Data Center Network Design Subject Matter Expert

**Company Description** At FPC Global, we’re not just shaping the future — we’re building it.**
**Our mission, “Building Tomorrow’s Digital Planet,” reflects our commitment to transforming industries, creating smarter spaces, and driving sustainable progress through innovation and technology.**

**Who We Are**

**Founded in 2014, FPC Global has grown into a global leader with over 140 exceptional professionals operating across the Americas, EMEA, and APAC regions.**

**We deliver integrated, cutting-edge consultancy services that span the entire facility lifecycle — from strategic planning and design to operations and digital transformation. Every project we undertake sets a new benchmark for innovation, sustainability, and performance excellence.**

**Our Focus: Transforming the Built Environment**

**At the forefront of digital transformation in the built environment, FPC Global leverages data, AI, and advanced PropTech to create intelligent, high-performing, and sustainable spaces.**

**Our expertise enables building owners, operators, and occupiers to achieve measurable ROI through**:

- ** Sustainability & ESG performance**
- **Data-driven operational efficiency**
- **Enhanced user experience and wellbeing**
- **AI-driven predictive maintenance and optimization**
- **Cybersecurity and digital resilience**

**Our Divisions**
- ** FPC Global: Experts in Technical Program & Project Management, Building Performance, Sustainability, and Cybersecurity — ensuring every project succeeds with excellence.**
- **FPC Digital: Revolutionizing Digital Building Design and Operations to create frictionless, data-enabled environments.**
- **FPC Life Sciences: Partnering with life sciences and pharmaceutical leaders to deliver world-class capital projects with precision and innovation.**

**Job Description** We are seeking a Data Center Network Design Subject Matter Expert (SME) to lead end-to-end design governance across hyperscale data center projects.**

**As the Principal SME for Network Infrastructure, you will ensure technical excellence, standards compliance, and construction readiness through structured digital workflows and proactive stakeholder collaboration.**

**Operating at the intersection of design, execution, and technology innovation, you will drive consistency, quality, and efficiency throughout the full project lifecycle — from campus planning through IFC and project closeout — shaping the future of digital infrastructure delivery.**

**Key Responsibilities**

**1. Governance, Standards & Quality Assurance**
- ** Lead design governance to ensure full compliance with technical and organizational standards.**
- **Manage relevant design trackers— raising, reviewing, and closing all design issues, deviations, and clarifications.**
- **De-risk design delivery to achieve zero-impact issues at the Issued for Construction (IFC) stage.**
- **Escalate non-compliant designs and drive corrective actions in line with the agreed standard.**
- **Monitor and report on phase gate KPIs to ensure timely, high-quality design progression.**

**2. Digital Design Management CC Platform**
- ** Maintain full ownership of the Construction Cloud (CC) environment for Telecoms.**
- **Oversee document control — verifying submittals, managing transmittals, and ensuring version control integrity.**
- **Guarantee design documentation (30%, 65%, 95%, IFC) is complete, compliant, and properly transmitted.**

**3. Project Lifecycle & Stakeholder Engagement**
- ** Serve as the primary Point of Contact (PoC) for Project Managers across design and execution.**
- **Coordinate with cross-functional stakeholders to align on network, security, and constructability.**
- **Onboard new Execution PMs, deliver design briefings, and support project lifecycle queries.**
- **Capture lessons learned through to continuously improve standards.**

**4. Phase Gate Management**
- ** Oversee design development from Kick-Off to IFC, ensuring full compliance with time and quality metrics.**
- **Coordinate schematic and detailed design reviews, technical clarifications, and issue closure.**
- **Approve final documentation and manage design closeout, ensuring zero open issues at IFC.**

**Qualifications** Qualifications & Requirements**
- ** Data Center Experience: Proven success in campus-scale planning and design from concept through IFC and operations.**
- **Telecoms & Network Infrastructure Expertise: Strong foundation in hyperscale telecoms, fiber, and network design.**
- **ISP & Civils Infrastructure: Hands-on experience with Inside Plant (ISP) systems, POEs, and civil design integration.**
- **Underground Trenching: Knowledge of UG trenching layouts, pathways, and utility coordination.**
- **BIM & IFC Review Skills: Proficiency in reviewing and coordinating BIM/IFC documentation within CC or similar CDEs.**
- **Localization & Design Adaptation: Ability to deliver globally consistent yet locally compliant telecom designs.**
- **Hyperscale Fiber Networks: D