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Principal Design Manager

Mott Macdonald 🇬🇧 Altrincham, England, United Kingdom

Full-time Senior

Lead and oversee the technical delivery of multi-disciplinary rail civil engineering projects across the UK. Collaborate with stakeholders and project managers to ensure high-quality, safe, and sustainable engineering solutions while mentoring early career professionals.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and oversee the technical delivery of multi-disciplinary rail civil engineering projects across the UK. Collaborate with stakeholders and project managers to ensure high-quality, safe, and sustainable engineering solutions while mentoring early career professionals.

Requirements

  • Requires a degree in Civil Engineering or a related discipline and Chartered (CEng) or Incorporated (IEng) status with the ICE. Candidates must have extensive experience in the UK rail sector, specifically in multi-disciplinary project delivery and design.

Benefits

  • Pension contributions
  • Life assurance
  • Income protection
  • Annual bonus
  • Private medical insurance
  • Health cash plan
  • Wellbeing program
  • Paid holiday
  • Armed forces reservist leave
  • Enhanced maternity leave
  • Enhanced adoption leave
  • Enhanced paternity leave
  • Shared parental leave
  • Professional institution subscription
  • Mentoring and training

Key Skills

Civil engineering Rail infrastructure design Multi‑disciplinary project delivery Stakeholder management Project planning Technical leadership Mentoring junior engineers Chartered Engineer (CEng/IEng) Design standards compliance Safety engineering Sustainable engineering practices Risk assessment Construction documentation Budget management Contract negotiation Team leadership Problem solving Communication Collaboration with multidisciplinary teams Regulatory compliance

About Mott Macdonald

We are an engineering, management and development consultancy and one of the largest wholly employee-owned firms of our kind. We plan, design, deliver and maintain the transport, energy, water, defence and security, and buildings infrastructure that is integral to people's daily lives. Our core strength is using our expertise to overcome complex challenges to deliver benefits for our clients and the communities they serve.

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