Senior Design Manager

Black & White Engineering Limited; Paris; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Black & White Engineering is seeking a Design Manager in Paris to coordinate multidisciplinary engineering design from planning through delivery, connecting engineering teams, project leadership, and stakeholders while focusing on programme, quality, risk and constructability.

You will lead mechanical, electrical, structural and civil disciplines, supervise design reviews, manage interfaces and deliverables, and communicate priorities and decisions across project teams.

Qualifications

• Experience leading multidisciplinary design on complex engineering or construction projects.
• Strong understanding of design coordination, programme and interfaces.
• Ability to lead technical teams and drive actions through to resolution.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary design activities across complex engineering projects.
• Manage design programmes, interfaces, deliverables and key design risks.
• Coordinate mechanical, electrical, structural and specialist disciplines as required.
• Monitor design quality and ensure technical issues are identified and resolved effectively.
• Facilitate design reviews and communicate priorities, actions and decisions across project teams.
• Work closely with clients and wider project stakeholders throughout delivery.
• Promote practical, coordinated and constructable design solutions.
• Proven experience managing multidisciplinary design on complex engineering or construction projects.
• Strong understanding of design coordination, programme, interfaces and risk.
• Ability to balance technical detail with overall project priorities.

Skills

Multidisciplinary design leadership

Project coordination

Stakeholder communication

Design reviews

Risk management

Job description

If you enjoy bringing together different disciplines, solving complex interfaces and keeping technically demanding designs moving in the right direction, this role gives you the opportunity to take genuine ownership of that process.

As Design Manager, you will coordinate multidisciplinary engineering design from planning through delivery. You will connect engineering teams, project leadership and stakeholders while maintaining focus on programme, quality, risk and constructability. It is a role for someone who can understand the technical detail while keeping sight of the wider project.

What's in It For You

Project-Wide Influence - Play a central role in how complex projects are designed, coordinated and delivered.

Technical Breadth - Develop a broad understanding across multiple engineering disciplines and the interfaces between them.

Client Exposure - Build strong relationships with clients, consultants and project stakeholders while representing the design team throughout delivery.

Career Development - Strengthen the technical, leadership and project management capabilities required for progression into broader project and design leadership positions.

Team Leadership - Bring disciplines together, establish clear priorities and create an environment where technical teams can deliver effectively.

Practical Culture - Join a business where Accountability, Integrity, Simplicity and Supportiveness underpin how projects and relationships are managed.

What You'll Be Doing

• Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary design activities across complex engineering projects.
• Manage design programmes, interfaces, deliverables and key design risks.
• Coordinate mechanical, electrical, structural, civil and specialist disciplines as required.
• Monitor design quality and ensure technical issues are identified and resolved effectively.
• Facilitate design reviews and communicate priorities, actions and decisions across project teams.
• Work closely with clients and wider project stakeholders throughout delivery.
• Promote practical, coordinated and constructable design solutions.
• Proven experience managing multidisciplinary design on complex engineering or construction projects.
• Strong understanding of design coordination, programme, interfaces and risk.
• Ability to lead technical teams and drive actions through to resolution.
• Strong stakeholder and client communication skills.
• Ability to balance technical detail with overall project priorities.

Learning & Development

You will be joining a community that focuses on learning and development through regular lunch and learn sessions and investment in accredited professional courses or educational programmes. You can set the pace for your professional development, and whatever path you choose, you will receive relevant support.

Company Overview

Black & White Engineering is a multi-award-winning engineering consultancy with offices across the UK, Europe, the Middle East and Asia Pacific.
We are a leading provider of engineering design services for the data centre sector, delivering expertise across Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing (MEP), Civil and Structural, Power Systems, Sustainability, BIM, Design Management and wider specialist infrastructure disciplines.
Our teams support projects across all areas of the construction industry, offering practical, efficient design solutions that prioritise real-world installation, maintenance and operational performance.
As one of the fastest-growing consultancies in our industry, we offer genuine opportunities for progression. Many of our engineers have developed into leadership roles as the business has expanded. Joining Black & White Engineering means making a meaningful impact with clients and colleagues while receiving the recognition you deserve.