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Senior Design Manager

Black & White Engineering 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom

Full-time Senior

Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary design delivery across complex data centre projects, managing interfaces, risks, quality standards, and alignment with project objectives and programmes. Work with clients, engineers, consultants, and contractors to deliver practical engineering solutions, while supporting and mentoring colleagues.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary design delivery across complex data centre projects, managing interfaces, risks, quality standards, and alignment with project objectives and programmes. Work with clients, engineers, consultants, and contractors to deliver practical engineering solutions, while supporting and mentoring colleagues.

Requirements

  • Requires experience leading multidisciplinary design coordination on complex engineering or infrastructure projects, along with strong knowledge of design management, risk management, and project delivery. Candidates should be able to manage stakeholders and competing priorities, assure design quality, and demonstrate strong communication, leadership, and commitment to safe, efficient delivery.

Benefits

  • Learning And Development
  • Knowledge-Sharing Sessions
  • Accredited Professional Courses
  • Mentoring And Career Development

Key Skills

Design leadership Multidisciplinary design coordination Risk management Project delivery Stakeholder management Quality assurance Data centre engineering Infrastructure design Leadership Mentoring Communication Safety compliance Sustainability practices Design management processes Technical documentation BIM AutoCAD Revit Project management software Agile methodology Cross‑functional teamwork Problem solving Strategic planning Client liaison Budget management Schedule coordination

About Black & White Engineering

Black & White Engineering is a global, award-winning critical buildings and infrastructure engineering consultancy. With over 19 years of engineering excellence, we've become one of the world's leading data centre design specialists, delivering some of the largest and most technically challenging projects globally. We operate best as an extension of a client's team. Trusted by the world's leading operators and developers to navigate digital acceleration, we deliver technically excellent solutions that are clear, simple and correct. On time, on budget and built to last. Our mission is clear: bringing the right people together, delivering complex projects with certainty and driving progress through innovation and sustainability. It's how we keep solutions as clear and simple as Black & White. With over 1,300 professionals across 34 locations worldwide, our One Global Team brings local expertise to every project, wherever in the world it needs to be delivered. OUR VALUES Accountabili

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