Senior Project Engineer MEP Rail

Carrington West; Maple Cross; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Carrington West is seeking a Senior Project Engineer / Engineering Manager to lead an MEP package on a major UK rail programme (HS2). With responsibility for design coordination, technical assurance and interfaces, you will drive delivery from design through installation on site at Rickmansworth/West London.

The role requires strong leadership, extensive rail MEP experience, and proven ability to manage multidisciplinary teams and contractors to ensure successful delivery.

Qualifications

• Significant leadership in Senior Project Engineer or Engineering Manager roles.
• Strong MEP experience across mechanical, electrical, and public health systems.
• Experience coordinating complex designs and interfaces in a rail project.
• Solid technical assurance and engineering management experience.
• Familiarity with NEC contracts is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Provide engineering leadership across the MEP package on site.
• Coordinate complex designs and interface management with rail systems.
• Liaise with designers, contractors and technical specialists to ensure delivery.
• Oversee design reviews, testing and commissioning preparations.

Skills

Engineering leadership

MEP design experience

Rail industry experience

Interface coordination

Technical assurance

NEC Supervisor knowledge

Stakeholder management

Design review & approval

Installation planning

Job description

Are you an experienced Senior Project Engineer or Engineering Manager looking to take a leading role on one of the UK's largest infrastructure programmes?

Do you have experience managing complex MEP design, technical assurance and engineering interfaces within a major rail environment?

Salary: £79,863.60 to £99,829 including flexible fund (DOE)

Location: Rickmansworth / West London, 3 days per week on site

Closing date: 28th August

Interviews: From 24th September

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Project Engineer to take a leading engineering role on a major £160m MEP package as part of HS2.

With the main civil engineering works substantially complete, the project is moving into the next phase of delivery across five ventilation and evacuation shafts. The MEP works are currently progressing through design, with installation due to begin in November and continue through to 2028, followed by testing, commissioning and technical assurance into 2029.

This is an excellent opportunity to join the programme at a key stage, taking responsibility for engineering management, design coordination and technical assurance as the project progresses from design into installation and commissioning.

As Senior Project Engineer, you will provide engineering leadership across the MEP package, coordinating complex designs and managing interfaces between the MEP works and wider rail systems.

You will work closely with designers, contractors, rail systems teams and technical specialists to ensure designs are coordinated, assured and successfully delivered on site.

Essential Requirements:

• Significant experience as a Senior Project Engineer, Engineering Manager, Design Manager or similar engineering leadership role.
• Strong MEP experience across mechanical, electrical, public health or associated systems.
• Previous experience working within a rail environment.
• Experience coordinating complex designs and managing multidisciplinary engineering interfaces.
• Strong technical assurance and engineering management experience.
• Experience taking designs through review, acceptance and approval processes.
• An understanding of construction assurance, testing and commissioning.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the confidence to challenge contractors, designers and technical specialists.
• Experience acting as an NEC Supervisor or a good understanding of NEC Supervisor responsibilities.

Nice to have:

• Experience working under NEC contracts.
• Previous HS2, Crossrail or other major rail infrastructure experience.
• Experience delivering MEP packages within stations or other complex rail environments.
• Design management or engineering management experience across both design and construction.
• Experience managing technical interfaces between MEP and operational rail systems.

The scale and complexity of the MEP installation offers the opportunity to take responsibility for a substantial engineering package while working alongside specialist engineering teams and subject matter experts across HS2.