[Remote] Design Manager (Data Centers)

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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