Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company delivering programme, project, cost, asset, commercial, procurement, and digital solutions across real estate, infrastructure, energy, and natural resources. The Associate Director Site Engineering & Design will support a large-scale data center development program by managing RFIs, coordinating multidisciplinary design activities, tracking issues and action items, and supporting program governance. The role will serve as a liaison between design, construction, and program management teams.
Responsibilities
- Manage and maintain the project RFI register, ensuring all RFIs are logged, categorized, prioritized, and tracked through resolution
- Review, triage, and classify RFIs according to established project protocols and escalation criteria
- Draft proposed responses for routine RFIs using existing contract documents, drawings, specifications, and approved project precedents
- Coordinate review and approval of drafted responses with designated client design representatives before formal issuance
- Escalate RFIs involving design changes, code interpretations, schedule impacts, cost implications, or technical ambiguities to the appropriate design authority
- Monitor RFI status, due dates, and turnaround times to support project schedule objectives
- Maintain accurate audit trails documenting authorship, review, approval, and issuance of all RFI responses
- Coordinate design deliverables, review cycles, and comment resolution activities across architectural, structural, mechanical, electrical, controls, and specialty disciplines
- Track design-related risks, open issues, and action items, ensuring timely follow-up and resolution
- Facilitate design coordination meetings, including agenda preparation, meeting documentation, and action item management
- Identify and communicate design process bottlenecks that may affect project execution or construction activities
- Support document management efforts, including maintenance of:
- Design basis documentation
- RFI registers
- Submittal logs
- Design issue logs
- Lessons learned databases
- Promote cross-functional collaboration between project stakeholders, consultants, contractors, and client teams
- Prepare and deliver regular program reports on RFI metrics, design status, issue resolution, and project risks
- Analyze RFI trends and recurring issues to identify opportunities for process improvement and enhanced design clarity
- Support development and continuous refinement of RFI management protocols and governance procedures
- Ensure compliance with project documentation standards, approval workflows, and established authority boundaries
- SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Preference would be to be located in Dallas or Houston, TX, but will consider remote for the right candidate
- 8+ years of experience in project engineering, design management, construction administration, or technical project coordination on large capital projects
- Experience supporting multidisciplinary design teams through design development, construction documentation, and construction phases
- Strong knowledge of RFI, submittal, and design change management processes
- Experience working within design-build, EPC, or traditional delivery models
- Proficiency with project information management platforms such as: + Procore + Aconex + Autodesk Construction Cloud / BIM 360 + Similar project collaboration systems
- Strong technical writing and documentation skills
- Experience supporting data center, mission-critical, industrial, or large infrastructure projects
- Familiarity with data center design fundamentals, including: + Electrical distribution systems + Mechanical cooling systems + Building controls systems + Reliability and redundancy concepts
- Experience operating within sophisticated program management and governance environments
- Exposure to commissioning, design validation, or construction quality processes
Benefits
- Employees may be eligible for bonuses.
- A comprehensive benefits package.
- A healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.
- Remote work will be considered for the right candidate.
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