Senior Principal MEP

About the Role

Mott MacDonald is seeking a Senior Principal MEP to provide technical and project leadership for major building developments in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This permanent position involves leading the delivery of complex multidisciplinary MEP solutions and working collaboratively with various stakeholders.

Role Context and Impact

The Senior Principal MEP will integrate strong technical expertise with project leadership to ensure the delivery of coordinated, sustainable, and commercially successful outcomes. This role requires close collaboration with clients, architects, contractors, authorities, and internal engineering teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead multidisciplinary mechanical, electrical, and public health (MEP) engineering delivery across major projects.
• Provide technical leadership and governance, ensuring designs meet client requirements, applicable codes, standards, and authority requirements.
• Lead multidisciplinary coordination with architectural, structural, civil, and specialist teams.
• Review and provide technical oversight of engineering deliverables, including calculations, specifications, reports, drawings, BIM models, and technical submissions.
• Lead technical assurance, design reviews, risk management, and value engineering.
• Oversee project performance across quality, programme, resources, and budget.
• Build strong client relationships and lead technical meetings, workshops, and presentations.
• Coordinate with Saudi authorities and utility providers to support technical approvals.
• Champion sustainable design, digital engineering, BIM, and design automation.
• Lead, mentor, and develop MEP teams, supporting knowledge sharing, technical capability, succession planning, and professional development.
• Support bids, fee proposals, project planning, technical submissions, and the identification of new opportunities.
• Work collaboratively with contractors, suppliers, and specialist consultants to achieve coordinated, buildable, and maintainable solutions.
• Promote sustainable and energy-efficient design, including decarbonisation, whole-life performance, and appropriate low-carbon technologies.
• Champion BIM, digital engineering, design automation, and consistent data-led delivery to improve coordination, quality, and efficiency.
• Promote a positive culture of safety, quality, inclusion, collaboration, ethical behaviour, and continuous improvement.

Work Environment

This role is based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and is a permanent position within Mott MacDonald. The successful candidate will operate within a multidisciplinary team environment, engaging with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders.