Design Manager - Data Center

Decima International is a professional services company, providing project management and controls services to clients in the United States and the Middle East. Our mission is to become the premier professional services provider across all industry sectors we are engaged in. To accomplish this, Decima International’s founders established a simple yet powerful formula:

Approach each client engagement as a
partnership
, create an environment that attracts the
most talented professionals
and allows them to flourish, and regulate
growth
to maintain
excellence
in our service standards.

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | Onsite

Decima International is a professional services company providing project management and controls services to clients in the United States and the Middle East. Our mission is to become the premier professional services provider across the industries we serve.

We are seeking an experienced Design Manager to lead and coordinate the multidisciplinary design process for major data center projects in Riyadh. The role will ensure design packages are coordinated, constructible, technically compliant, and delivered in line with project requirements and schedule.

The successful candidate will act as a key interface between the Owner, designers, consultants, contractors, and technical disciplines, supporting design development from concept through IFC, construction, commissioning, and closeout.

• Manage multidisciplinary design development from concept through IFC.
• Coordinate CSA, MEP, ICT, Fire Protection, Security, and other technical disciplines.
• Lead multidisciplinary design coordination meetings and track resulting actions.
• Review design packages for technical compliance, completeness, coordination, and constructability.
• Identify design clashes, interface gaps, technical risks, and inconsistencies and drive timely resolution.
• Manage and track RFIs, design comments, submittals, technical clarifications, and outstanding design actions.
• Coordinate closely with designers, consultants, contractors, vendors, and client representatives.
• Support BIM coordination and clash detection / resolution activities.
• Monitor design deliverables against project schedules and
  * escalate* delays or constraints.
• Manage design changes, field changes, and design-related impacts during construction.
• Support constructability reviews and Value Engineering initiatives.
• Assist with technical reviews of long-lead equipment and major system packages.
• Ensure design interfaces between architecture, structure, MEP, ICT, security, and specialist systems are properly coordinated.
• Support resolution of site-based design issues during construction.
• Prepare design progress reports, dashboards, and client presentations.
• Maintain clear tracking of design risks, decisions, approvals, and outstanding actions.
• Support testing, commissioning, handover, and project closeout activities from a design perspective.
• Ensure design deliverables comply with applicable codes, standards, project specifications, and client requirements.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline.
• Strong experience in multidisciplinary design management and coordination.
• Experience managing complex design packages through concept, design development, and IFC stages.