Design & Engineering Standards Lead (m​/f​/d

Position: Design & Engineering Standards Lead (m/f/d)
Shape the future of design standards for mission-critical infrastructure

We are looking for an experienced EMEA Design & Engineering Standards Lead to own and evolve regional Design, Engineering and Construction standards across our new-build data center developments in EMEA. This is a senior individual contributor role within the Design, Engineering & Construction function, working closely with regional and global design and engineering teams to assist in technical consistency, change management, quality, and continuous improvement across the portfolio.

You will act as a subject matter expert for design standards, providing technical guidance, reviewing design deliverables, and helping ensure that projects are delivered in line with global standards, customer expectations, safety requirements, and commercial objectives as well as driving EMEA standards updates and improvements.

Candidates should have a good multi-disciplinary technical knowledge, considerable experience within the data centre market and an ability to scope and manage external engineering team. Candidates should be good communicators with experience of driving options alignment around sometimes complex technical issues.

Your Role As Regional Design & Engineering Standards Lead (m/f/d), you will play a key role in driving design quality, consistency, and technical excellence across the region:

Own, manage, and continuously update the Regional Design Engineering Guidelines in close collaboration with global and regional design teams

Review and QA/QC design deliverables across regional projects to ensure compliance with design standards, engineering guidelines, and business requirements

Act as a subject matter expert for design reviews, providing technical guidance and responding to design escalations from project teams

Attend design page turn meetings, identify inconsistencies or missing information, and support the close-out of design actions

Chair regional design knowledge-share sessions and technical discussions to drive alignment and best practice across teams

Support the tracking and approval of design deviations against baseline standards and provide feedback into the global design standards change process

Engage with consultants, contractors, vendors, and internal stakeholders to improve design management and delivery across CSA and MEPH disciplines

Represent the business in design-related forums, supplier discussions, and technical conversations with external partners

Your impact

Help shape the next generation of regional data center design standards

Ensure design solutions support safety, quality, operational excellence, cost efficiency, and schedule performance

Provide technical input across projects that directly influence regional development delivery

Drive continuous improvement by identifying lessons learned, design risks, quality issues, and opportunities for innovation

Support collaboration between Design, Construction, Operations, Sales Engineering, consultants, vendors, and wider business functions

What you bring
10+ years of experience in data center design, ideally within a multi-disciplinary design environment

Strong technical background in CSA and/or MEPH disciplines, with a solid understanding of design, construction, and commissioning interfaces

Experience supporting or delivering multiple large-scale developments, preferably in mission-critical or highly technical environments

Strong understanding of design governance, engineering standards, change control, and consultant or contractor interfaces

Confidence explaining and defending technical design decisions to customers, contractors, consultants, and senior stakeholders

Ability to communicate complex technical topics clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences

Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence, challenge constructively, and resolve competing priorities across cost, quality, risk, and schedule

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, or equivalent relevant experience; chartered status would be an advantageA bit about us Digital Realty is the leading provider of carrier and cloud neutral data centre…