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Senior Design Manager

Aylin White 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom

$110,000 - $120,000 Full-time Senior

Lead design development for new data centre buildings and major infrastructure upgrades, managing and challenging multidisciplinary teams across MEP, civil, structural, architectural, controls, and specialist disciplines. Coordinate with delivery and operations teams through design, construction, commissioning, and handover, while providing technical leadership and supporting junior Design Managers.

Responsibilities

  • Lead design development for new data centre buildings and major infrastructure upgrades, managing and challenging multidisciplinary teams across MEP, civil, structural, architectural, controls, and specialist disciplines. Coordinate with delivery and operations teams through design, construction, commissioning, and handover, while providing technical leadership and supporting junior Design Managers.

Requirements

  • Requires a BSc/BEng or equivalent in mechanical, electrical, building services engineering, or a related discipline, with 10+ years of engineering or design experience and a strong mechanical or electrical background. Candidates need 5+ years delivering multi-megawatt data centre projects, knowledge of critical infrastructure systems, and experience leading multidisciplinary teams through construction and commissioning.

Key Skills

Design leadership Multidisciplinary team management MEP coordination Civil engineering basics Structural engineering basics Architectural design integration Controls systems knowledge Technical leadership Project lifecycle management Construction documentation Commissioning oversight Mentoring junior designers Stakeholder communication Problem‑solving Strategic planning BSc/BEng background Data centre design Critical infrastructure systems Cross‑functional collaboration Risk assessment

About Aylin White

Established in 2008, Aylin White are a property, engineering and construction recruitment consultancy. Headquartered in London, but active around the world, Aylin White focus on people and roles, not just CVs and job titles. Aylin White spend time meeting each candidate and each client, allowing us to truly understand the needs of the role, and the strengths and weaknesses of each candidate. This allows us to recommend candidates who are looking for careers, as well as the next great project, helping you grow your company. Aylin White are experts in the industry and experts in understanding people, and it’s this expertise, coupled with our unparalleled access to senior executives and industry professionals across their specialist fields, which ensures Aylin White has a successful track record and longstanding clients.

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