Senior​/Principal Engineer

Senior / Principal Engineer at Mott Mac Donald

Location
:
Altrincham, Birmingham, Croydon, Leeds; UK

Recruiter contact
:
Madeleine Knight

Mott Mac Donald is a global engineering, management, and development consultancy with over 20,000 employees across more than 50 countries and 140+ offices. We work across incredible global industries, delivering exciting work that is defining our future and making an important societal impact in the communities we serve. Our people power our performance – we succeed when they do. With countless opportunities to collaborate, learn, and grow, the possibilities for excellence are as varied as every individual.

Whether you want to grow as a subject matter expert or broaden your experience with roles across our international community, you’re surrounded by global specialists who want to combine their expertise and champion you to be your best. As a proudly employee‑owned business, we benefit our clients, our communities, and each other, investing in creating the right space for everyone to feel empowered, included, and valued.

Whatever your ambition, Mott Mac Donald is where people come to be brilliant.

We help conceive, drive, and implement transport solutions for cities, regions, and asset owners/operators around the globe. From preparing the business case and advising on related issues – such as revenue, procurement, and environmental legislation – to delivering the completed infrastructure and helping maintain it. Our planning, engineering, environmental and management skills cover the whole project cycle. We play a major role in developing and delivering the Global Transport Sector Strategy.

We are seeking Chartered Civil or Highway Engineers with experience in light rail, tramway or bus rapid transit design, to be part of our Transport and Mobility Solutions Division in the UK. You will be required to deliver technical leadership, a collaborative approach and inspire engineering teams to deliver projects to a high quality, within budget and timescales. You will be offered, and be expected to take on, a degree of autonomy and responsibility and able to contribute to growing the technical capability of the Urban Transit and Mobility team's profile and work portfolio through successful project delivery and participation in business development.

Although there are roles available in a number of locations across the UK, you will be expected to collaborate with our Urban Transit and Mobility Practice across the world and the wider global Mott Mac Donald business. The role offers the successful applicant the opportunity to develop their skills and progress their career working as a part of a Global Award Winning team of innovative engineers and specialists.

• Delivering and planning the development, design and implementation of light rail, tramway and bus rapid transit projects
• Demonstrate technical leadership and provide mentoring while ensuring adherence to H&S policy and procedures
• Leading the engineering solutions of tasks on multi-disciplinary project teams across a portfolio of projects, ensuring delivery to client requirements, programme and budget
• Managing technical interfaces and integration of multiple disciplines in a co‑ordinated manner to deliver coherent solutions
• Ensuring a high level of quality in all deliverables through diligent checking and collaboration with discipline experts
• Provision of inputs to bid proposals and submissions
• Active involvement in business development through attentive customer care when working with clients
• Mentoring and developing junior staff

• Degree qualified (B.Eng Hons or equivalent) in Civil or Highway Engineering or related discipline, or Masters degree qualified (M.Eng or equivalent), or extensive equivalent experience
• For Degree qualified, an Incorporated Engineer membership, for those with a Masters degree Chartered Engineer or be close to achieving with a proven record of technical leadership on light rail, tramway or bus rapid transit infrastructure…