Overview

Design Manager role at Powerhouse Lighting in Central London. Offering Circa £60,000 - £80,000 basic salary plus excellent benefits. This is a full-time, permanent, hybrid position offering flexibility to work 3 days per week at our client\'s office in central London.

Our client is focused on driving the transition to a sustainable energy future. The Design Manager will be responsible for reviewing and ensuring the sufficiency of design and quality control documentation for a variety of Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) sites across Europe.

Key Responsibilities

• Agree the right design review strategy for each project and lead the review of all design submissions from contractors and other project stakeholders (DNO, TSO, etc.), ensuring they meet project requirements and adherence to relevant norms and standards.
• Proactively identify and prioritise important issues, identify required documentation and submission dates to ensure interfaces between equipment and works of different parties are clarified and reviews completed without impacting the project timeline.
• Coordinate with external owners\' engineers and specialists for supplementary design reviews or technical support where necessary.
• Contribute to the development of Requests for Proposals (RFPs) and technical specifications for equipment and works, ideally including HV equipment (such as transformers up to 400kV).
• Provide input to project\'s quality management plans and define quality requirements for projects.
• Review as-built documentation at project completion to confirm accuracy and completeness.
• Participate in project meetings and lessons-learned workshops to contribute to continuous improvement of internal processes and standards.
• Support the asset management team by documenting and capturing design modifications made during the operational phase of projects.
• Establish and maintain a consistent design and documentation methodology across all European projects, accommodating market-specific requirements.
• Oversee central management, collation, and organisation of technical documentation.
• Capacity building and support of the development team to ensure designs submitted for permitting are realistic and constructible.

Experience and Skills

• Engineering degree or equivalent, preferably electrical engineering or related.
• Experience with large-scale electricity projects; experience with HV grid connections and/or BESS projects is desirable.
• Familiarity with relevant norms and standards.
• Ability to discuss technical aspects across disciplines (civil, electrical, controls, etc.).
• Experience carrying out design reviews, ideally working with/for Owners\' Engineers.
• Competency with AutoCAD (for review purposes), document management systems, and standard office software.
• Ability to coordinate and communicate with a wide range of stakeholders, including internal teams, external contractors, technical advisors, and regulatory bodies.
• Willingness for occasional travel to project sites or international offices.
• Highly organized with attention to detail, problem-solving mindset and commercial acumen.

Job Details

• Position: Design Manager
• Location: Central London
• Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
• Employment type: Full-time
• Industries: Design Services

All successful candidates will be contacted within 5 days of application. This vacancy is being advertised by Technical Prospects Ltd as an Employment Agency.