We are seeking an agile Engineering Location Lead for Germany to support our Delivery Team at Colt DCS, delivering technical excellence and leadership across Germany projects to ensure on-time and on-budget delivery. You will lead and manage a multi-disciplinary technical and design management team in Germany, delivering multiple Hyperscale data centre projects. You will be responsible for ensuring the technical delivery of these projects and be accountable for consistency and adherence to employer’s requirements and specific customers’ solutions on multiple projects in Germany.
You will report to the Regional Engineering Manager (UK / EUR) of the Major Builds Delivery Team in Colt DCS and be based in Germany with a focus on our Frankfurt portfolio.
You will play a leading role in the delivery of a multi-disciplinary design, managing external engineering consultants and contractors to meet programme, design, and budget for the successful delivery of our projects and to achieve cost-effective and resilient infrastructures in line with Colt’s Global design standards.
The successful candidate must take an agile approach to design, cost, and programme & project management, providing solutions to potential issues and having a direct input to the business performance, ensuring that we, as a team, deliver on time and on budget, every time.
Responsibilities:
1. Ensure the outputs from the German-based engineering team meet the business requirements at a technical level and provide ways of efficient delivery.
2. Align and cross-collaborate with other functions to input into a “one team” mentality from development to operations.
3. Manage the Design Programme to ensure on-time creation and review of Employers Requirements (ER’s), tender information, and design documentation.
4. Steer and guide external Design Consultants and Contractors, ensuring they deliver a design to meet the Design Brief.
5. Apply a commercial approach in all aspects of the work including design, engineering, and construction.
6. Analyse, review, and comment on design proposals, specifications, manuals, and other data submitted for Colt DCS review.
7. Support Project managers to drive project programmes/delivery.
8. Work on Sales requests and liaise with customers to develop specific project design requirements.
Skills and Expertise Required:
1. Excellent people management skills.
2. Strong understanding of design consultants appointments and processes.
3. In-depth knowledge and experience in delivery of mission-critical engineering and built environment design processes.
4. Experience performing commissioning, qualification & change control activities.
5. Experience working in Germany, including planning and development processes.
6. Deep understanding of the digital environment including BIM.
7. Thorough understanding of site planning and interdependent disciplines.
8. Detail-oriented, possess strong organizational skills, and be a self-starter.
Education:
A degree preferably in Electrical Engineering / a technical discipline or relevant industry experience.
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