Design Manager

Job Description

The Campus Design Manager will represent the owner and lead multidisciplinary design delivery for a large-scale, multi-building data center campus in Charlotte, NC. This individual will oversee design coordination across civil, structural, architectural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, controls, utilities, security, networking, and other supporting infrastructure. The Design Manager will lead the design process from design development through construction, commissioning, and operational turnover, ensuring all disciplines are properly integrated and aligned with project requirements. Responsibilities include managing architects and engineering consultants, leading interdisciplinary design reviews, identifying constructability and coordination issues, tracking design schedules and deliverables, resolving technical conflicts, and coordinating design decisions with construction, procurement, commissioning, project controls, and operations teams. This person will also support long-lead equipment strategy, vendor technical reviews, submittals, design changes, and critical project decisions. They will be responsible for identifying design risks early and driving issues to resolution while balancing safety, reliability, quality, schedule, cost, constructability, maintainability, and long-term operations. This is a senior, on-site leadership role requiring someone who is technically credible, proactive, decisive, and comfortable managing multiple workstreams in a fast-paced project environment. The underlying design role specifically emphasizes multidisciplinary coordination and ownership across design, procurement, construction, commissioning, and turnover.

Required Skills & Experience

• 10+ years of experience delivering large, complex capital projects

• Experience leading multidisciplinary design across several technical disciplines

• Strong understanding of MEP + CSA systems and how they integrate within a large facility

• Experience managing design through design development, construction, commissioning, and turnover

• Experience managing architects, engineering consultants, contractors, and vendors

• Ability to review and understand design drawings, specifications, submittals, RFIs, schedules, and change documentation

• Experience owning design schedule, quality, risk, scope, and change

• Large-scale vertical construction, industrial, mission-critical, advanced manufacturing, semiconductor, or similar complex project experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, or related field; equivalent experience may be considered

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

• Hyperscale or enterprise data center experience

• Owner’s representative experience

• Experience leading design across a multi-building campus

• Fast-track design-build experience

• Long-lead equipment/procurement experience

• PE, RA, PMP, or similar certification

• Autodesk Construction Cloud, Bluebeam, Primavera P6, BIM/VDC, or Power BI experience