Senior Architect, EMEA

About Vantage Data Centers

Vantage is committed to being a workplace of inclusion, equity, respect and acceptance. We celebrate diversity and intentionally seek out opportunities to learn from one another’s experience.

Vantage Data Centers powers, cools, protects and connects the technology of the world’s well-known hyperscalers, cloud providers and large enterprises. Developing and operating across North America, EMEA and Asia Pacific, Vantage has evolved data center design in innovative ways to deliver dramatic gains in reliability, efficiency and sustainability in flexible environments that can scale as quickly as the market demands.

Position description
 

Vantage is looking for a driven Senior Architect to join our Design Delivery team in Frankfurt, offering a hybrid working model.

In this role you will provide architectural leadership within the Design Delivery team for Vantage Data Centers projects in existing EMEA markets. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing multiple projects, with

competing priorities, ensuring all projects are in alignment with strategic corporate objectives and all aspects of design engineering. 

The Senior Architect will work closely with the discipline leads, global and regional innovation, and design engineering departments, as well as the local consultant team(s) to produce high quality designs packages that will be compiled for the planning permission associated with assigned projects.

To be successful in this role, the senior architect must thrive in a fast-paced environment, enjoys leading architectural design, and collaborates with various business units to ensure that the design packages for new facilities will enhance Vantage’s product and service offering.

The ideal candidate will also bring the right blend of confidence, patience and dynamic to the Design Delivery team.

Essential Job Functions

Confident leading architectural design and coordinating with a wider project team including Client and consultants.

A strong all round design ability with technical knowledge and experience developing and coordinating construction packages

Ability to work effectively in large project team within an international environment

Ensure projects comply to design guidelines, standards and local code requirements (Germany and EU)

Professional experience across all architectural work stages. Pre-design, Conceptual Design, Schematic Design, Detailed Design, Construction, Handover, In Use and End of Life.

Knowledge of relevant local planning policies, authority guidelines and statutory requirements to support the process of obtaining planning permission

Detailed understanding of specific standards, building codes, fire regulations, zoning laws and regulations (Germany and EU)

Contribute and participate to cross functional company initiatives to drive the long-term vision

Liaise with both internal and external clients to ascertain or define project requirements

Work closely with the project design manager to support successful delivery of the project from conception to completion

Enable effective and clear implementation of internal VDC project standards and briefs standards, specifications, templates, and prototypes

Maintain and develop good awareness of relevant developments in the industry and disseminate that back to teams and individuals within the business

Capture project-level lessons learned and feed them into a change management program

Duties

Develop Vantage Data Center’s projects from concept through to detailed design working with the Design Manager and other disciplines leads

Work closely with project design teams to ensure that full collaboration is reached to achieve the required scope of works and hit key project dates

Work with the project design team to constantly review progress and report on successes and failures so that continual improvement can be realized

An important aspect of the role is to be able to work in a common data environment continuously showing development within a project by using online platforms such as BIM 360 / Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC) and coordinate with the BIM modelers to implement architectural requirements in the design

Support general and project-specific training specific to VDC standard and practices to internal and external team members on processes, tools, and project requirements

Identify new, innovative, and emerging technologies to assist in the development process, specifically as it pertains to the virtual design and construction environment

Participate in all project-specific coordination meetings as VDC representative

Drive design and engineering decisions to conclusion including managing internal and external resources, project teams, contractors, and vendors

Job Requirements

Professional Degree in Architecture

3+ years of proven professional experience in all design phases

Knowledge of design development, construction documentation, and project delivery of data centers and infrastructure projects according to HOAI work stage of design is required

Knowledge in RIBA work stages of design is desirable

Knowledgeable of various aspects of campus-level master planning, building spaces planning and areas allocation, sustainability features, and impact on site operations

Knowledge in Autodesk Revit, BIM 360/ACC, SharePoint

Experience and understanding of managing teams to deliver project data to industry standards

Outstanding communication skills, with the ability to build, cultivate and leverage personal and professional networks and relationships, develop, and deliver successful presentations, and collaborate and negotiate effectively

Comfort in a fast-paced, dynamic, complex start-up and/or entrepreneurial environment

Ability to use time productively and work efficiently to achieve team/project goals

Ability to take on additional responsibilities as needed as well as determine and manage priorities

Excellent communication skills with a fluency in written and spoken German and English

We operate with No Ego and No Arrogance. We work to build each other up and support one another, appreciating each other’s strengths and respecting each other’s weaknesses. We find joy in our work and each other, actively seeking opportunities to inject fun into what we do. Our hard and efficient work is rewarded with an above market total compensation package. We offer a comprehensive suite of health and welfare, retirement, and paid leave benefits exceeding local expectations.

Throughout the year, the advantage of being part of the Vantage team is evident with an array of benefits, recognition, training and development, and the knowledge that your contribution adds value to the company and our community.

Don't meet all the requirements? Please still apply if you think you are the right person for the position. We are always keen to speak to people who connect with our mission and values.

Vantage Data Centers is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Vantage Data Centers does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firm agencies. Fees will not be paid in the event a candidate submitted by a recruiter without an agreement in place is hired; such resumes will be deemed the sole property of Vantage Data Centers.