Data Centre Senior Design Manager Mechanical Electrical Engineer

Description

Job Description

We have an exciting opportunity for a Data Centre Senior Design Manager to join our UAE team in Dubai. As human‑centred engineering consultants and advisors, we are trusted by our clients, business partners, communities and other stakeholders across the Middle East and Africa.

We co‑create engineering solutions that have a positive impact and improve people’s lives. Zutari values inclusion and recognises the importance of a diverse, talented workforce, believing that people need other people to succeed.

We employ high performing talent with the right attitude and a positive mindset, who are motivated by doing the right thing, getting things done, striving to do things better than yesterday and share a sense of urgency. People who have an impact in our teams and the broader community. People who think differently and connect with those around them to co‑create new opportunities and leave a meaningful legacy.

As part of our UAE – Built Environment Unit, you will be a key member of the delivery team focused on managing the designs of hyperscale and colocation data centres, from site due diligence through to detailed design, tender documents and site delivery and handover. You will maintain excellent client relationships with our existing clients as well as grow our business by establishing new ones.

With your experience, ability to see the greater picture, accuracy, drive for standardisation and eye for detail, you will assist our team to co‑create an engineered impact to our clients.

Your Data Centre Design Experience Will See You Leading Dynamic Project Teams To Co‑create Engineering Solutions Digitally. You Will Bridge The Gap Between The Various Design And Execution Teams, Ensuring That Our Designs

• Meet and exceed our client requirements
• Holistically delivered with high quality, across all disciplines

• Oversee the design and coordination of all design disciplines for your projects, from start to completion to satisfy design and our quality requirements.
• Ensure all design work is completed within the project timelines and budgets.
• Develop technical and financial proposals for new projects.
• Perform peer reviews.
• Detect, track and resolve any issues or discrepancies that arise during the design stages that arises due to scope changes, errors or inconsistencies.
• Regularly review client engineering requirements and SOW documentation, ensuring designs align with client needs and requirements, raising variance orders pro‑actively.
• Analysing project requirements in the context of various codes and standards and develop conceptual designs through to a set of construction information.
• Act as the primary point of contact between the design team, the client, and other key stakeholders.
• Coordinate and attend design meetings, presenting updates, challenges, and solutions.
• Translate technical design details into layman terms for clients and other non‑technical stakeholders.
• Identify and address potential design changes and risks that could lead to cost overruns.
• Work with the quantity surveyors or cost estimators to ensure that designs are cost‑effective.
• Assign tasks to design team members based on their skills and experience.
• Monitor and manage workload distribution to prevent bottlenecks and ensure timely completion.
• Mentor and support the design team, promoting continuous learning and professional growth.
• Implement and oversee quality control processes for design outputs.
• Ensure designs meet internal and agreed external standards and regulations.
• Ensure all contractual documentation (drawings, calculations, specifications, etc.) are correctly maintained throughout the lifecycle of projects.
• Identify potential design‑related risks and work with the team to develop mitigation strategies.
• Stay updated with industry trends, technologies, and best practices.
• Provide guidance on the application of appropriate design software, methodologies, and tools. Identifies scripts and add‑ins to automate repetitive design aspects and/or to check various design compliance aspects (using e.g. Dynamo, Python) and…