Senior Public Health Engineer - Tunnel Systems Lead

Mott MacDonald; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Private medical insurance

Employee ownership

Job summary

Mott MacDonald is recruiting a Principal Mechanical Engineer (Public Health) to oversee public health design across tunnel projects. You will lead technical quality, select equipment, and ensure compliance across the full lifecycle, including drainage, pumped drainage, fire mains, and fixed firefighting systems.

You will join a team with varied experience and play a key role in mentoring juniors while delivering robust design solutions for major infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Degree‑qualified and chartered or equivalent experience with a relevant professional body.
• Experience as a public health engineer in engineering/construction environments and major projects.

Responsibilities

• Leading teams of engineers and technicians
• Managing and coordinating multi-disciplinary project teams
• Producing reliable design solutions, reports, specifications, and drawings
• Presenting technical solutions to clients and external stakeholders
• Actively participating in design team meetings and ensuring adherence to agreed principles
• Coordinating with other engineering disciplines to integrate mechanical/public health systems within the overall design
• Contributing to bid management and business development activities
• Supporting the mentoring, management, and technical development of engineers

Skills

Team leadership

Public health eng

Hydraulic calculations

Education

Degree‑qualified with membership of a relevant professional body

Chartered Engineer

Tools

Bluebeam

Hevacomp

MicroDrainage

Revit

ProjectWise

MS Office

Job description

Mott MacDonald is recruiting a Principal Mechanical Engineer (Public Health) to oversee public health design across tunnel projects. You will lead technical quality, select equipment, and ensure compliance across the full lifecycle, including drainage, pumped drainage, fire mains, and fixed firefighting systems.

You will join a team with varied experience and play a key role in mentoring juniors while delivering robust design solutions for major infrastructure.