Impress employers and recruiters.
Choose from hundreds of resume examples.

Target Resume Now

Tailor your resume to this Technical Principal Tunnel Ventilation System role.

Rezi rewrites your resume against Mott MacDonald's job description. Free.

Resume score gauge reading 58 out of 100

Don't guess if your resume is good enough.

See how it scores against the Technical Principal Tunnel Ventilation System posting at Mott MacDonald — free, in seconds.

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Technical Principal to lead and grow our Tunnel Ventilation team. The role requires technical excellence, strategic leadership, complex project delivery, client engagement, and business development, focusing on delivering Tunnel Ventilation design for rail, metro, road tunnel, and underground infrastructure projects.

Responsibilities

Lead tunnel ventilation delivery on large complex projects, setting technical direction and ensuring safe, practical, sustainable and high-quality outcomes.
Develop and review ventilation strategies, system concepts, operating philosophies, equipment requirements, layouts, controls and interfaces for normal and emergency conditions.
Lead and assure one-dimensional ventilation, aerodynamic and thermodynamic analysis, coordinating specialist inputs where required.
Provide specialist advice and technical assurance covering fire and life safety, smoke control, environmental conditions, resilience and operational performance.
Coordinate tunnel ventilation with civil, architectural, fire engineering, MEP, rail systems, controls, operations and maintenance requirements.
Lead tunnel ventilation delivery and manage resources, programme, budget, quality, technical risk and governance.
Build trusted client and stakeholder relationships and communicate clear, evidence-based technical recommendations.
Lead and support business development, using internal and external networks to seek out and generate opportunities as well as contributing to client engagement, bids and proposals whilst actively managing workload and utilisation through forward planning and resource coordination.
Mentor, coach and develop Early Career Professionals (ECPs) and other team members, with an approach centred on technical engineering detail, knowledge sharing and increasing delivery capability.

Requirements

Degree qualified in mechanical engineering, building services engineering or a related discipline, with Chartered Engineer status or equivalent professional recognition.
Extensive tunnel ventilation design experience across rail, metro, road tunnel and underground infrastructure including technical assurance, design review, governance, standards and risk management.
Demonstrable experience acting as the lead technical specialist for complex tunnel ventilation delivery through relevant project stages.
Strong knowledge of ventilation strategy, aerodynamic and thermodynamic analysis, smoke control, fire and life safety, system sizing, layouts, controls and operational requirements.
Competence in recognised one-dimensional tunnel ventilation modelling software, with the ability to lead and assure associated technical analysis.
Strong leadership, collaboration and commercial awareness, including experience mentoring ECPs and other team members, developing scopes and estimates, planning resources and supporting successful proposals.
Offers for this role are conditional upon obtaining the appropriate level of Security Clearance.
Mott MacDonald Ltd. are not currently offering sponsorship to candidates under the Skilled Worker visa route in the UK.

Skills

Tunnel Ventilation Design
Technical Assurance
Design Review
Governance
Risk Management
Ventilation Strategy
Aerodynamic Analysis
Thermodynamic Analysis
Smoke Control
Fire and Life Safety
System Sizing
Layouts
Controls
Operational Requirements
One-dimensional tunnel ventilation modelling software
Leadership
Collaboration
Commercial Awareness
Mentoring
Business Development
Client Engagement
Bids and Proposals
Resource Management
Programme Management
Budget Management
Quality Management
Technical Risk Management
Stakeholder Relationship Management

Location

London, UK

Work Type

Hybrid

Experience Level

Extensive tunnel ventilation design experience
Demonstrable experience acting as the lead technical specialist

Education Level

Degree qualified in mechanical engineering, building services engineering or a related discipline
Chartered Engineer status or equivalent professional recognition

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 cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing
Annual bonus schemes
Employee ownership model with personal and group performance bonuses
Direct pathway towards ownership from day one for senior roles
Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues
Health cash plan
Access to Peppy for menopause expert support
Comprehensive wellbeing program with access for family
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 (dependent on level)
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)
Policies and dedicated support for military families
Primary annual professional institution subscription
Broad range of opportunities to enhance technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self-development options

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 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.
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.

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.