Technical Facilities Design Manager

Position Objective

Facility Design Responsibilities

• Lead design of technical buildings, equipment rooms, data centers, and network hosting facilities.
• Develop and review High Level Design and Low Level Design for facility systems.
• Define civil and structural requirements for cable routing, duct banks, trenches, and equipment foundations.
• Coordinate facility capacity and infrastructure with network domain teams.
• Design cable management systems, containment structures, and routing infrastructure.
• Develop civil and structural requirements for construction and retrofitting activities.

Power, Cooling, and Protection

• Design AC and DC power distribution systems for telecom equipment rooms and data centers.
• Define UPS, battery bank, generator sizing, and N+1 or 2N redundancy architectures.
• Develop power capacity planning, load analysis, and distribution panel designs.
• Design precision cooling, HVAC, hot and cold aisle containment, and airflow management solutions.
• Perform thermal load calculations and define environmental monitoring for temperature, humidity, and water leakage.
• Design grounding, bonding, and electrostatic discharge protection systems and review grounding test reports.

Governance and Technical Leadership

• Own the design governance process for facilities-related design activities.
• Review and approve facility designs, layout drawings, MEP integration models, and vendor submissions.
• Lead technical design review boards and ensure engineering, safety, and regulatory compliance.
• Assess design risks and ensure mitigation actions are addressed before design sign-off.
• Approve detailed engineering deliverables before implementation and construction.
• Lead technical evaluation of vendor solutions, architecture proposals, and design submissions.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to facilities engineering teams and project stakeholders.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's or master's degree in electrical engineering, civil engineering, or a related discipline.
• At least 10 years of experience in telecom facilities or data center infrastructure design.
• Solid knowledge of power systems, cooling systems, and telecom equipment room design standards.
• Experience with multi-vendor facilities solutions and construction supervision.
• Proficiency in AutoCAD, Revit, or an equivalent engineering design tool.
• Good management, leadership, communication, and presentation skills.

Applicable Standards

• Facility designs must comply with TIA/EIA, ASHRAE, IEC, and applicable international telecom facility standards.

Job Posting Location

• The job posting identifies Damascus, Syria as the posting location.

Employment

• The source metadata identifies the position as full-time.