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 an or .