Senior Mechanical Engineer (FLS)

Mott MacDonald is a global engineering, management, and development consultancy committed to delivering impactful work that shapes the future.

We are a team of over 20,000 experts working across the world in more than 50 countries.
We are proud to be part of an ever-changing global industry, delivering transformative work that’s defining our future. It’s our people who power that performance. As an employee-owned business, we invest in creating a space for everyone to feel safe and valued and empowered with the right tools and support. 

Whether you want to pursue excellence in your specialism or broaden your experience with flexible roles across our business, you’ll be connected to a community of global experts championing you to be your best. Join us and shape your story with Mott MacDonald, where everyone has the opportunity to be brilliant.

Job description:-

• Developing fire safety strategies: notably for all sectors of the buildings and infrastructure.

• Reviewing designs against current codes of practice, analysing and designing solutions including bespoke performance-based fire engineering solutions.

• Undertaking formal peer reviews of fire engineering work.

• Working alongside other internal/external technical disciplines to provide advice best suited to the project and the Client.

• Ensuring work is delivered to programme and budget.

• Ensuring work is delivered to the necessary level of quality.

Candidate specification:-

• Have a degree in a relevant engineering/science discipline.

• Should have 10+ of fire/smoke modelling tools such as computational fluid dynamics (CFD), zone models and evacuation models an advantage.

• Must have experience of developing fire strategies to UK and international codes of practice.

• Have working knowledge of and experience of performance-based fire engineering codes of practice in the UK and internationally (such as BS 7974, NFPA 101).

• Experience of working with international codes such as British Standards, NFPA, IBC, etc.

• Ability to communicate effectively in English with clients, colleagues and other members of the project team.

• Must have excellent skills for report writing in English.

We can offer (subject to Company’s policy):-

• Agile and safe working environment
• Competitive annual leave and sick leaves
• Group incentive scheme
• Group term life insurance, Workmen’s compensation and Group medical insurance coverage
• Short and Long-term Global employment opportunities
• Global collaboration and knowledge sharing
• Digital Innovation and Transformation

Equality, diversity and inclusionWe put equality, diversity and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they have the opportunity to contribute.

Agile workingAt Mott MacDonald, we believe it makes business sense for you and your manager to choose how you can work most effectively to meet your client, team and personal commitments. We embrace agility, flexibility and trust.