Associate Director (Electrical)
Associate Director (Electrical)
- Date Posted
- 2 November 2026
- Location
- Manchester
- Department
- Engineering
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- Looking to combine technical leadership, client engagement and team development within a growing global consultancy?
As an Associate Director – Electrical, you’ll play a key leadership role in delivering major data centre projects while helping develop engineering capability, maintain technical excellence and strengthen client relationships. You’ll oversee project delivery, support business objectives and contribute to the continued growth of the electrical engineering team.
You’ll work closely with clients, project teams and senior stakeholders to ensure engineering solutions are practical, efficient and aligned with project goals. This role offers the opportunity to combine hands-on technical leadership with people management and project influence.
What’s in it for you?
- Leadership responsibility – Take an active role in guiding teams, developing talent and supporting project success.
- Project influence – Shape engineering solutions across high-profile data centre developments.
- Client exposure – Build strong client relationships and contribute to the successful delivery of key programmes.
- Technical excellence – Support design assurance and help maintain consistently high engineering standards.
- Career growth – Expand your leadership experience while working alongside industry experts.
- International reach – Gain exposure to projects, clients and engineering teams across multiple regions.
Essential Skills & Experience
- Strong electrical engineering background within complex engineering projects
- Experience leading project teams and coordinating multidisciplinary stakeholders
- Ability to review and assure high-quality engineering deliverables
- Strong communication and relationship-building skills
- Understanding of project delivery, design governance and quality management
- Commitment to mentoring, collaboration and continuous improvement
In addition, you will also join a community that focuses on learning and development through regular knowledge-sharing sessions and investment in accredited professional courses. You can set the pace for your own development, and whatever path you choose, you will receive the right support.
About Black & White Engineering
Black & White Engineering is a multi-award-winning engineering consultancy with more than 1,300 employees across the UK, Europe, Middle East, Asia Pacific and North America.
We specialise in the full spectrum of engineering design consultancy for the data centre sector, including Mechanical, Electrical & Plumbing (MEP), Civil & Structural, Design Management, Sustainability, BIM, Power Systems and other infrastructure-related services.
Our engineering approach is grounded in practicality, technical excellence and operational efficiency. With rapid growth across regions, many colleagues have progressed from engineering roles into leadership positions — your future development is supported and recognised.
Ready to take the next step into a senior engineering leadership role? Apply now.
Ready to take the lead? Apply now and let’s build something extraordinary together.
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