Data Center Detailed Design & MEP Execution Lead

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Date:
Sep 10, 2026

Location:

Overland Park, KS, US

Company:
Black & Veatch Family of Companies

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Company :Black & Veatch Corporation

Opportunity Type :Staff

Project Only Hire :No

Why Black & Veatch?

At Black & Veatch, you’ll be part of work that matters—designing, creating, and building the infrastructure communities rely on every day, from concept through execution.

We care about how the work gets done as much as what we build. Safety is built into every decision, and people look out for each other—speaking up, collaborating, and doing the right thing because it affects real lives.

You’ll work alongside teams solving complex challenges and turning ideas into solutions that perform in the real world—gaining hands‑on experience across projects, technologies, and disciplines.

Ownership shows up in how we work. We take responsibility for outcomes, follow through on commitments, and take pride in what we deliver. As a 100% employee‑owned company, employees share in the long‑term success we build together.

With flexible ways of working and meaningful development opportunities, you’ll build a career you can be proud to stand behind.

Black & Veatch is seeking an experienced Data Center Detailed Design & MEP Execution Lead to provide executive‑level technical and delivery leadership for hyperscale, colocation, and mission‑critical data center design programs. The leader will be accountable for establishing the execution model, assembling and developing multidisciplinary teams, and delivering coordinated design through construction documents and construction administration.

This role will connect project directors, project managers, engineering managers, discipline leads, BIM/VDC, quality, and regional delivery teams. The successful candidate will bring deep data center design experience and the ability to translate client requirements and basis‑of‑design criteria into safe, reliable, constructible, scalable, and commercially sound design deliverables.

The position is delivery focused. It is expected to strengthen detailed design execution, technical integration, quality, predictable performance, and repeatability across a growing portfolio.

Detailed Design Delivery Leadership

• Lead multidisciplinary data center design execution from concept and basis of design through schematic design, design development, permitting, construction documents, procurement support, construction administration, and closeout.
• Establish the project‑specific design execution plan, organization, workshare model, design schedule, deliverable register, decision cadence, and discipline interfaces.
• Provide oversight across mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, controls, civil, structural, architecture, telecom/security interfaces, and campus utility connections.
• Ensure designs support reliability, redundancy, maintainability, resiliency, energy and water performance, phased deployment, and future expansion requirements.

MEP and Technical Integration

• Lead integration of critical power, cooling, plumbing, fire protection, controls, and building…