Project Design Manager
Location: Remote (UK-wide, with travel as required)
Salary: Up to £90,000 + benefits
Turner Lovell is recruiting a Project Design Manager for a leading UK energy infrastructure contractor delivering Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) and renewable energy connection projects across the UK.
This role focuses on end-to-end design ownership across BESS projects, including Civils, HV Cables, and Protection & Control. You will be responsible for coordinating all design deliverables, ensuring solutions are technically compliant, constructable, and aligned with client and regulatory standards.
Key Responsibilities:
* Own and lead multidisciplinary design for BESS and grid connection projects from feasibility through detailed design and construction support.
* Manage and coordinate electrical and civil design teams, including internal designers and external consultants.
* Ensure full compliance with DNO standards, industry codes, CDM 2015, and internal design governance requirements.
* Act as the primary technical interface with clients, confidently challenging requirements where necessary to achieve safe, efficient, and compliant solutions.
* Manage design programme, workload prioritisation, and technical risk across multiple projects.
* Provide technical support during construction, responding to site queries and resolving design issues as required.
Required Qualifications and Experience:
* Degree in Electrical or Civil Engineering (or equivalent).
* Chartered Engineer status or working towards chartership.
* Proven experience leading design for BESS or renewable energy grid connection projects.
* Strong background in substation-based infrastructure projects within the regulated DNO environment (11kV-132kV).
* Demonstrated ability to manage and coordinate multidisciplinary design teams.
* Strong technical authority with the confidence to engage and challenge clients under delivery pressure.
* Ability to understand and manage the interaction between civils, cables, and protection & control disciplines.
This is an excellent opportunity to take a senior design leadership role within a growing renewables-focused business, with a strong pipeline of BESS and grid connection projects and long-term career progression.
For more information, please contact Anusha Gopalan at or 020 4602 7660.