Design Delivery Manager

OCU Group; Stockport; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

OCU Group is seeking an experienced Design Delivery Manager to lead a team of Design Project Managers across a portfolio of complex energy and infrastructure projects. You will drive design delivery, governance, and performance, coordinating across BESS, substations, grid connections, and data centres.

Based at OCU Stockport Head Office, this permanent full-time role offers senior leadership, stakeholder engagement, and a clear path to shaping design standards and delivery excellence within the

Qualifications

• A degree in Electrical, Civil, Mechanical Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Strong experience in design management, design delivery, or multidisciplinary infrastructure projects.
• Experience leading or line-managing design managers, project managers, engineers, or similar delivery professionals.
• Proven ability to manage complex project portfolios with multiple stakeholders, interfaces, and competing priorities.
• A good understanding of CDM 2015 roles, duties, and responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support a team of five Design Project Managers across multiple projects.
• Oversee design delivery for BESS, substations, grid connections, data centres, and solar farms.
• Ensure design programmes, interfaces, risks, and milestones are managed.
• Coach and escalate issues to keep project momentum.
• Collaborate with clients, consultants, project teams, and suppliers.
• Promote safe, compliant, and commercially robust design solutions.
• Drive improvements in design governance and delivery standards.
• Monitor portfolio performance and report risks to senior leadership.

Skills

Design delivery leadership

Portfolio management

Project governance

Stakeholder collaboration

CDM 2015 knowledge

Education

Engineering degree (Electrical/Civil/Mechanical)

Job description

Design Delivery Manager

Department: OCU Design

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: OCU Stockport Head Office

Reporting To: Kristoffer Baker

Compensation: £80,000 - £105,000 / year

Description

Location: London | Contract Type: Permanent | Working Pattern: Full-Time | Office & Site Based

Pay / Benefits: Remuneration for this role is benchmarked competitively within our sector.

The Opportunity

OCU Design are seeking an experienced Design Delivery Manager to lead a team of Design Project Managers across a varied portfolio of complex energy and infrastructure projects. The role will typically oversee design delivery across battery energy storage systems (BESS), substations, and grid connections for developments including data centres, solar farms, and other major infrastructure schemes.

You will provide leadership, direction, and support to a team of approximately five Design Project Managers, ensuring design delivery is planned, coordinated, and controlled across multiple projects. Working closely with the wider design leadership team, you will drive consistency, strengthen delivery governance, and support continuous improvement across the design function.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys leading people, improving delivery performance, and shaping the processes and standards needed to deliver complex infrastructure projects successfully.

What You’ll Do

• Lead, manage, and support a team of approximately five Design Project Managers across multiple projects.
• Oversee design delivery across BESS, substations, grid connections, data centres, solar farms, and other infrastructure developments.
• Ensure design programmes, deliverables, interfaces, risks, and key milestones are effectively managed.
• Provide coaching, direction, and escalation support to resolve delivery challenges and maintain project momentum.
• Collaborate with clients, consultants, project teams, commercial teams, supply chain partners, and internal engineering functions.
• Promote safe, buildable, compliant, and commercially robust design solutions.
• Drive improvements in design management processes, governance controls, and delivery standards.
• Monitor portfolio performance, manage risks and change, and report to senior leadership to support effective decision-making.

What You’ll Bring

Essential Skills

• A degree in Electrical, Civil, Mechanical Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Strong experience in design management, design delivery, or multidisciplinary infrastructure projects.
• Experience leading or line-managing design managers, project managers, engineers, or similar delivery professionals.
• Proven ability to manage complex project portfolios with multiple stakeholders, interfaces, and competing priorities.
• A good understanding of CDM 2015 roles, duties, and responsibilities.

Desirable Skills

• Chartered or Incorporated Engineer status, or the ability to progress towards professional accreditation.
• Experience with BESS, HV/MV substations, grid connections, data centres, solar, or related energy infrastructure.
• Experience working across client, consultant, contractor, and supply chain interfaces.
• Exposure to temporary works, construction delivery, and operational handover requirements.
• Experience implementing design governance, process improvements, and consistent delivery standards across project teams.

What We Offer

At OCU, we believe that meaningful work should come with meaningful support. That's the principle behind Careers with Purpose, our commitment to ensuring every person at OCU feels supported, developed, and valued, not just in their role today, but throughout your career with us.

Alongside the opportunity to work on some of the UK's most significant infrastructure projects, we offer a benefits package that we are continuing to develop as we grow, and the kind of career acceleration that only comes from being inside a business moving at this pace.

As a rapidly growing organisation, there are genuine opportunities to progress, broaden your experience, and build a long-term career within OCU Group.

Our vacancies are typically advertised for two weeks; however, we reserve the right to close applications early should we receive a sufficient number of suitable candidates. We therefore encourage early applications.