Design Manager - Data Center

Overview

Are you looking for a highly rewarding opportunity that provides extensive career growth opportunity? Gilbane is seeking a Design Manager – Data Center who will lead the integration of design and construction teams to deliver coordinated, constructible, and cost-effective designs on schedule and within budget. This role supports advanced delivery models (Design-Build, IPD, P3, EPC), ensuring design intent, risk management, and project readiness for execution.

As a Top‑10 ENR Contractor, Gilbane is a family‑owned business with 45 offices that has been shaping communities since 1870. Consistently recognized as one of the most reputable construction management firms in the country, Gilbane is committed to delivering projects safely and on‑time. You will have the opportunity to build schools, labs, hospitals, corporate offices, sports arenas and more!

You act inclusively, show empathy, treat others with respect and dignity, listen to understand, convey information clearly, solve problems, prioritize, implement alternatives, collaborate, and drive results. A self‑starter who shows passion, commitment, ownership, and a dedication to excellence. Your core values match Gilbane’s:
Integrity, Caring, Teamwork, Tough mindedness, Dedication to Excellence, Discipline, Loyalty, and Entrepreneurship.

Gilbane offers multi‑dimensional training opportunities through Gilbane University, allowing you to build leadership and technical skills while working with an experienced team that provides daily learning. Protect and promote the interests of both Gilbane and the client in all matters as a developing leader.

• Serve as primary liaison between design and construction teams during proposals.
• Lead strategy for design services breakdown and integration of specialty consultants or design/build trades.
• Define technical scope, manage RFIs, and ensure comprehensive bridging documents.
• Develop and maintain design deliverable schedules aligned with procurement and build phases.
• Validate A/E scope and fee structure; support teaming agreements.
• Collaborate with estimating to break down RFPs and support subcontractor/vendor pricing.
• Assemble and maintain the Endorsed Project Baseline (proposal, estimate, contract, schedule).
• Identify and communicate requirements to clarify RFPs for design and construction.

• Oversee design progression to ensure alignment with budget, schedule, and constructability.
• Facilitate design charrettes, team chartering, and owner approval processes.
• Coordinate permitting process and maintain related schedules.
• Monitor and document design changes, minimizing scope creep.
• Lead design risk management, including cost‑benefit analyses for RFIs and changes.
• Ensure Health & Safety integration: complete safety risk assessments, introduce hierarchy of controls, and incorporate logistics planning into design.
• Ensure effective coordination between the VDC team and the design team for digital modeling, clash detection, and constructability reviews.
• Maintain tools for tracking design issues and changes.
• Promote a design‑build mindset and collaboration between disciplines.
• Oversee and validate design team invoices.

• Communicate design scope and intent to construction teams.
• Support development of construction budgets from design estimates.
• Assist in trade contractor/supplier scope definition and procurement.
• Provide feedback for future bids and risk assessments.
• Resolve scope conflicts and develop recovery plans as needed.
• Ensure design team responsiveness to field issues and facilitate risk‑mitigating solutions.

• Oversee design QA/QC for regulatory and standards compliance.
• Improve documentation of design basis and assumptions.
• Emphasize the importance of delivering the proposed design and managing scope changes.

• Bachelor’s degree in Architecture, Engineering, Construction Management, or related field.
• 10+ years’ experience in design/project management for large‑scale construction.
• Proven experience with advanced delivery…