Senior Design Manager

Black & White Engineering; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Black & White Engineering is seeking a Design Manager to drive design coordination across complex engineering projects, including data centre and infrastructure sectors. You will oversee multidisciplinary teams, align design activities with programme requirements and quality standards, and foster collaboration among clients, consultants and contractors.

You will influence design programmes, manage interfaces, identify risks early and contribute to continuous improvement of design management

Qualifications

• Experience leading multidisciplinary design activities
• Strong understanding of project delivery and interface management
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to balance competing priorities while maintaining quality and programme commitments

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary design activities across engineering projects.
• Develop and manage design programmes, ensuring deliverables meet requirements and deadlines.
• Identify, manage and mitigate design risks, issues and interfaces.
• Facilitate effective communication between clients, consultants, contractors and internal teams.
• Monitor design progress and ensure adherence to quality standards and project objectives.
• Support design reviews, technical assurance processes and change management.

Skills

Design management

Stakeholder management

Project coordination

Communication skills

Job description

Are you a Design Manager who thrives on bringing complex projects together and ensuring that multidisciplinary teams deliver high-quality outcomes?

This is an opportunity to play a central role in the successful delivery of major engineering projects, coordinating stakeholders, managing interfaces and driving design excellence from concept through to completion.

As a Design Manager at Black & White Engineering, you will work across technically challenging projects within the data centre and wider infrastructure sectors. You will be responsible for ensuring design activities are aligned with programme requirements, client expectations and quality standards, while fostering collaboration between engineering disciplines and project stakeholders.

This role offers significant exposure to high-profile projects and the opportunity to influence how design is managed and delivered across the business.

What’s in It For You

Complex Project Exposure – Take ownership of design coordination activities on challenging engineering projects, ensuring multiple disciplines work together effectively to achieve successful outcomes.

Influence Project Delivery – Play a key role in shaping design programmes, managing interfaces and identifying risks early, helping projects progress efficiently and effectively.

Broad Stakeholder Engagement – Work closely with clients, consultants, contractors and engineering teams, giving you extensive exposure to project leadership and decision-making processes.

Career Development – Develop your leadership, project delivery and commercial awareness within a growing engineering consultancy that values progression and professional growth.

Leadership & Collaboration – Support and guide multidisciplinary teams, encouraging collaboration, accountability and high standards throughout the design lifecycle.

Values-Driven Environment – Join a business that values accountability, integrity, simplicity and supportiveness, where teamwork and professionalism underpin everything we do.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary design activities across engineering projects.
• Develop and manage design programmes, ensuring deliverables are produced in line with project requirements and deadlines.
• Identify, manage and mitigate design risks, issues and project interfaces.
• Facilitate effective communication between clients, consultants, contractors and internal teams.
• Monitor design progress and ensure adherence to quality standards and project objectives.
• Support design reviews, technical assurance processes and change management activities.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of design management processes and delivery practices.
• Proven experience managing multidisciplinary design activities within engineering or construction projects.
• Strong understanding of project delivery, design coordination and interface management.
• Ability to manage competing priorities while maintaining quality and programme commitments.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills with the confidence to influence and collaborate at all levels.
• Experience identifying and managing design risks, issues, and project dependencies.
• Strong organisational and problem-solving skills with a focus on achieving successful project outcomes.

In addition, you will be joining a community that focuses on learning and development through regular lunch and learn sessions, 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

About Black & White Engineering

Black & White Engineering is a multi-award-winning engineering consultancy with more than 1,300 employees across the UK, Europe, Middle East, Asia Pacific and North America.

We specialise in the full spectrum of engineering design consultancy for the data centre sector, including Mechanical, Electrical & Plumbing (MEP), Civil & Structural, Design Management, Sustainability, BIM, Power Systems and other infrastructure-related services.

Our engineering approach is grounded in practicality, technical excellence and operational efficiency. With rapid growth across regions, many colleagues have progressed from engineering roles into leadership positions — your future development is supported and recognised.