Principal Project Manager / Design Manager

Overview

We are looking to appoint a Principal Project Manager / Design Manager. The purpose of the design manager is to ensure the design of all projects executed are successfully achieved. This role will sit within our Project Management Department to focus on flawless design delivery, coordination and engineering execution.

Who we are PM Group is an employee-owned, international project delivery firm with a 50-year track record of delivering complex, capital-intensive projects across the life sciences, food, mission-critical, and advanced manufacturing sectors.

With deep expertise in data centre delivery, we provide both AE Services (from Site Selection and Due Diligence through Campus Planning, BOD, IFC and CA project stages) and Project Management Consultancy (PMC) services to global hyperscale clients. Our strength lies in combining technical excellence, governance leadership, and world-class project controls to deliver certainty in cost, schedule, quality, and safety on fast-paced, high-value developments.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership for the full project lifecycle, from design through commissioning and handover.
• Utilise appropriate systems and provide leadership to the Design and Document Management functions on the project, in accordance with established PM Group procedures and protocols.
• Act as senior client interface, ensuring alignment on objectives, risk management, and performance
• Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary PMC teams, contractors, and stakeholders
• Drive performance across cost, schedule, quality, and safety metrics

Qualifications

• Extensive experience delivering large-scale data centre or mission-critical projects in design and/or project management capacities.
• Proven track record in senior project leadership roles within AE, PMC, consultancy, or client-side environments
• Strong commercial acumen and stakeholder management capability.
• Experience working on hyperscale developments is highly desirable.

Why PM Group?

As an employee-owned company, we are inclusive, committed and driven.

Inclusion and Diversity are core to our culture and values. Wherever we work, we commit to a culture of mutual respect and belonging by building a truly inclusive workplace rich in diverse people, talents and ideas. Valuing the contributions of all our people and respecting individual differences will sustain our growth into the future.

PM Group is committed to ensuring our hiring process is fair and accessible to all and will provide candidates with disabilities with reasonable accommodations required to participate in the recruitment process. If you require any assistance in this regard, please let us know.