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About the Role
As a Project Principal you will have the opportunity to manage large-scale multidisciplinary teams on mission critical projects, carry out sales and business development activities to actively support business growth and to ensure projects are delivered technically correct and on time.
About You
We are seeking someone with proven experience delivering major data centre projects across EMEA, someone with deep understanding of mission-critical MEP, power, cooling and commissioning. You will need have strong leadership skills with the ability to inspire large diverse delivery teams. You will have exceptional stakeholder and client relationship experience and skills, accompanied by commercial acumen with a track record of delivering projects on budget and on programme.
Responsibilities
In the role of Project Principal, we'll count on you to handle duties (but not limited to):
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: scope, cost, quality, risk, safety and schedule
Oversee contractor performance, procurement strategy, and commercial governance
Champion technical standards and ensuring all systems meet the highest levels of resilience and availability
Report at executive level, ensuring transparent and proactive communication at all stages
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Required Qualifications
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, especially in designing and managing projects, minimum 10 years’ experience 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.
What We Believe
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.
- Our Commitment
- 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.
