Principal Public Health Engineer

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 more than 50 countries. As an employee-owned business, we invest in creating an environment where everyone feels valued, supported and empowered to do their best work.

Whether you want to deepen your expertise or broaden your experience across different projects and disciplines, you’ll be connected to a global community of specialists and have opportunities to shape your career.

About the role

We are looking for a Principal Public Health Engineer to join our Buildings team in the Middle East.

You will take a leading role in the design and delivery of public health engineering solutions across multidisciplinary building and infrastructure projects. Working closely with clients, architects and engineering teams, you will provide technical leadership from early design through detailed design and construction support.

This is an opportunity to combine hands-on engineering expertise with technical assurance, client engagement and the development of engineers within the team.

Key responsibilities

As Principal Public Health Engineer, your responsibilities will include:

• Lead the design and technical delivery of public health engineering systems across multidisciplinary projects.
• Develop and review designs for fire protection systems including sprinkler, standpipes, foam, clean agent and specialised fire protection systems.
• Develop and review designs for natural gas and LPG systems associated with buildings.
• Undertake and review engineering calculations, system sizing, equipment selection, technical drawings, specifications, technical reports and design documentation.
• Support engineering team in design, design coordination and modelling.
• Shall be experienced in local authority regulations and design approvals.
• Shall be experienced in using national and international codes and standards associated with the public health engineering.
• Provide technical assurance and undertake design reviews to ensure outputs meet project requirements and relevant standards.
• Lead the public health engineering input from concept and feasibility through detailed, tender and IFC designs, with construction support as required.
• Coordinate public health systems with key disciplines including mechanical, electrical, structural, landscape, pool, interior design and architectural disciplines.
• Identify design constraints, interfaces, risks and opportunities and develop practical engineering solutions.
• Work closely with clients and project stakeholders, providing clear technical advice and representing the discipline at project and design meetings.
• Support project managers with scope, programme, resource planning and delivery.
• Review technical submissions and respond to technical queries during project delivery.
• Provide guidance, mentoring and technical support to engineers and other members of the team.

Candidate specifications

We are looking for someone who can bring strong public health engineering capability together with the judgement and collaborative approach expected at Principal level.

Essential

• Degree in mechanical engineering, building services engineering or a relevant engineering discipline.
• Minimum experience of 12 years, local experience would be preferable.
• Strong professional experience in public health engineering and building services design.
• Demonstrable experience designing water supply, drainage and associated public health systems.
• Demonstrable experience designing gas and fire protection systems.
• Experience delivering designs through multiple stages of the project lifecycle.
• Strong understanding of engineering calculations, specifications, drawings and technical documentation.
• Ability to review engineering designs and provide effective technical assurance.
• Experience working within multidisciplinary design teams.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to explain technical matters clearly to clients, colleagues and project stakeholders.
• Ability to organise and prioritise work across multiple project requirements.
• Ability to guide and develop less experienced engineers.

Desirable

• Chartered Engineer status, or progress towards an appropriate professional qualification.
• Experience delivering major buildings or infrastructure programmes in the Middle East.
• Experience across sectors such as healthcare, commercial, hospitality, residential, education, aviation, transport or major mixed-use developments.
• Knowledge of regional authority requirements alongside relevant international standards and codes.
• Experience of BIM-led and digitally integrated multidisciplinary design.
• Experience supporting bids, proposals and client development activities.

Our benefits vary by country and are subject to eligibility and local policy. We’ll confirm the details relevant to you as part of the offer process.

• Annual leave in line with local policy (competitive within the market).
• Maternity leave above and beyond local provisions and paternity leave provisions where applicable
• Professional membership/ institution subscription support
• Medical insurance and life insurance as per local plan (standard and enhanced coverage may vary by country and policy).
• Learning and career development through project variety, technical networks, and structured development opportunities.
• An inclusive culture: we’re committed to equality, diversity and inclusion, and creating a workplace where everyone feels valued and supported.
• Rewards and bonuses: we are owned by our people (no external investors) and through our employee ownership model success is shared through annual bonus opportunities and longer-term participation as your career grows (subject to local plan, eligibility and business performance)