Technical Principal - Mechanical Engineering

Location/s: Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Manchester; UK
Recruiter contact: David McFall

Mott MacDonald is a global engineering, management, and development consultancy with over 20,000 employees across more than 50 countries and 140+ offices. 

We work across incredible global industries, delivering exciting work that is defining our future and making an important societal impact in the communities we serve. Our people power our performance – we succeed when they do. With countless opportunities to collaborate, learn, and grow, the possibilities for excellence are as varied as every individual. 

Whether you want to grow as a subject matter expert or broaden your experience with roles across our international community, you’re surrounded by global specialists who want to combine their expertise and champion you to be your best. As a proudly employee-owned business, we benefit our clients, our communities, and each other, investing in creating the right space for everyone to feel empowered, included, and valued. Whatever your ambition, Mott MacDonald is where people come to be brilliant.

Overview of the role

The need to develop services that can meet tomorrow’s-built environment needs, means that Mott MacDonald has never been more involved in shaping global net zero carbon policy and facility provision. 

Your role will be to support the Buildings Health division sector technical team in supporting the expansion of healthcare work in the UK and Europe. 

We want to recruit a candidate who will provide healthcare sector business development and subsequent technical delivery leadership as part of the teams delivering built environment healthcare projects. The role will include technically led bid activity and client relationship building – primarily through thought leadership on matters such as site decarbonisation and the adaption and/or replacement of existing MEP engineering systems, inclusion of MMC/DfMA design solutions, structural adaption, etc. The candidate will be self-motivated and capable of delivering high quality technical advisory services with the minimum of supervision to time and budget.  As part of a wider practice network the role will support the Healthcare sector team who have developed a strong reputation for work winning, successful project delivery and technical excellence. 

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate and take positive steps to create an inclusive culture. 

The opportunity now exists for an individual to join this enthusiastic and growing team and to develop their career within the built environment sector at Mott MacDonald. 

You will:

• Have responsibility for all aspects of assigned project work, and with a focus on healthcare sector built environment projects
• Support national core teams of project delivery staff on technical aspects of healthcare projects – developing/mentoring the teams to successfully deliver healthcare sector projects
• Working and liaising with associated engineering disciplines as part of bidding and delivering technical support
• Client facing on matters of a technical nature
• Support senior managers running the commercial and contractual side of built environment projects

As a Director level engineer you will be involved in a range of small to large projects within our built environment sector project delivery team. The role will be challenging, demanding, varied and offer opportunities for skill set and career development.

You will work autonomously within a team carrying out technical advisory commissions, with a bias towards MEP (and some strategic Structural) engineering design. You will potentially manage several projects and the work of others. 

The key elements of the role are (but not limited to):

• Managing the delivery of assigned built environment technical advisory projects
• Working and liaising with associated engineering disciplines as part of delivering projects – primarily focussed on the health sector
• Management of internal and external stakeholders
• Responsible for managing external stakeholders, ensuring client satisfaction and pursuing and promoting opportunities with potential and established clients
• Be familiar with using relevant industry software (eg, IES, Revit, ADB Codebook, DRofus, etc)
• Developing, maintaining and monitoring programmes for scheduling and reporting on deliverables across specific projects
• Maximising profitability of projects, monitoring against budget, reacting and anticipating potential problems and communicating in line with client expectations
• Demonstrating technical expertise, providing in depth knowledge whilst proactively coaching and developing less experienced team members

A fully qualified and experienced professional having the breadth of experience, ability and maturity to make good decisions across the key areas of their recognised built environment discipline and demonstrating the following attributes: 

• Have experience of leading on building commissions
• Have experience of mentoring and leading graduate engineers
• Be enthusiastic and ambitious
• Possess excellent communication skills, including report writing and presentation
• Have the ability to lead elements of one large project or a portfolio of smaller projects
• Have experience of managing client relationships and expectations with accountability for key customer relationships and delivery of outputs
• Working as a specialist providing high level advice to others
• Track record of achievement and innovation, delivering complex projects or new services
• Managing and supervising the work of other professionally qualified staff
• Well-developed professional network externally and desire to build internal networks within the organisation

UK Immigration

Mott MacDonald Ltd. are not currently offering sponsorship to candidates under the Skilled Worker visa route in the UK. This decision is as a consequence of the changes made to the Skilled Worker route by the UK Government in April 2024. We continue to welcome applications from candidates who are eligible for alternative immigration routes in the UK, that do not require sponsorship as a Skilled Worker now or in future.

Agile working  

At 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 offer a hybrid working policy that embraces your well-being, flexibility, and trust.

Equality, diversity, and inclusion 

We 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 can contribute.

Accessibility

We want you to perform your best at every stage in the recruitment process. If you are disabled or need any support to enable you to apply or attend an interview, please contact us at reasonable.adjustments@mottmac.com and we will talk to you about how we can support you.

We offer some fantastic benefits including:

Financial wellbeing

• We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.
• Life assurance equal up to 4 x your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6 x your salary.
• Our income protection scheme provides a financial benefit, as well as absence and return to work support due to long-term illness or injury.
• Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing.
• As an independently owned business we share the financial success of the business with all our colleagues in various ways including annual bonus schemes.

Employee Ownership

• Our employee ownership model means no external investors, just us, creating a culture of shared success.
• Our employees have a stake and a voice in our business, giving them a direct connection to our success through our personal and group performance bonuses.
• As your career grows, so does your stake, recognising your long-term impact and contribution.
• Your voice matters, with the opportunity to connect directly with senior leadership through formal channels to help shape our future.
• For our senior roles you will have a direct pathway towards ownership from day one.

Health and wellbeing

• Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues.
• Health cash plan to support you with every day health costs and treatments.
• Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues.
• A variety of wellbeing support is available through our comprehensive wellbeing program, including access for you and your family.
• Ability to flex your salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many of which can be extended to your family too.

Lifestyle

• A minimum of 33-35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays and dependent on level, with the ability to buy or sell leave through our flexible benefits programme.
• Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years’ service.
• Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts from high-street retailers.

 Enhanced family and carers leave

• Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave.
• Our shared parental leave matches maternity leave meaning we pay up to 24 weeks at full pay.
• Up to five additional days leave are provided for those with significant caring responsibilities, two of which are paid.

Learning and development

• Primary annual professional institution subscription.
• A broad range of opportunities to enhance both technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self-development options.

Networks, communities, and social outcomes

• Join a wide range of groups including our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities.
• Make a difference within our communities through our social outcomes.

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