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Location/s: Dublin, Cork - IE
Recruiter contact: Alice Roostan
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.
About The Business Unit
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.
Overview Of The Role
We are looking to recruit a Design Manager to join our growing rail team in Ireland to lead the technical delivery of a range of projects in Ireland and the UK, delivering major rail improvement projects to smaller local community rail enhancement and renewal projects and supporting cross sector Projects more broadly. You will have the opportunity to help shape and grow the local rail civil engineering team within our wider rail civils team, focusing on embedding technical excellence at the core of everything we do.
Our existing team currently has a well-established work bank and long-standing relationship with both Translink (Northern Ireland Railways) and Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail) and we are looking to expand our team’s capability locally in response to significant investment in rail travel in the region.
Successful candidates will provide Engineering Leadership to our projects, developing stronger relationships with our clients by working closely with them to understand their challenges and provide high quality, efficient design solutions. Candidates will be involved in a range of small to large scale railway projects which will be high profile within local communities and the wider rail industry. The role will be varied and offer a fantastic opportunity for personal/career development. You will be required to work autonomously and support the wider team.
Key Responsibilities And Duties Include
* Lead rail projects, focussing on providing integrated design solutions across multi-discipline designs
* Proactively manage the input from multiple design disciplines from across our business with focus on rail
* Be a focal point for the technical delivery of our projects
* Develop and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders, including clients and our various other discipline leads for engineering support
* Prepare and review project documentation, including reports, plans, and specifications
* Identify and mitigate project risks, implementing effective solutions to address challenges
* Mentor and support junior engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and professional development
* Collaborate with business development teams to identify and pursue new project opportunities
* Manage the preparation of tenders and proposals for potential projects
* Manage project budgets, schedules, and resources to ensure timely and cost-effective delivery
Candidate specification
Essential
* Excellent coordination and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with multicultural and multidisciplinary teams
* Ability and enthusiasm for supervising the work of others, including check and approval of key deliverables
* Track record of co-ordinating project delivery from client relationship and bid development phase, through to planning, design, and delivery phases
* Have strong project management skills, and excellent communication abilities and demonstrable collaborative capabilities
* Degree qualified in a relevant Engineering or related field
* Chartered Professional (or working towards) with a relevant Institution/Organisation
Desirable
* Demonstrate a relevant level of engineering experience in general civil/structural engineering
* Experience within the Irish Rail, Translink or UK Rail environment is desirable
* A detailed understanding of standards and local client requirements for the design of railway infrastructure is desirable
* Engaged local industry connections
Equality, diversity, and inclusion
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.
Accessibility
We 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 reasonable.adjustments@mottmac.com and we will talk to you about how we can support you.
Agile working
We are happy to talk openly about flexible working and how we can support your responsibilities beyond the workplace.
We Offer Some Fantastic Benefits Including
* Flexible working
* Pension matched up to 7% of base salary
* Competitive annual leave
* An annual professional institution subscription
* Life insurance
* Income continuance
* Enhanced Paternity leave
* Annual company performance bonus scheme – Subject to company performance
* Cycle to work scheme
* Travel TaxSaver tickets
* Commitment to Continuing Professional Development – we are accredited by Engineers Ireland
* Mentoring and support for career development and progression
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Location(s):
Dublin, IE Cork, IE
Contract Type: Permanent
Work Pattern: Full Time
Market: Transport
Discipline: Railways
Job Ref: 8421
Recruiter Contact: Alice Roostan
Seniority level
* Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Employment type
Full-time
Job function
* Job function
Design, Art/Creative, and Information Technology
* Industries
Civil Engineering
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