Design Manager, Emea - Zurich, Schweiz - Vantage Data Centers

Beschreibung

À PROPOS DE VANTAGE DATA CENTERS
Vantage s'engage à être un lieu de travail d'inclusion, d'équité, de respect et d'acceptation. Nous célébrons la diversité et cherchons intentionnellement des occasions d'apprendre des expériences de chacun.

Vantage Data Centers alimente, refroidit, protège et connecte la technologie des plus grands joueurs hyperscale, des fournisseurs de solutions infonuagiques et des grandes entreprises.

Présente dans six marchés en Amérique du Nord et six en Europe, Vantage innove dans la conception des centres de données pour offrir des gains spectaculaires en termes de fiabilité, d'efficacité et de durabilité ainsi que des environnements flexibles qui peuvent évoluer aussi vite que le marché l'exige.

Vantage connaît une croissance exponentielle grâce à ses installations nouvelles jumelées à ses acquisitions à travers l'Amérique du Nord et l'Europe.

• Position Description
• Vantage is seeking an accomplished Design Manager for Switzerland to join our design team, leading the design and engineering efforts for the largest cost center in the construction and development delivery process.
• In this role, you will champion product performance and technical excellence, managing multifunctional teams of skilled engineers focused on critical data center infrastructure systems.
• You will take ownership of the entire design life cycle for both existing and new developments in your region.
• Your responsibilities will encompass the coordination of design documentation review and approval, oversight of designbuild contractor design teams, and technical evaluation of proposals for Owner Furnished Contractor Installed (OFCI) and General Contractor (GC) components during procurement.
• Serving as the point of contact for department leaders involved in the project cycle, you will facilitate seamless collaboration between Sales and Solutions Engineering, EH&S, New Site Development, M&E, BIM, CSA, Sustainability, Development Delivery, Customer Construction, Automation & Controls, Security, IT, and Operations. Collaboration and coordination with other regional managers and directors, as well as the Innovation Engineering team, Policy, Compliance, and Customer Experience will ensure uniformity in product delivery.
• You will work in close relationship with Design Services to provide recurrent reporting on performance of your region, improve design processes, define design strategies and align and coordinate lessons learned.
• In collaboration with your team, you'll tackle intricate engineering challenges and guide their resolution. Upholding and enhancing existing standards for each project, you'll conduct engineering analyses to balance capital and operational expenditures.
• Your role will encompass interfacing with clients throughout the design and construction phases, assuming responsibility for the technical client relationship.
• You will provide comprehensive technical engineering guidance to ensure alignment with project requirements, engineering standards, codes, and specifications, demonstrating an indepth grasp of engineering principles relevant to stateofthe art data center design.
• Key Responsibilities
• Design Leadership: Lead the development, review, maintenance, and enhancement of design packages, standards, and specifications to ensure consistent, reliable systems.
• Project Oversight: Attend assigned sites regularly and frequently. Manage external design teams ensuring their collaboration aligns with design and sustainability goals. This includes actively managing designrelated RFIs, design deviations, and change requests onsite and driving timely responses from internal and external SMEs.
• Client Interaction and Reporting: Foster strong client relationships by leading technical meetings and offering support to Sales and Solutions Engineering, Customer experience, Development Delivery, and Operations. Provide regular, detailed updates on design progress, risks, blockers, changes, and priorities to Vantage Regional Project Lead and, if and when necessary, to Vantage Leadership Team.
• Procurement and

Vendor Management:

Support procurement and regional project lead and oversee the selection of local partners for design development, contract oversight, and Value Engineering (VE) implementation with the General Contractor (GC) and Engineer of Record (EOR).

In addition, be the single point of contact (SPOC) for Owner Furnished & Contractor Installed (OFCI) equipment technical submittals, performance specs, and detailed design in cooperation with the Procurement team.

• Process Improvement: Develop and enhance design, procurement, and construction processes to streamline Operations delivery, including change management with consultants and contractors.
• Quality Assurance and

Risk Management:
Anticipate, report, and mitigate design and engineering quality, risks, and opportunities through regular inspections on site in coordination with the