Design Integration Manager (Data Centre)

Design Integration Manager

UK, Hybrid, Travel requirements UK & Internationally

Permanent Opportunity

This consultancy is a global provider of data centre services, specialising in the development and operation of high performance, scalable, and secure data centre facilities. They serve a diverse range of clients, including cloud service providers, telecommunications companies, and enterprise customers.

We are currently seeking to onboarding a Design Integration Manager/Engineer that can support the project journey across the following milestones:

Preconstruction

• Support contractor pre-qualification, bidding, bid reviews, and recommendations.
• Assist with contract negotiations (fees, mark-ups, insurance, labour rates, escalation, etc.) with engineering, PMs, and legal teams.
• Coordinate engineering programs, including:
• Technical due diligence of third-party/colocation data centres.
• Data centre audit program (scheduling, info gathering, and delivering audit reports).
• Lead constructability reviews and ensure design documents align with project requirements.
• Help scope, procure, and schedule all direct vendors and consultants.

Construction

• Manage design related cost and change control, review and negotiate change orders and assess delays.
• Support value engineering to optimize cost and design intent.
• Monitor and analyze the project schedule with attention to design dependencies.
• Oversee document control (addenda, bulletins, drawing updates, clarifications).
• Ensure QA/QC processes are followed and report gaps or risks.
• Process and track invoices and payment applications tied to design-related vendors.
• Maintain logs for submittals, RFIs, change orders, invoices, payments, and lien releases.
• Coordinate and manage design-impacting vendors and consultants.
• Verify HSE compliance where design interactions are relevant.

Close Out / Fit-Up

• Coordinate with engineering and stakeholder teams to execute the close out strategy.
• Support close-out engineering tasks starting 2–3 months before completion.
• Define and track close-out documentation (as-builts, warranties, O&Ms, etc.).
• Assist with final authority inspections and occupancy processes.
• Manage punch list, substantial completion, and final completion activities tied to design scope.
• Help resolve outstanding change orders, design issues, and disputes.
• Coordinate remaining vendor and consultant activities through project finish.

Key Priority for This Role

• Lead the technical due diligence review when the client selects a data hall from a colocation provider.
• Ensure the facility meets technical and operational requirements by working with internal engineering teams and colocation partners.
• Provide technical support throughout fit out.
• Support ongoing audits once the data hall is operational.