MEP Rail Sector Specialist

Overview

As an MEP Project Lead Engineer, you will steer complex rail and transport projects from feasibility to handover within a leading infrastructure-focused consultancy. You’ll provide technical leadership to multidisciplinary design teams, coordinate resources, and maintain strong client and stakeholder relationships. You will shape engineering solutions for major rail stations, depots, and interchanges, contributing to sustainable travel and connected communities. This role offers high-impact work, mentorship, and opportunities to influence transportation design direction within a global firm.

Pay / Benefits

• competitive salary
• hybrid and flexible working
• private medical insurance
• life assurance and income protection
• profit-share and performance rewards
• industry-leading training and professional development

Responsibilities

• Lead multidisciplinary design teams through the full project lifecycle
• Manage MEP engineering package delivery on major transportation projects
• Oversee design assurance and compliance with rail/transport standards
• Act as technical advisor on electrical engineering matters
• Manage project programmes, resources and design deliverables
• Coordinate with internal disciplines, clients, contractors and external stakeholders
• Support bids and client relationship management
• Identify and mitigate project risks to meet programme, quality and budget objectives
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring and guidance to engineering teams
• Help shape future transportation and rail engineering capability within the business

Key requirements

• Chartered Engineer status (Mechanical or Electrical) or equivalent accreditation
• Strong multidisciplinary MEP design experience in a consultancy
• Proven experience delivering transportation, rail or infrastructure projects
• Strong understanding of rail design standards, assurance processes and compliance
• Experience leading engineering teams through design and construction phases
• Excellent stakeholder management and client-facing skills
• Ability to coordinate complex project teams and manage competing priorities
• Experience supporting bids, tenders and business development
• Collaborative leadership style with a passion for developing others
• Electrical engineering background advantageous or broader MEP leadership considered

• stakeholder management
• leadership and mentoring
• collaboration and teamwork
• MEP design
• rail design standards
• design coordination

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