Project Design Manager I Europe

Permanent position available with a considerable portfolio of works for the next 5+ years To build your career by assisting in the delivery of 'leading edge' engineering projects. To work with a vibrant, agile and multi-functional team in delivering projects on time, safely, to budget and to the required quality standards. To benefit from Kirby's Career Development Programmes that will enhance your leadership capability. To work with the best. Excellent package on offer with room for negotiations MEP Design Manager You probably don't get excited by "roles and responsibilities" lists. Neither do we. So let's cut to the chase. We're Kirby Group Engineering. 2,000+ people. 900m+ turnover. Projects across Ireland, the UK and mainland Europe. The stuff we design and build Data centres, power transmission, pharma facilities, hyperscale projects. Big, complex, high-stakes engineering that makes the lights stay on and the internet keep working. We need someone to take charge of mechanical and electrical design on some of the most technically demanding projects we deliver. Someone who doesn't just manage engineers, but knows how to get the best out of them - across multiple regions, with different cultures, time zones, and approaches. This isn't a "check drawings and sign them off" type role. It's leadership at project level. It's building teams, improving processes, spotting design gaps before they turn into expensive mistakes, and making sure the whole thing runs like clockwork. Lead design and engineering activity on major projects - power, cooling, telecoms, controls. Manage teams across Ireland, the UK, and Europe. Be the person construction teams call when they hit something too complex to solve locally. Improve how we do design - and make sure the "Kirby Way" keeps evolving. Recruit, coach and develop engineers so they're better next year than they are today. Front up to clients in tender interviews and kick-off meetings, representing design and engi