Job Description
AECOM Enterprise Capabilities is seeking a talented and experienced Design Manager - Data Centers to be based in Bogota, Colombia. The qualified candidate will oversee a wide variety of colocation and hyper‑scale data center projects from site due diligence, campus planning, conceptual/schematic/detailed design through construction documents, and construction administration.
Responsibilities
- Identify, onboard, and offboard design resources in coordination with department leadership (as needed to support project execution).
- Lead data center core and shell due diligence and design projects (including civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, security, and fire protection for greenfield and add/move/change projects) from start to finish, ensuring budget/schedule adherence, satisfaction of design requirements, and repeatable quality.
- Develop and enforce multi‑site project and program management plans.
- Administer, oversee, and perform peer review and quality checks in line with client and AECOM standards.
- Oversee and maintain responsibility for project basis of design and localization process.
- Establish and oversee a process to detect, track and resolve scope changes, errors, or inconsistencies throughout the design process.
- Host and attend meetings with clients and external stakeholders.
- Manage and grow AECOM’s data center design team, fostering a sense of camaraderie, collective ownership, and collaboration.
- Proactively manage and communicate change throughout the project both within AECOM and to our clients.
- Identify problems early and develop creative solutions.
- Proactively communicate with all stakeholders to provide project updates and resolve outstanding issues.
- Develop technical and financial proposals for new and add/move/change data center design projects.
- Develop trusting relationships with client stakeholders.
- Oversee preparation of project administration documents.
Qualifications
Minimum Requirements
📌 Design Manager (Bogotá)
🏢 AECOM
📍 Bogotá