Senior Design Manager: Drive Complex Engineering Delivery

Black & White Engineering Limited; Lisboa; Hybrid; EUR 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Black & White Engineering in Lisbon seeks an experienced Design Manager to lead design processes on complex engineering projects, coordinating multidisciplinary teams and ensuring high-quality delivery across the project lifecycle.

You will work with internal teams and clients, manage risks and programme performance, and drive continuous improvement in design governance and client relationships.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a Design Manager or similar project delivery role.
• 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 work effectively within project deadlines.
• Commercial awareness with an understanding of risk, programme and change management.
• Experience coordinating internal teams and external consultants.
• Understanding of RIBA preconstruction stages 0-5 or equivalent project delivery frameworks.
• Strong organisational skills with a proactive and solutions-focused approach.
• Working towards or holding a relevant professional accreditation or chartership is advantageous.
• Experience within the data centre, mission critical or large-scale infrastructure sectors would be beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate multidisciplinary design teams and support the delivery of engineering design projects.
• Manage design programmes, workflows and deliverables across allocated projects.
• Lead collaboration between internal engineering teams, external consultants and design partners.
• Drive design coordination and team alignment to ensure successful project delivery.
• Manage project risks, change control, quality, cost and programme performance.
• Support project reporting, commercial tracking and document management activities.
• Lead project meetings and ensure actions are communicated and managed effectively.
• Review design outputs to ensure compliance with project requirements, standards and procedures.
• Support health and safety risk management in line with client requirements and company policies.
• Build strong relationships with clients and stakeholders, acting as a trusted point of contact.
• Monitor and coordinate the performance of external consultants and design partners.
• Ensure governance, quality assurance and project controls are consistently applied.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Communication

Organisational skills

Multidisciplinary coordination

Education

Degree in Engineering/Architecture or related

Job description

Black & White Engineering in Lisbon seeks an experienced Design Manager to lead design processes on complex engineering projects, coordinating multidisciplinary teams and ensuring high-quality delivery across the project lifecycle.

You will work with internal teams and clients, manage risks and programme performance, and drive continuous improvement in design governance and client relationships.