and sustainability standards
What We’re Looking For
Qualifications and certifications
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Bachelor’s degree in mechanical or electrical engineering or equivalent
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Chartered Engineer status preferred or working towards
Skills and experience
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7–12 years’ experience managing MEP design on data centres or mission critical projects
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Strong knowledge of data centre systems: UPS, standby generation, electrical distribution, earthing, battery systems, CRAC/CRAH, chilled water, pumping, controls/BMS
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Proven success leading multidisciplinary teams and delivering on time and budget
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Experience managing client relationships and stakeholder communications on complex projects
Additional Skills
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Excellent communication and presentation skills
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Commercially aware with strong problem-solving and decision-making capability
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Capable of working independently and collaboratively under pressure
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Familiarity with Uptime Institute tiering, ISO/IEC critical facility standards is desirable
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Experience in sustainable and low-carbon design for high-energy facilities is a plus
