HDR
Project Principal
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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. As we work to weave diversity, equity, and inclusion into our work and foster a sense of belonging throughout the company and within our communities, we constantly ask ourselves: What is our impact on the world?
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.
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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 to 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.
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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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