MEP Design Director - Data Center Construction

MEP Design Director - Data Center Construction

• Full-time

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over
22,000 peoplein more than 60 countries.

Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure,energyand natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.

Our capabilities includeprogramme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.

We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estateservicesand investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premierprogramme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

Turner & Townsend
are seeking an experienced
MEP Design Director
to join our team. The MEP Design Director serves asthe client’sMEP engineering subject‑matter expert and owner’s representative for data center development projects. This role leads and oversees all MEP engineering design activities from early siteduediligence through construction,monitoring technical quality, regulatory compliance, constructability, andtimelyproject delivery.

The position manages external MEP engineering consultants and partners while working closely with clients internal Development, Construction, Utilities, Power, Environmental, and Innovation & Engineering teams. The MEP Design Lead plays a critical role in managing risk, accelerating speed‑to‑market, andmonitoringthatsite designs support scalable, resilient, and repeatable data center campus development.

Key Responsibilities:

MEP Design & Technical Leadership:

• OverseeMEP engineering design efforts across all phases of development, including due diligence, conceptual design, detailed design, construction support, and closeout.
• Serve asthe client’sMEP SME, providing technical and design managementoversightthroughout the design development process.
• Monitor that allMEP plans, calculations, specifications, and reports are approved and“stamped” by the Engineer/Architect of Record (EoR/AoR), prior to commencing with construction activities.
• Facilitate the design assurance processandmonitorthat client comments and feedbackarecaptured and addressed throughout theMEP design development processtoclient requirements.
• Collaboratingwithotherdisciplines leadsas well as other client departments to verify compliance with applicable codes, safety requirements, and jurisdictional regulations.
• Support complex design challenges and non‑standard solutions in collaboration with the Innovation & Engineering team.
• SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

Site Due Diligence & Early Development

• Leverage MEP engineering project experience to support early site due diligence, test fits, conceptual grading, drainage, utility routing, access planning, and off‑site infrastructure evaluation.
• Contribute to theidentification ofsite constraints, risks, and mitigation strategies related to grading, drainage, soils, floodplains, utilities, and constructability.
• Support siteselectionand acquisition decisions with clear technical recommendations.

Consultant & Stakeholder Management

• Manage and oversee external MEP engineering consultants, surveyors, geotechnical engineers, andpermittingspecialists.
• Coordinate with construction teamsto resolve MEP design issues and support construction execution.
• Build andmaintainstrong working relationships with municipalities, AHJs, public works…