Facilities Engineering Specialist

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The Facilities Engineering and Design Specialist is a key member of the Critical Facilities Engineering and Design team and a contributor to the Design/Build/Operate effort. This role works closely with relevant internal stakeholders to and cross-functional teams to manage one or more data center design projects.

This role contributes to the design development, as well as the production of Construction Documents and specifications. This effort involves coordination between NTT GDC and outside consultants including Structural, Mechanical, Electrical, and Civil Engineers and Landscape Architects.

This role may be responsible for managing consultant contracts. Their duties will extend to non-technical, or accounting tasks related to the delivery of the work.

This role requires a creative, detail-oriented problem-solving ability with excellent communication skills that can achieve high quality standards while carefully considering cost and feasibility factors.

In addition, this role requires good judgment to meet project objectives, with the ability to collaborate and manage the accountabilities of a diverse interdisciplinary team focused on creating and maintaining the best Data Center environments in the industry.

**Key role and responsibilities**:

- Prepare and execute Architectural and Engineering Consultant Agreements defining Scope of Work, Scope of Services and Fees based on Owner’s Project Requirements, design standards, and system specifications
- Prepare scope of work, scope of services, and solicitations for services including Request for Qualifications/Request for Proposals, evaluation of same and justification for selection
- Ensure there is alignment and accountabilities between Owner’s requirements and Construction Documents provided to Construction and Supply Chain. Manage the quality and timeliness of the AE’s performance
- Review and approval of consultant invoices
- Interact with AHJs (Authorities Having Jurisdiction) for initial planning, requirements identification and approvals, and maintaining relations from the approval process through project completion
- Prepare monthly project specific design work plans, schedules, and budgets
- Effective daily management of the project design team (internal and external) and Equipment Suppliers to ensure the provision of required level of services in a pro-active and professional manner to enable other departments to fulfil their role.
- Assign and manage workload of Consultants to ensure they do not get overwhelmed, which may lead to quality issues.
- Ensure all potential/ongoing projects are properly documented, designed, and priced per customer/lease requirements
- Participate as Owner’s representative in AOC and OAC meetings; keeping all levels of internal stakeholders knowledgeable of design elements and changes; coordinating design presentations between Owner group and AE Consultants.
- Contribute to the continuous development of program standards and specifications.
- Provide guidance to all verticals regarding most efficient & best cost solutions.
- Assist Product Team and Construction Team on pricing by providing equipment and design guidelines
- As requested, assists with existing facilities’ capital and Tenant Improvement projects.
- Develop design concepts for new projects based on Owner’s Project Requirements and the project business case
- Review appropriateness of design based on locality specifics, convention, local experience, climate, workforce, and existing standards
- Responsible for ensuring that design standards are followed unless project conditions warrant deviations. If so, obtain consensus and document
- Be proactive in leading efforts to develop PRO/CON and cost impact reports and present to the team for consensus
- Presents design solutions to internal department representatives and/or Authorities Having Jurisdiction
- Coordinates Site/Project Due Diligence Studies
- Supervises and conducts QA/QC reviews of project documentation
- Controls expenditures within limitations of project budget and manage a Value Analysis process to manage scope to achieve project cost targets.
- All aspects of the design should be overseen / approved by the appropriate team, especially when exceptions/changes are proposed
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