Senior Project Engineer MEP Rail

Randstad Cpe London; Maple Cross; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Randstad CPE London is seeking a Senior Project Engineer or Engineering Manager to lead a major HS2 MEP package in the Rickmansworth/West London area. You will oversee design coordination, technical assurance and multi-disciplinary interfaces as the project moves from design into installation and commissioning.

The role requires extensive rail industry leadership, strong MEP knowledge, stakeholder management and experience with NEC contracts.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in a Senior Project Engineer, Engineering Manager, Design Manager or similar engineering leadership role.
• Strong MEP knowledge across mechanical, electrical, public health or related systems.
• Experience working within a rail environment and coordinating multidisciplinary interfaces.
• Experience delivering engineering design through review, acceptance and approval processes.
• Good understanding of construction assurance, testing and commissioning.

Responsibilities

• Provide engineering leadership across the MEP package and coordinate complex designs.
• Manage interfaces between MEP works and wider rail systems on site.
• Coordinate with designers, contractors, rail systems teams and specialists to ensure coordinated, assured delivery.
• Lead design coordination, technical assurance and engineering management through design to installation and commissioning.

Skills

Senior Project Engineer/Engineering M

Engineering Leadership

MEP experience

Rail environment

Stakeholder management

NEC Supervisor responsibilities

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.