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About the Role

As a Project Principal, you will manage large-scale multidisciplinary teams on mission-critical projects, conduct sales and business development to support business growth, and ensure projects are delivered on time and technically correct.

Responsibilities

Lead full lifecycle delivery of large-scale data centre projects (typically £100m+).
Manage multidisciplinary engineering, construction, commissioning, and operational teams.
Act as a senior client partner, resolving challenges and ensuring expectations are exceeded.
Drive programme excellence, including scope, cost, quality, risk, safety, and schedule.
Oversee contractor performance, procurement strategy, and commercial governance.
Champion technical standards and ensure all systems meet the highest levels of resilience and availability.
Report at the executive level, ensuring transparent and proactive communication at all stages.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Engineering.
Demonstrated leadership, business development, and strategic planning skills.
An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must.
Extensive experience, minimum 10 years, in designing and managing projects within a design consultancy working on datacentre/mission critical projects.
MS Office and MS Project experience is required.
Strong leadership and people management skills and experience.
Incorporated Status in chosen discipline preferred and ongoing pursuit of Chartered status and business qualifications if not already achieved.
Able to establish rapport and good working relationships within the project team and Clients.
Proven experience delivering major data centre projects across EMEA.
Deep understanding of mission-critical MEP, power, cooling, and commissioning.
Strong leadership skills with the ability to inspire large diverse delivery teams.
Exceptional stakeholder and client relationship experience and skills.
Commercial acumen with a track record of delivering projects on budget and on programme.

Skills

Leadership
Business Development
Strategic Planning
MS Office
MS Project
People Management
Stakeholder Management
Client Relationship Management
Commercial Acumen
MEP
Power
Cooling
Commissioning

Experience Level

Minimum 10 years experience

Education Level

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

About the Company

At HDR, our employee-owners are fully engaged in creating a welcoming environment where each of us is valued and respected, a place where everyone is empowered to bring their authentic selves and novel ideas to work every day.
We believe building engineering is more than systems and structures, it’s about powering progress and enabling innovation.
As part of HDR’s Building Engineering Services Group, you’ll help design the critical infrastructure that supports the digital age and shapes the spaces where people work, connect, and thrive.
From high-performance data centers driving the future of AI to dynamic commercial environments, your work will directly support technological advancement, sustainability, and human experience.
We bring together mechanical, electrical, structural, and civil engineering experts to solve complex design challenges with precision, creativity, and collaboration.
Whether you're optimizing energy efficiency, integrating resilient systems, or engineering the backbone of next-generation facilities, your contributions will help define the future of the built environment.
This isn’t just a job, it’s a chance to lead innovation, engineer impact, and build a legacy of excellence.
Each and every role throughout our organization makes a difference in our ability to change the world for the better.
HDR is our company. Together, we build on each other's life experiences and perspectives to make great things possible every day.
This shapes our collaborative culture, encourages organizational trust and connects us closer to the clients and communities we serve.

Equal Opportunity

As employee owners, we all have a role in creating an inclusive environment where each of us is welcomed, valued, respected and empowered to bring our authentic selves to work every day.
Our eight Employee Network Groups (Asian Pacific, Black, Hispanic/Latino(a), LGBTQ+, People with Disabilities, Veterans, Women, Young Professionals) help create a sense of belonging and foster a supportive environment where everyone is empowered to engage and contribute.
Each group has an executive sponsor and is open to all employees.