Design Manager

Overview

Lead design team and manage design submissions for a data centre project.

Key Responsibilities

• risk register
• leed management
• design coordination
• submittal process
• ifc management
• design workshops

Tasks

-Populate a design risk register ensuring Winthrop senior management and the client are aware of all potential upcoming risk to the program -Manage and coordinate the LEED requirements for the project as per the client's requirements, liaise with the client's design team and external LEED consultants in weekly / monthly meetings and issue reports/ minutes, generate monthly reports on progress and design to achieve the clients LEED requirements -Coordinate with the client's design team for the project build and site wide design and services -Ensure contractors are submitting all required documentation, O&M manuals and uploading to the approved client platforms -Report design & engineering progress in weekly client meetings highlighting any concerns/risks to the project -Manage the design and submittal process for the FFE package in the admin buildings ensuring on time delivery -Ensure project quality plans are submitted and QA procedures are implemented on site, liaise with TWD and client PSDA management on Temporary works requirements / traffic management designs and design risk assessments as per the project requirements -Manage IFC releases and updates ensuring coordination with the design team and Winthrop engineers ensuring they are fully up to date with current designs, changes to be raised to change management as required -Work with a market leader in the Data centre Construction industry -Plan and lead design & engineering workshops with in house and external discipline engineers to resolve any issues and ensure progressed ahead of site activities -Lead weekly Design/Engineering meetings with internal and external teams to review engineering plan/progress, expedite/escalate any urgent items -Coordinate the Winthrop design teams and external design consultants ensuring the design development is on program to allow construction to progress. -Coordinate contractor construction drawing and models ensuring drawings are cut and approved in time for construction to proceed on program -Manage the Technical submittal (TS) process ensuring the specification is adhered too and TS are submitted in a timely manner to allow the Design team review, comment and follow up -Manage the design query process raising issues in weekly workshops with follow up RFI's raised with any changes to be raised to change management. -Manage, co-ordinate and organise, through weekly meetings, the OFCI vendors appointed directly by the client, to ensure that they deliver on time, in accordance with the specifications. This will include preparation and submission of technical submissions to the design team and to identify any discrepancies -Manage contractors as built drawing and model ensuring timely submissions as per the project requirements and planned handover

Requirements

• 5+ years
• degree
• data centres
• organisational
• communication
• time management

What You Bring

An ambitious and outgoing design manager with a demonstrated history working within the construction industry on major projects. -5+ years' experience in the delivery of large-scale projects including office fitouts, retail, hotels, schools, data centres, etc -Degree level background preferred, in relevant construction discipline -Excellent organisational, communication, and time management skills -Data centre experience would be advantageous

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Benefits

-Competitive salary packages -Long-term career progression opportunities and professional development support

About Winthrop Technologies

-Headquartered in Dublin and active across nine European countries, tackling high‑stakes projects in Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Warsaw, Sweden and beyond. -Masters of complexity, integrating civil, structural, architectural, mechanical, electrical and commissioning under one roof. -Pioneers in off‑site fabrication and early BIM adoption, speeding up construction without sacrificing quality. -Service arm handles mission‑critical mechanical & electrical maintenance for major clients like Google and Dell.

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