Senior Professional Architect (Data Centre)

Senior Professional Architect (Data Centre) Full-time State/Province: Gauteng Business Group: DCS Legal Entity: AECOM SA Business Line: Architecture Work Location Model: Hybrid Operating Group: Group Support Primary Location: ZA - Pretoria, 263A West Avenue, Cen Company Description AECOM’s Enterprise Capabilities team is looking for a Senior Professional Architect (Data Centre) to join our team in our South Africa offices. About Enterprise Capabilities Fundamental to our Think and Act Globally strategy and digital adoption, Enterprise Capabilities (EC) is AECOM’s primary vehicle for workshare. Operating across geographic boundaries and time-zones, EC partners with regional and Global Business Line project teams to provide technical expertise, accelerate delivery and keep AECOM competitive in the industry. With a team of over 3000 technical professionals located across nine countries and remote technical anchors, EC teams are trusted to deliver high-quality, specialist services that help to fill capability gaps, resourcing needs and technical constraints on projects of all scopes and sizes. Start here. Grow here.

The Senior Architect serves as a fully capable professional in an architectural design team. The Senior Architect plans (including budget and resources), schedules, organizes, coordinates, and executes the design work on any and all phases of development on small to medium scale projects (or distinct portions of larger projects), with regular interaction with an Associate or designated senior team member. Here is what you will be doing: Architectural design and data centre infrastructure planning, including management of BIM models and drawing production to ensure design brief compliance, completeness, and accuracy Design coordination within Architecture and across all related disciplines to ensure seamless integration Design coordination with Engineering and cross-disciplinary teams to resolve technical conflicts and optimize solutions Design delivery oversight, ensuring compliance with design briefs, coordination requirements, completeness, and accuracy throughout all project phases Guidance and management of team members and junior staff, fostering professional development and maintaining high performance standards Client engagement and stakeholder management, including regular communication, presentations, and expectation alignment Team leadership and mentoring to cultivate architectural excellence and support career progression within the organization Value engineering and cost optimization strategies to deliver efficient, cost-effective solutions without compromising design integrity Sustainability and energy efficiency assessment, incorporating best practices for data centre environmental performance and operational resilience Compliance review and regulatory adherence, ensuring all designs meet applicable building codes, industry standards, and data centre-specific requirements Risk assessment and mitigation planning to identify potential design and construction challenges and develop proactive solutions Project budget management and resource allocation, monitoring expenditures and optimizing resource utilization throughout project delivery.

B.Arch or BSc Architecture 12+ Years post graduate experience Professionally registered as an Architect with SACAP Additional Information At AECOM, you will have freedom to grow in a world of opportunity At AECOM, our Freedom to Grow philosophy supports flexibility and balance to help our people thrive. As part of this approach, we ask all hybrid employees to work from an AECOM office at least three days per week. At AECOM, we are committed to maintaining a secure and trustworthy recruitment process and take any fraudulent hiring activity seriously. To support this commitment, all newly hired employees are required to attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location as a condition of employment. About AECOM AECOM is proud