Design Manager: Data Center & Engineering Lead

Accenture PLC; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture PLC is seeking a Design Manager to lead multi-disciplinary teams delivering robust designs for data-centre projects, spanning concept to construction support. You will oversee architecture, MEP, environmental and digital streams, ensuring energy efficiency and regulatory compliance throughout the project lifecycle.

The role requires strong leadership, excellent communication with clients, and a proactive approach to navigate technical and environmental challenges in a UK and

Qualifications

• Extensive design-management experience in mission-critical or technically complex infrastructure, preferably including data centres.
• Strong multidisciplinary coordination skills, with the ability to integrate engineering, architecture, digital and environmental inputs.
• Awareness of emerging UK market drivers such as power-grid constraints, increased AI-related energy use, net-zero policies and the surge in new facility construction.
• A proactive, solutions-focused approach to navigating regulatory, environmental and technical challenges.
• Excellent communication and client-management skills.
• Degree-level qualifications in engineering, architecture or a related discipline; chartership desirable.

Responsibilities

• The Design Manager will lead multi-disciplinary teams to deliver technically robust and coordinated designs for hyperscale, enterprise and colocation data-centre projects.
• Managing all design stages across architecture, MEP, environmental, digital systems and technical advisory streams.
• Ensuring integrated solutions across energy management, water systems, sustainability and operational resilience.
• Working closely with clients to shape briefs, project origination, commercial definition and feasibility alignment.
• Steering compliance with both UK and international standards, ensuring design quality and project readiness.
• Supporting modular and prefabricated design approaches to accelerate programme delivery and improve energy efficiency.
• Coordinating planning submissions, permitting activities and interface with environmental and grid stakeholders.

Skills

Design management

Coordination

Client management

Communication

Education

Degree-level qualification in engineering or architecture

Chartership desirable

Job description

Accenture PLC is seeking a Design Manager to lead multi-disciplinary teams delivering robust designs for data-centre projects, spanning concept to construction support. You will oversee architecture, MEP, environmental and digital streams, ensuring energy efficiency and regulatory compliance throughout the project lifecycle.

The role requires strong leadership, excellent communication with clients, and a proactive approach to navigate technical and environmental challenges in a UK and