Location
London

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
Mace combines construction expertise with consultancy to unlock potential in every person or project and redefine the boundaries of ambition. As a Public Health Engineer, you will design public health systems to concept stage, ensuring compliance with business, statutory, legal, and contractual requirements for Government programmes. You will provide Technical Assurance Management to maintain design principles through developed design and construction phases. Your role includes assisting the Client in tender processes, condition surveys, and handover activities.

You will work on a variety of government and public frameworks, contributing to key operational and embodied carbon strategies and overseeing successful project delivery as a client technical advisor. Responsibilities include managing deliverables through yourself and direct reports, providing and managing design development per contract requirements, collaborating with wider design disciplines, client personnel, and construction teams, and assisting with reporting.

You will attend client meetings and design workshops, govern the quality and timeliness of direct reports’ work, manage their training, appraisals, salary reviews, and career development, and support team growth in areas such as C2P, digital, and net zero carbon initiatives. You will engage with business improvement directives and work collaboratively towards net zero carbon transition, proactively identifying and managing associated carbon emissions and reductions.

Additional duties include responding to tenders, drafting proposals, managing tender processes until contract award, producing feasibility reports, employer’s requirements documents, technical specifications, reviewing contractor proposals, and conducting site visits during construction to monitor quality.

This role requires a passion for building services, a proactive attitude towards problem-solving, and delivering well-engineered projects.

Experience
Proven ability to undertake public health design services for new build or refurbishment projects including domestic hot and cold-water distribution, above and below ground sanitary plumbing and rainwater systems, firefighting systems, storm water disposal including SuDS. Experience in modelling, simulation, options appraisals, feasibility studies, and whole life costing. Understanding of discipline project management, project deliverables, RIBA stages, health and safety, cost control, value engineering, and site inspections. Experience in report preparation, troubleshooting, and providing advice on new and redevelopment projects.

About you
A passion for building services engineering with a proactive, problem-solving mindset. Strong leadership skills to manage and develop direct reports. Commitment to safety, quality, and client-focused delivery. Ability to collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary teams and clients. Enthusiasm for contributing to net zero carbon strategies and continuous improvement initiatives.

Qualifications
Relevant engineering qualifications and professional experience in public health engineering or building services. Knowledge of technical design standards and statutory requirements. Commitment to ongoing professional development and alignment with company values.