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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.\nWhether 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.\nAbout the business unit\n We help conceive, drive, and implement transport solutions for cities, regions, and asset owners/operators around the globe. From preparing the business case and advising on related issues - such as revenue, procurement, and environmental legislation - to delivering the completed infrastructure and helping maintain it. Our planning, engineering, environmental and management skills cover the whole project cycle. We play a major role in developing and delivering the Global Transport Sector Strategy.\nOverview of the role\nOur Rail Engineering Management team is growing, and we are looking for talented Design Managers and Project Engineers to help deliver a diverse portfolio of rail and transport projects across the UK and internationally.\nYou will work alongside experienced engineering, design and systems professionals on projects for clients including High Speed Two (HS2), Transport for London (TfL), East West Rail, Network Rail and Irish Rail. This is an excellent opportunity for engineers looking to broaden their experience in multidisciplinary design, systems integration and project delivery while developing towards leadership roles.\nOur team supports projects through every stage of the lifecycle, from feasibility and optioneering through to detailed design, construction and commissioning. We work across a wide range of disciplines including engineering management, design management, project engineering, systems engineering, assurance, information management, BIM, testing and commissioning and project management.\nKey responsibilities and duties include:\nSupport the planning, coordination and delivery of multidisciplinary engineering and design activities\nManage design programmes, deliverables and interfaces to ensure projects progress efficiently\nCoordinate engineering teams, stakeholders and suppliers to deliver successful project outcomes\nSupport the management of design risks, assumptions, issues, dependencies and opportunities\nContribute to the development and implementation of digital and information management solutions\nWork closely with clients to understand requirements and develop practical engineering solutions\nPromote collaborative working across disciplines and project teams\nSupport the delivery of projects to agreed scope, quality, programme and budget requirements\nMaintain a strong focus on safety, wellbeing and continuous improvement\nWhy join us?\nWork on some of the UK's most significant rail and transport programmes\nGain exposure across design management, project engineering, systems integration and project delivery\nWork alongside experienced technical and project leaders\nDevelop your career towards Project Leadership roles\nBenefit from structured professional development, mentoring and support\nCandidate specification\nEssential:\nDegree qualified in Engineering or a related discipline\nExperience working within multidisciplinary engineering or infrastructure projects\nStrong communication and stakeholder management skills\nAbility to coordinate activities across multiple disciplines and interfaces\nCommercial awareness and focus on delivering client value\nAbility to identify and solve technical and project delivery challenges\nExperience working collaboratively within project teams while taking ownership of assigned responsibilities\nDesirable:\nExperience within the rail, transport or infrastructure sectors\nUnderstanding of design management, project engineering or systems engineering principles\nKnowledge of BIM and digital delivery tools\nExperience supporting engineering assurance activities\nMembership, or working towards membership, of a relevant professional institution\nExperience coordinating multidisciplinary engineering teams and stakeholders\nUK Immigration\nMott 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.\nAgile working\nAt 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.\nEquality, diversity, and inclusion\nWe 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.\nAI Usage\nAt Mott MacDonald, we see the value AI can bring, but we take a people-first approach to hiring. While AI tools can help candidates prepare and build confidence, every application and hiring decision is reviewed by our recruitment and hiring teams. We encourage the responsible use of AI while ensuring we get to know the real person behind the application.\nAccessibility\nWe 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  and we will talk to you about how we can support you.\nWe offer some fantastic benefits including:\nFinancial wellbeing\nWe match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.\nLife assurance equal up to 4 x your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6 x your salary.\nOur income protection scheme provides a financial benefit, as well as absence and return to work support due to long-term illness or injury.\nFlexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing.\nAs an independently owned business we share the financial success of the business with all our colleagues in various ways including annual bonus schemes.\nEmployee Ownership\nOur employee ownership model means no external investors, just us, creating a culture of shared success.\nOur employees have a stake and a voice in our 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