Public Health Engineer

HDR; Greater London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

HDR is seeking a Public Health Design Engineer to shape and deliver public health systems across data centres, healthcare, education, and complex infrastructure in London. You will work with multidisciplinary teams to ensure technically sound, coordinated designs and robust documentation.

The role requires a degree or equivalent, strong communication, and at least 3 years in a design consultancy. You will produce CAD/Revit drawings, engage with clients, and help drive innovative, sustainable

Qualifications

• Educational qualifications to a degree level or equivalent.
• Excellent presentation and communication skills.
• Minimum 3 years’ industry experience with a design consultancy.
• Experience producing CAD/Revit drawings and coordinating with other consultants.
• Familiarity with design software relevant to public health engineering projects.

Responsibilities

• Design public health systems.
• Produce calculations, specifications, reports and technical drawings.
• Coordinate designs with multidisciplinary teams.
• Liaise with the design team to produce coordinated designs that are technically compliant, to a consistent quality and standard; provide positive contributions to design/project meetings and maintain regular in‑house design reviews and checks.
• Support project delivery from feasibility through detailed design and construction stages.
• Engage with clients, contractors and stakeholders to deliver successful project outcomes.
• Contribute to innovative and sustainable engineering approaches aligned with industry best practice.

Skills

Communication skills

Presentation skills

Team collaboration

Education

Degree or equivalent

Tools

CAD drawings

Revit

AutoCAD

Bluebeam

MS Office

Job description

About The Role

As a Public Health Design Engineer, you will play a key role in the design and delivery of public health systems across a variety of sectors including data centres, commercial, healthcare, education, mixed‑use, and complex infrastructure projects.

About You

We are looking for someone who is a personable self‑starter with the ability to project a positive ‘can do’ professional attitude at all times, maintaining good working relationships. Someone who enjoys working collaboratively across disciplines, able to establish excellent rapport within the team, business and with clients, who can work under pressure, handle a varied workload and meet tight deadlines while maintaining the highest level of technical excellence.

Responsibilities

• Design public health systems.
• Produce calculations, specifications, reports and technical drawings.
• Coordinate designs with multidisciplinary teams including mechanical, electrical and structural engineers.
• Liaise with the design team to produce coordinated designs that are technically compliant, to a consistent quality and standard; provide positive contributions to design/project meetings and maintain regular in‑house design reviews and checks.
• Support project delivery from feasibility through detailed design and construction stages.
• Engage with clients, contractors and stakeholders to deliver successful project outcomes.
• Contribute to innovative and sustainable engineering approaches aligned with industry best practice.

Required Qualifications

• Educational qualifications to a degree level or equivalent are desired.
• Excellent presentation and communication skills.
• Minimum 3 years’ industry experience working for a design consultancy.
• Organise and direct the production of CAD/Revit drawings and correspond effectively with opposite numbers with other consultants.
• Competency in MS Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint.
• Experience using Bluebeam, Revit and AutoCAD.
• Ability to project a positive and professional attitude at all times.
• Familiarity with design software relevant to public health engineering projects.
• Able to establish rapport and good working relationships within the project team and clients.
• Support graduate team members and share technical knowledge where appropriate.

Primary Location: United Kingdom-England-London Industry: Building Engineering Schedule: Full‑time Employee Status: Regular BusinessClass: Building Public‑Health‑Plumbing Job Posting: Jun 15, 2026

At HDR, we are committed to the principles of employment equity. We are an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants, regardless of criminal histories, arrest and conviction records.