We are seeking an agile Engineering Location Lead for Germany to support our Delivery Team at Colt DCS, delivering technical excellence and leadership across the 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 with 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
• Ensure the outputs from the German-based engineering team meet the business requirements at a technical level and provide ways of efficient delivery.
• Align and cross collaborate with other functions to input into a “one team” mentality from development to operations.
• Manage the Design Programme to ensure on-time creation and review of Employers Requirements (ER’s), tender information, and design documentation issued for planning and construction.
• Steer, guide, and challenge the external Design Consultants and Contractors when required, taking a ‘Trust but Verify’ approach.
• Apply a commercial approach in all aspects of the work including design, engineering, and construction.
• Analyze, review, and comment on design proposals, specifications, manuals, and other data submitted for Colt DCS review on BIM 360 Platform.
• Support Project managers to drive project programmes/delivery while working closely with design engineers and construction teams.
Skills and Expertise Required
• Excellent people management skills to enable efficient communication, provide motivation, build trust amongst participants and stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of design consultants appointments and processes.
• In-depth knowledge and experience in delivery of mission critical engineering, built environment design processes, MEP strategies, and technologies.
• Substantial experience in the built environment engineering industry.
• Experience performing commissioning, qualification & change control activities related to electrical systems, life safety, HVAC, etc.
• Experience working in Germany including planning and development processes with experience in the RIBA stage gate delivery process.
• Deep understanding of the digital environment including BIM and technology that can assist in the engineering and construction process.
• Detail-oriented with strong organizational skills, and a self-starter that can excel with little direction.
Education
A degree preferably in Electrical Engineering / a technical discipline or relevant industry experience.
Languages
Excellent written and verbal German and English skills.
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