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Principal Design Manager

Mott Macdonald 🇬🇧 Manchester, England, United Kingdom

Full-time Principal

Lead the technical delivery and multidisciplinary integration of rail civil engineering projects, providing safe, practical, sustainable design solutions and serving as a technical point of contact for clients and stakeholders. Support project delivery and business development, manage risks and quality, and mentor engineers while promoting technical excellence across the team.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the technical delivery and multidisciplinary integration of rail civil engineering projects, providing safe, practical, sustainable design solutions and serving as a technical point of contact for clients and stakeholders. Support project delivery and business development, manage risks and quality, and mentor engineers while promoting technical excellence across the team.

Requirements

  • Applicants need a civil engineering degree or related qualification, professional registration as a Chartered or Incorporated Engineer, and extensive UK rail-sector experience delivering multidisciplinary projects. They should have led technical delivery on complex rail infrastructure projects and demonstrate strong communication, leadership, client-facing, and mentoring skills.

Benefits

  • Employee Pension Contributions
  • Life Assurance
  • Income Protection
  • Annual Bonus
  • Employee Ownership
  • Private Medical Insurance
  • Health Cash Plan
  • Wellbeing Support
  • Paid Annual Leave
  • Enhanced Family Leave
  • Carers Leave
  • Professional Institution Subscription
  • Training And Development
  • Employee Discounts

Key Skills

Technical leadership Rail civil engineering design Multidisciplinary integration Sustainable design solutions Client liaison Risk management Quality assurance Project delivery Business development Mentoring engineers Technical excellence promotion Chartered Engineer registration UK rail sector expertise Complex infrastructure coordination Communication skills Leadership Stakeholder management Regulatory compliance Project planning Problem solving Team development

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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