Data Centre Lead – MEA needed at AECOM
Job title : Data Centre Lead – MEA
Job Location : Gauteng,
Deadline : January 17, 2026
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Job Responsibilities
- Manage data center core and shell due diligence and design projects (including architecture, civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, security, and fire protection) from start to finish, ensuring budget/schedule adherence, satisfaction of design requirements, and quality.
- Develop trusting relationship with client stakeholders/buyers
- Develop technical and financial proposals for new data center design projects
- Administer, oversee, and perform peer review and quality checks in line with AECOM standards.
- Oversee and maintain responsibility for project basis of design and localization process.
- Establish and oversee a process to detect, track and resolve scope changes, errors or inconsistencies throughout the design process.
- Host and attend meetings with client and external stakeholders.
- Manage and grow AECOM’s data center design team, fostering a sense comradery, collective ownership, and collaboration.
- Proactively manage and communicate change throughout the project both within AECOM and to our clients.
- Identify problems early and develop creative solutions.
- Contract management
- Proactively communicate with all stakeholders to provide project updates and resolve outstanding issues.
- Identify, onboard, and offboard design resources in coordination with department leadership (as needed to support project execution).
- Influence and implement a MEA data center market strategy, utilizing AECOM’s global teams and capabilities
- Build MEA relationships with senior leaders at global data center companies alongside the global technology market sector leader and technology client account managers
- Lead and grow data center due diligence, design, and construction administration team and practice
- Work closely and collaboratively with AECOM’s Global and Regional Market Sector Leaders (Europe, India, US, LATAM, Asia, ANZ, etc.) to share resources, augment capabilities, and bring the best of AECOM to each and every project.
- Grow existing clients in partnership with global technology market sector leader and technology client account managers
- Prepare and lead client presentations and interviews
- Travel as-needed to support project, client, and team needs.
- KPIs for this role would include project bookings, executed net service revenue, gross margin, and quality
Qualifications
Here is what we are looking for:
- Bachelor of Science or Engineering from an accredited University
- Master of Science / Engineering would be advantageous
- +12 years experience within the Built Environment in a similar function or industry
- Professionally registered as an Engineer with ECSA would be advantageous
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