Rail MEP Design Engineer - Assistant, UK Projects

NES Fircroft; Greater London; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

NES Fircroft is seeking an MEP Assistant Design Engineer in London or Birmingham with travel between locations. You will support integration of MEP and civil works on major rail and infrastructure projects, collaborating with design, construction and stakeholder teams.

You will assist with design development, coordination, and assurance across stages, ensuring compliance with standards and client specs while coordinating with suppliers and consultants.

Qualifications

• Degree in Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related discipline.
• Experience or exposure to major infrastructure, rail, transportation, or civil projects.
• Knowledge of engineering design coordination and multidisciplinary project delivery.
• Understanding of rail and infrastructure design standards and industry practices.
• Awareness of safety, environmental and regulatory requirements in construction environments.
• Experience coordinating with consultants, contractors, suppliers, or third‑party stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and integrate MEP and related systems across project phases, aligning with civil works.
• Assist design team with development activities: review drawings, specs, submissions, and design docs.
• Participate in coordination meetings and track actions to completion.
• Liaise with consultants, subcontractors, suppliers, and internal teams to resolve technical issues.
• Support design activities across rail infrastructure and track-related systems during design and construction phases.
• Monitor progress against programme and provide updates to project leadership.
• Ensure designs comply with statutory requirements, standards, and client specs.
• Support design assurance processes across design, construction, testing, handover stages.
• Coordinate inputs from designers and supply chain partners for safe, efficient solutions.
• Work with design leads, construction, commercial, planners and stakeholders on interfaces.
• Attend project meetings with clients, contractors, and multidisciplinary teams.
• Assist in identifying and managing design risks, opportunities, changes and value engineering.
• Provide technical support during construction and resolution of design issues.
• Review technical reports, monitoring information and project documentation.
• Contribute to continuous improvement on programme, cost, quality and safety.

Skills

MEP design coordination

Civil/Mechanical engineering

BIM processes

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication & stakeholder management

Education

Bachelors in Civil or Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Revit

Navisworks

Job description

NES Fircroft is seeking an MEP Assistant Design Engineer in London or Birmingham with travel between locations. You will support integration of MEP and civil works on major rail and infrastructure projects, collaborating with design, construction and stakeholder teams.

You will assist with design development, coordination, and assurance across stages, ensuring compliance with standards and client specs while coordinating with suppliers and consultants.