
Deputy Design Manager, Data Center
AECOM
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Arlington • Virginia • United States
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Salary
💰 $110,000 - $158,000 per year
About the role
- Support the Design Manager in daily project coordination activities across disciplines
- Prepare and distribute meeting agendas and minutes, progressing toward independent ownership
- Capture accurate technical notes during interdisciplinary meetings and coordinate with discipline leads to confirm accuracy
- Attend client and stakeholder meetings and track key decisions, risks, and action items
- Proactively assist in tracking, managing, and communicating project changes internally and externally
- Grow into serving as backup to the Design Manager when required
- Coordinate internal and external design meetings using Microsoft Teams, Zoom, Google Meet, and other client platforms
- Track action items and follow up with internal teams to ensure timely resolution
- Distribute client communications and internal updates to maintain alignment
- Maintain organized project documentation including RFIs, submittals, drawing revisions, and tracking logs
- Update spreadsheets, dashboards, trackers, and internal and external reporting tools
- Assist with specification edits, data entry, and updates within internal reporting systems
- Develop innovative tracking mechanisms and proactively suggest process improvements
- Manage project files across SharePoint, MS Teams, Google Drive, and Box to ensure accessibility and accuracy
- Ensure QA and QC sets, daily prints, and deliverables are properly prepared and stored
- Assist in assembling and organizing final deliverables prior to submission
- Support Design and Project Managers in developing technical and financial proposals for new and add, move, change data center projects
Requirements
- BA/BS + 4 YORE or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education
- 2+ years of experience working in A/E firms
- Bachelor’s degree in architecture, Mechanical Engineering or Electrical Engineering
- Professional Engineer (P.E.) or Architecture License
- 4 years of relevant experience in design and/or project management
- 1 year in colocation and/or hyper-scale data center design management or engineering
- Excellent communication (written/oral) and organization skills
- Ability to work in dynamic, time-sensitive situations
Benefits
- medical
- dental
- vision
- life
- AD&D
- disability benefits
- paid time off
- leaves of absences
- voluntary benefits
- perks
- flexible work options
- well-being resources
- employee assistance program
- business travel insurance
- service recognition awards
- retirement savings plan
- employee stock purchase plan
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
project coordinationtechnical note capturingdata entryspecification editingproject managementdesign managementfinancial proposal developmentdocumentation managementprocess improvementquality assurance
Soft Skills
communicationorganizationteam collaborationproactive assistancedynamic situation handling
Certifications
Professional Engineer (P.E.)Architecture License