Job Description
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. EPC Project Management Consulting, LLC is seeking an experienced Design Manager to support large-scale data center and mission-critical projects. This role involves leading complex design efforts, ensuring alignment, quality, and technical excellence throughout the project's design lifecycle.
- Responsibilities
- Leading and integrating all design stakeholders, including the owner, tenant, engineers, and consultants, to ensure alignment with project objectives, standards, and delivery strategy
- Overseeing design progression across all phases—from Feasibility and Front-End Planning and FEL1–FEL3 through Detailed Design and Construction Administration—to maintain continuity, quality, and technical integrity
- Managing design through stage gates and deliverables to ensure decisions are informed, risks are controlled, and scope is clearly defined before advancement
- Confirming design outputs support constructability, procurement sequencing, and schedule execution, reducing downstream rework and delivery risk
- Leading team coordination during construction to preserve design intent, resolve technical issues efficiently, and protect overall project outcomes
- Develop and manage the overall design management plan, including schedules, deliverables, and coordination strategies
- Drive interdisciplinary coordination between architectural, structural, MEP, civil, and specialty systems
- Review and validate design packages for compliance with project standards, client requirements, and regulatory codes
- Identify design risks early and implement mitigation strategies
- Support value engineering and optimization initiatives without compromising reliability or performance
- Manage RFI responses, submittal reviews, and design clarifications during construction
- Provide regular reporting on design progress, risks, and milestones to project leadership and clients
- Skills
- 8+ years of experience in design management, engineering, or project delivery for data centers or mission-critical facilities
- Strong understanding of data center infrastructure including power, cooling, redundancy strategies, and reliability requirements
- Proven experience managing multidisciplinary design teams and consultants
- Experience with FEL processes, stage-gated design delivery, and front-end planning
- Strong knowledge of constructability, procurement sequencing, and construction integration
- Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills
- Ability to work effectively in a remote environment while supporting geographically diverse projects
- Experience supporting hyperscale or colocation data center programs
- Familiarity with BIM coordination and digital design workflows
- Benefits
- 8% match on 401(K) - From day one
- Free Benefits (Dental, Healthcare and Vision) - For yourself and any dependents
- Unlimited PTO
- Free education reimbursement
- Fully remote role with flexibility and periodic travel as required by project needs.
- Opportunity to lead design delivery for high-profile, hyperscale data center projects.
- Collaborative environment working alongside top-tier engineering and construction professionals.
- Long-term, full-time opportunity with a growing project management consultancy.
- Company Overview
- About EPC Project Management Consulting, LLC: EPC Project Management Consulting, LLC provides comprehensive project oversight across Engineering, Procurement, Construction, and Commissioning phases. It was founded in 2019, and is headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina, US, with a workforce of 11-50 employees. Its website is https://Epcprojectconsulting.com.
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