Senior Design Lead - Data Centre Projects

Black & White Engineering; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Black & White Engineering in Edinburgh is seeking an experienced Design Manager to lead design delivery on complex engineering projects. You will coordinate multidisciplinary teams, manage design programmes, and maintain strong client relationships throughout the project lifecycle.

The role rewards initiative, collaboration and governance, with responsibilities spanning risk, quality, and change control, plus reporting and meetings.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a Design Manager or similar project delivery role.
• Degree qualified in Engineering, Architecture or a related technical discipline.
• Experience working within multidisciplinary design teams on complex engineering projects.
• Strong understanding of project governance, design coordination and delivery processes.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Commercial awareness with risk, programme and change management.
• Experience coordinating internal teams and external consultants.
• Understanding of RIBA preconstruction stages 0-5 or equivalent frameworks.
• Proactive, organized and solution-focused.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate multidisciplinary design teams and support delivery of engineering design projects.
• Manage design programmes, workflows and deliverables across projects.
• Lead collaboration between internal teams, external consultants and design partners.
• Drive design coordination and team alignment for successful delivery.
• Manage project risks, change control, quality, cost and programme performance.
• Support project reporting, commercial tracking and document management.
• Lead project meetings and ensure actions are communicated.
• Review design outputs for compliance with requirements and standards.
• Support health and safety risk management per client policies.
• Build strong relationships with clients and stakeholders.
• Monitor performance of external consultants and design partners.
• Ensure governance, quality assurance and project controls are applied.

Skills

Design management

Engineering degree

Architectural background

Stakeholder management

Multidisciplinary coordination

Governance

Project reporting

RIBA stages knowledge

Change management

Communication skills

Education

Engineering degree

Architectural degree

Chartered status

Tools

BIM

Job description

Black & White Engineering in Edinburgh is seeking an experienced Design Manager to lead design delivery on complex engineering projects. You will coordinate multidisciplinary teams, manage design programmes, and maintain strong client relationships throughout the project lifecycle.

The role rewards initiative, collaboration and governance, with responsibilities spanning risk, quality, and change control, plus reporting and meetings.