Special Projects Design Project Manager

At Switch, we don’t just design, build and operate data centers—we are enabling the technology of the future. Led by Founder & CEO, Rob Roy, we believe in revolutionary innovation, operational excellence and the principle of karma. Switch is where talented people come together to EVOLVE the digital world.

We believe that innovation isn’t just about technology—it’s about the people, culture, and purpose that make it happen. Every Switch team member contributes to a mission greater than themselves: to create the world’s most advanced digital infrastructure that powers the progress of humanity.

As a Special Projects Design Project Manager, you will lead the planning, coordination, and execution of design activities for projects assigned to the Special Projects team. You will manage design from early concept through issued-for-construction documents and support project execution through turnover and closeout.

You will coordinate architects, engineers, consultants, contractors, vendors, and internal teams to ensure designs meet operational needs, project schedules, budgets, and Switch standards. This role requires strong design management, technical judgment, and the ability to identify risks early while keeping multiple complex projects moving forward.

This position reports to the Special Projects Senior Technical Manager.

Lead multiple design projects from concept development through issued-for-construction documents and project execution.

Establish project design scope, objectives, deliverables, schedules, and budget requirements.

Coordinate multidisciplinary design activities across electrical, mechanical, civil, structural, architectural, and telecommunications disciplines.

Manage architects, engineering consultants, and design partners to ensure quality, schedule adherence, and contract performance.

Lead design review meetings and coordinate stakeholder comments, decisions, and resolutions.

Review drawings, specifications, calculations, reports, and other design documents for completeness, accuracy, constructability, and alignment with project requirements.

Ensure designs comply with applicable codes, permitting requirements, industry standards, and Switch requirements.

Support data center expansions, retrofits, upgrades, migrations, infrastructure renewal, and capacity growth projects.

Review consultant proposals, scopes of work, schedules, and fee estimates for alignment with project objectives.

Lead constructability reviews and identify opportunities to reduce execution risk and improve long‑term reliability.

Evaluate value engineering options while protecting design intent, reliability, maintainability, and project objectives.

Maintain design schedules, track milestones, and communicate risks or delays that may affect delivery.

Support project budgeting and cost estimating during planning and design.

Review design changes, engineering revisions, and related impacts to cost, schedule, and operations.

Support procurement through review of equipment specifications, technical requirements, and vendor submittals.

Identify design, constructability, schedule, cost, and operational risks and develop practical mitigation plans.

Maintain accurate project records, design logs, meeting notes, drawing revisions, and document control.

Partner with Operations to ensure designs support long‑term maintainability, efficiency, and reliability.

Develop commissioning requirements, turnover criteria, readiness documentation, and deployment strategies before handoff to build and deployment teams.

Support project closeout, document turnover, as‑built reviews, and lessons learned.

Communicate project status, risks, milestones, decisions, and required actions to leadership and project stakeholders.

You manage complex design work with clear priorities, ownership, and follow‑through.

You communicate technical information clearly to engineers, contractors, Operations, and leadership.

You identify design conflicts and project risks early and bring practical solutions.

You balance quality, constructability, maintainability, schedule, and cost when making…