Technical Specifications Manager

Competitive

EMEA

Permanent

Job Description

Remote, France

The Client

Datacenter People is partnering with a French architectural and engineering design consultancy, specialists in designing, building and operating for the built environment, including data centers.

What The Job Involves

• Develop, maintain, and govern the project's technical reference framework, including:
• Owner requirements.
• Package specifications.
• Design standards and requirements.
• Structure and organize technical requirements to ensure consistency across the project.
• Define and align common technical assumptions between disciplines and stakeholders.
• Ensure requirements support project objectives related to performance, redundancy, constructability, operability, and long-term asset management.
• Maintain alignment between technical requirements and evolving project needs.
• Lead the development, consolidation, and management of technical specifications for all project packages.
• Ensure consistency and traceability of technical requirements throughout the project documentation hierarchy.
• Eliminate ambiguities, overlaps, contradictions, and gaps within specifications and technical documentation.
• Establish clear documentation structures and governance processes.
• Ensure technical documentation remains accessible, practical, and usable for all project stakeholders.
• Participate in multidisciplinary design and document reviews.
• Assess consultant deliverables against project requirements and technical standards.
• Provide structured feedback and support closure of technical review comments.
• Monitor document maturity and readiness at key project milestones.
• Identify inconsistencies, missing requirements, and technical issues requiring escalation or arbitration.
• Collaborate closely with other disciplines within the Technical & Design Integration team.
• Ensure consistency of technical requirements across package interfaces.
• Support alignment of technical documentation required for:
• Permitting and regulatory approvals.
• Procurement activities.
• Construction execution.
• Commissioning and handover.
• Promote a coherent, system-wide technical framework across all project phases.
• Support identification and mitigation of technical risks associated with specifications and design documentation.
• Ensure documentation quality supports efficient procurement and project execution.
• Contribute to reducing cost, schedule, and delivery risks arising from incomplete or inconsistent technical requirements.
• Drive continuous improvement in technical documentation processes and governance.

We Are Looking For Someone With

• Degree in Engineering, Architecture, Building Services, Construction Management, or a related technical discipline.
• Proven experience delivering large-scale infrastructure, energy, industrial, mission-critical, or data center projects.
• Experience working within multi-stakeholder, multi-package, and phased project environments.
• Strong background in:
• Technical specifications development.
• Engineering documentation management.
• Technical governance frameworks.
• Requirements management.
• Experience collaborating with design consultants, EPCM organizations, OEMs, contractors, and project stakeholders.
• Strong technical coordination, organization, and stakeholder management capabilities.
• Exceptional attention to detail and documentation quality.
• Demonstrated expertise in review processes, document control principles, and technical assurance.
• Ability to develop and maintain a robust, coherent, and scalable technical reference framework within a complex EPCM environment.
• Proven ability to contribute to cost and schedule risk mitigation through effective requirements and documentation management.
• Fluent French and professional-level English, both written and spoken.

We regret that due to the high volume of applications we are unable to acknowledge each one. Please bear in mind that if you are selected for interview we will contact you within the next seven days.

Consultant

Kalvin Campbell Associate Director

• [email protected]