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Principal Design Manager (Data Centres) - London, Bicester or Newcastle upon Tyne

Engie 🇬🇧 Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom

Full-time Senior

Lead design teams and manage complex technology-sector projects from pre-contract through delivery, ensuring quality, schedule, contractual, and financial objectives are met. Manage client and stakeholder relationships, design coordination and approvals, sub-consultants, team performance, and project reporting while supporting business development.

Responsibilities

  • Lead design teams and manage complex technology-sector projects from pre-contract through delivery, ensuring quality, schedule, contractual, and financial objectives are met. Manage client and stakeholder relationships, design coordination and approvals, sub-consultants, team performance, and project reporting while supporting business development.

Requirements

  • Requires a relevant engineering degree, professional membership, Chartered Engineer or Chartered Project Professional status, and more than 10 years of senior-level experience. Candidates should have substantial design-team and project-delivery experience, strong leadership and client-facing skills, proficiency with Microsoft Project or similar tools, and commercial, contractual, and regulatory knowledge.

Benefits

  • Annual Leave
  • Holiday Purchase And Buyback Scheme
  • Hybrid Working
  • Contributory Company Pension Scheme
  • Healthcare Scheme
  • Training Sponsorship
  • Charity Volunteering Leave
  • Wellness Days And Initiatives
  • Non-Contractual Bonus Awards

Key Skills

Leadership of design teams Technology‑sector project management Pre‑contract to delivery oversight Quality assurance Schedule adherence Contractual compliance Financial objective management Client and stakeholder relationship building Design coordination and approvals Sub‑consultant oversight Team performance management Project reporting Business development support Microsoft Project proficiency Chartered Engineer qualification

About Engie

What if your next career adventure started with ENGIE? Joining ENGIE means being part of a company at the forefront of the energy transition, committed to accelerating the shift to a carbon-neutral economy. With 98,000 employees across 30 countries, ENGIE's operations cover the entire energy value chain, from production to infrastructures and sales. ENGIE works across a range of complementary areas: renewable electricity and green gas production, flexibility assets (notably batteries), gas and electricity transmission and distribution networks, local energy infrastructures (heating and cooling networks) and energy supply to individuals, local authorities and businesses. #WithENGIE

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