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Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.\nOur capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.\nWe are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.\n We are seeking an experienced Associate Director Site Engineering & Design to join a large-scale data center development program and serve as an embedded member of the program team. This role will be responsible for managing the Request for Information (RFI) process, coordinating multidisciplinary design activities, tracking design issues and action items, and supporting overall program governance.\nThe successful candidate will act as a key liaison between design, construction, and program management teams, ensuring that RFIs, design deliverables, and documentation are managed efficiently while maintaining established design authority and governance protocols. This position requires strong organizational, technical writing, and stakeholder management skills, along with experience supporting complex capital projects in mission-critical environments.\nResponsibilities:\nRFI Management\nManage and maintain the project RFI register, ensuring all RFIs are logged, categorized, prioritized, and tracked through resolution.\nReview, triage, and classify RFIs according to established project protocols and escalation criteria.\nDraft proposed responses for routine RFIs using existing contract documents, drawings, specifications, and approved project precedents.\nCoordinate review and approval of drafted responses with designated client design representatives before formal issuance.\nEscalate RFIs involving design changes, code interpretations, schedule impacts, cost implications, or technical ambiguities to the appropriate design authority.\nMonitor RFI status, due dates, and turnaround times to support project schedule objectives.\nMaintain accurate audit trails documenting authorship, review, approval, and issuance of all RFI responses.\nDesign Coordination & Program Support\nCoordinate design deliverables, review cycles, and comment resolution activities across architectural, structural, mechanical, electrical, controls, and specialty disciplines.\nTrack design-related risks, open issues, and action items, ensuring timely follow-up and resolution.\nFacilitate design coordination meetings, including agenda preparation, meeting documentation, and action item management.\nIdentify and communicate design process bottlenecks that may affect project execution or construction activities.\nSupport document management efforts, including maintenance of:Design basis documentation\nRFI registers\nSubmittal logs\nDesign issue logs\nLessons learned databases\n\nPromote cross-functional collaboration between project stakeholders, consultants, contractors, and client teams.\nReporting & Governance\nPrepare and deliver regular program reports on RFI metrics, design status, issue resolution, and project risks.\nAnalyze RFI trends and recurring issues to identify opportunities for process improvement and enhanced design clarity.\nSupport development and continuous refinement of RFI management protocols and governance procedures.\nEnsure compliance with project documentation standards, approval workflows, and established authority boundaries.\nSOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.\n Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent combination of education and experience.\nPreference would be to be located in Dallas or Houston, TX, but will consider remote for the right candidate.\n8+ years of experience in project engineering, design management, construction administration, or technical project coordination on large capital projects.\nExperience supporting multidisciplinary design teams through design development, construction documentation, and construction phases.\nStrong knowledge of RFI, submittal, and design change management processes.\nExperience working within design-build, EPC, or traditional delivery models.\nProficiency with project information management platforms such as:Procore\nAconex\nAutodesk Construction Cloud / BIM 360\nSimilar project collaboration systems\n\nStrong technical writing and documentation skills.\nPreferred Qualifications:\nExperience supporting data center, mission-critical, industrial, or large infrastructure projects.\nFamiliarity with data center design fundamentals, including:Electrical distribution systems\nMechanical cooling systems\nBuilding controls systems\nReliability and redundancy concepts\n\nExperience operating within sophisticated program management and governance environments.\nExposure to commissioning, design validation, or construction quality processes.\n The salary range for this role is $170,000 - $200,000. This range reflects the company's good faith estimate of the base salary for this position at the time of the posting. Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity. In addition to base salary, employees may be eligible for bonuses and a comprehensive benefits package.\n*On-site presence and requirements may change depending on our client's needs.\nOur inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.\nWe want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance. \nTurner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.\nPlease find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com/\nJoin our social media conversations for more information about Turner & Townsend and our exciting future projects:\nTwitter\nInstagram\nLinkedIn\nIt is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time. \nAny unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e-mail accounts, are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency fees. 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