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About the Role

We are seeking a Principal / Associate Engineer (Infrastructure Lighting) to lead our Infrastructure Lighting Team and support a growing workload of exciting projects in the UK and globally. This role involves technical management, team development, and client engagement within Mott MacDonald’s Transport and Mobility Solutions Division.

Responsibilities

Technical management and development of a team of infrastructure lighting engineers.
Infrastructure lighting analysis and design/assessment.
Performing advanced analysis for complex scenarios.
Undertaking options selection and preliminary designs of infrastructure lighting.
Designing or assessing all types of infrastructure lighting to develop cost-effective solutions.
Providing infrastructure lighting asset management advisory services to clients.
Recruiting, mentoring, leading, and supporting new team members.
Engaging with other Mott MacDonald offices and divisions to generate new work and support workload diversification.
Engaging externally with clients to promote team capabilities and secure new work.
Line management of team members, assisting with day-to-day management and career development.
Engaging with the TMS Division’s resource management process to monitor team workload.
Undertaking the role of Infrastructure Lighting Discipline Lead on major schemes.
Building client relationships, business development, bids, and proposals.
Engaging with the Highways Practice to develop technical excellence for the Division.

Requirements

Demonstrable experience managing a technical team, winning work, and engaging with clients, internally and externally.
Strong personal interest in infrastructure lighting.
Strong technical focus and IT skills using a digital modelling approach.
Methodical approach to problem solving, including sustainability and decarbonisation.
Excellent written communication and attention to detail.
Excellent verbal communication and engagement skills.
Strong interest in growing and upskilling your team and diversifying their workload.

Skills

Infrastructure lighting design
Infrastructure lighting analysis
Team leadership
Client engagement
Business development
Bids and proposals
Technical management
Digital modelling
Problem solving
Sustainability
Decarbonisation
Written communication
Verbal communication
Asset management advisory

Location

Any UK Mott MacDonald office

Work Type

Hybrid working

Experience Level

Principal
Associate

Education Level

MEng, MSc or similar degree (Desirable)
Chartered with a UK professional institution or equivalent (ILP, ICE etc.) (Desirable)

Benefits

Pension contributions matched between 4.5% and 7%.
Life assurance equal up to 4 x basic salary, with an option to increase to 6 x salary.
Income protection scheme providing financial benefit, absence, and return to work support.
Flexible benefits including increased life assurance, critical illness insurance, payroll saving, and will writing.
Annual bonus schemes.
Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues.
Health cash plan.
Access to Peppy for menopause support.
Comprehensive wellbeing program with family access.
Ability to flex salary for a wide range of health benefits, extendable to family.
Minimum of 33-35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays, with ability to buy or sell leave.
10 days additional paid leave for Armed Forces Reservists and Cadet Force Adult Volunteers.
Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years’ service.
Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts.
Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave.
Two weeks paid paternity/partner leave.
Shared parental leave matching maternity leave (up to 24 weeks at full pay).
Up to five additional days leave for significant caring responsibilities (two paid).
Support for military families.
Primary annual professional institution subscription.
Opportunities to enhance technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self-development.

About the Company

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.
We are a proudly employee-owned business, benefiting clients, communities, and each other.
Our Transport and Mobility Solutions (TMS) Division delivers services across the entire project lifecycle, from planning and design to maintenance and operation.
TMS is primarily based in the UK, delivering projects for clients such as National Highways, Network Rail, HS2, and Transport Scotland.

Equal Opportunity

We are actively recruiting a diverse workforce that is reflective of the communities we serve.
We recognise that differences in ability, skills and experience are a strength and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds.
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.