DCO Engineering Manager

EDF Energy; London; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

EDF Energy seeks a Project Engineering Manager to lead engineering activities for major renewable infrastructure projects. This role focuses on managing design, procurement, and construction while ensuring compliance with quality standards. Join a committed team passionate about creating a net-zero future through clean energy solutions.

Benefits

Competitive salary and bonus

Market-leading pension scheme

Flexible benefits

Employee discounts

Qualifications

• Proven experience in engineering project management.
• Strong technical background in infrastructure or energy projects.
• Experience in battery energy storage systems (BESS) or solar PV development is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering activities for renewable infrastructure projects.
• Develop and manage engineering and design plans.
• Ensure safety and quality standards are met.

Skills

Communication

Leadership

Problem Solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Project Management or related field

Job description

About the Role

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The opportunity

The DCO Project Engineering Manager leads all engineering activities across major renewable infrastructure projects, owning technical assumptions and driving designs that are both buildable and operable. You'll collaborate closely with work package managers to align engineering with project goals while fostering a strong, positive team culture.

You’ll ensure all engineering work meets EDF Renewables’ standards—Zero Harm, quality, and design integrity—while managing schedule, cost, risk, and resources. The role also shapes wider DCO programme delivery by developing frameworks and standards to streamline future projects.

Functionally reporting to the Lead Project Engineering Manager and working day-to-day with the Project Manager, you’ll be at the heart of project leadership—coordinating design, procurement, and construction for successful delivery.

Pay, benefits and culture

If you’re looking to join a company where you can work hard, have fun, and help to create a Net Zero future – then you’re in the right place!’

Our passion for embracing new ideas and being open-minded to change helps us continue to grow successfully.

We’re committed to helping all of our people thrive during their time with us, recognising and rewarding every person for their hard work and commitment.

Alongside a competitive salary, bonus, and market-leading pension scheme, we offer a range of flexible benefits and employee discounts to help you thrive across all aspects of your life. You can spend your flexible fund on the benefits that matter to you, whether that’s an electric vehicle, private healthcare, additional holiday or one or more of our other benefits.

We’ll offer you the flexibility, freedom and responsibility to make an impact in your role; whether that’s on-site, in the office or hybrid working from home.

We’re committed to championing diversity representation across gender, ethnicity, LGBT+, disability and more. This applies to all our roles, underpinned by our Everyone’s Welcome inclusion programme.

We’re a disability confident employer and we’ll do all we can to help with your application, making adjustments as you need.

What you’ll be doing

As Project Engineering Lead, you’ll shape and drive all design and engineering workstreams. You’ll break down scopes into actionable plans, manage delivery, and align with procurement and programme timelines.

Key responsibilities include:

• Developing and managing engineering and design plans, including RAID logs, CDM docs, and interface controls
• Leading technical teams and contractors, ensuring designs are consent-compliant, buildable, and operationally sound
• Overseeing design progress, managing interfaces, and integrating feedback from planning, operations, and delivery teams
• Ensuring safety and quality standards are met, and identifying optimisations to boost project value
• Defining technical team needs and supporting procurement of engineering services

You’ll be central to turning great engineering into real-world renewable projects—on time, on budget, and to the highest standards.

What do you need to be great at this role?

You’ll hold a bachelor’s degree in engineering, Project Management, or a related field in addition to:

• Proven experience in engineering project management, including managing budgets, schedules, and cross-functional teams.
• Strong technical background with the ability to address and resolve complex engineering challenges.
• Experience with large-scale infrastructure or energy projects; previous experience in battery energy storage systems (BESS) or solar PV development is advantageous.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment and interact effectively with senior management, clients, and stakeholders.

Location: The role is primarily remote, with monthly travel to London (up to three days at a time) and occasional UK travel to project sites, other EDF offices, and meetings. Extended travel may be required occasionally but is expected to be rare.

Closing date: 19th June 2025

Why EDF Renewables?

At EDF Renewables UK & Ireland we’re committed to tackling climate change. Our rapidly growing team of 500 talented people share an ambition to create a net zero future where clean, green, energy powers all our lives.

It’s a huge ambition and time is of the essence if we are to play our full part in meeting the UK and Ireland’s challenging net zero targets. With our unique mix of technologies including onshore and offshore wind, solar PV, battery storage and green hydrogen we are the UK & Ireland’s most diverse generator of renewable energy.

To achieve our goal of generating a massive 10GW of renewable energy by 2035, we’re working with stakeholders and communities throughout the UK and Ireland to unlock the enormous potential of the low carbon energy sector.

If you’re passionate about tackling climate change to create the cleaner, greener future we all want, we would love you to come join us.

What's in it for you?

Join us, and let’s do good together.