Many staff take part in fundraising events for charity – our team in Dublin have raised money for different charities over the years, including the ISPCA, UNICEF, Harold’s Cross Hospice and Citywise Education in Tallaght.

Martin Hurley presenting a cheque to The Children's Leukaemia Association for €3,250 in sponsorship after completing the Cork City Marathon
Cork Office Tag Rugby team who participate in Winter and Summer Leagues
Presentation to (L to R) - Gene O'Keeffe, Paddy O'Mahony and Jimmy Barrett for long service to the company (40 years +) by John Murphy - Office Manager (far right)
Many staff take part in fundraising events for charity – our team in Dublin have raised money for different charities over the years, including the ISPCA, UNICEF, Harold’s Cross Hospice and Citywise Education in Tallaght.


Mott MacDonald's team of over 170 enthusiastic and dedicated staff comprises a wide variety of talented professionals – including engineers from all mainstream disciplines, environmentalists, planners, quantity surveyors, project managers, safety experts, IT specialists and more besides.

Together we represent a wealth of specialist experience gained not only from projects in Ireland but also from work in other European countries, the Middle East and in the USA - all backed by the resources and international expertise of the global Mott MacDonald Group.

We place a very high emphasis on teamwork – with each other as well as with our customers and partners. As part of our commitment to forging strong working relationships within our team and learning together we enjoy an active social programme of sport and leisure activities.

Key players

We owe our success to a strong and committed management team supported by high calibre people at every level.

Here we introduce a few of our team:


Tom O'Connor Tom O'Connor
Managing Director
Tom has over 20 years experience at managing director level, covering all aspects from financial performance to human resources to quality, environment and safety management.

During his 30 years with the company Tom has had overall responsibility for projects ranging from civil infrastructure (such as roads, bridges and marine works) and industrial developments to major power station developments in the Caribbean and Middle East as well as Ireland. Tom’s specialist expertise includes project and engineering management for diesel, steam and gas-turbine driven power stations, electrical HV transmission systems and related technologies.


John Murphy John Murphy
Director – manager of the Cork office
John has over 30 years experience on a wide range of transportation, civil, and building projects in Ireland. He has acted as project director and project manager for major bypass schemes, significant bridge structures, marine structures and immersed tube tunnels as well as education, healthcare, industrial, leisure and commercial buildings. John has experience of PPP, D&B and traditional contracts across a variety of sectors and plays a key role in transportation studies and oral hearings.



Conor O’Donovan Conor O'Donovan
Director - manager of the Dublin office
Conor is one of our senior managers based in Dublin responsible as project director for electrical, control and instrumentation projects in the utilities, transport-ation, industrial and commercial sectors. Conor specialises in project management and engineering design for schemes involving power generation, transmission and distribution for the power utilities, transportation and process industries. He has many years experience working on power projects in Ireland, the Middle East, Africa and the Caribbean.


Gabriel Reilly Gabriel Reilly
Director - civil and structural (Dublin)
Gabriel has over 28 years’ experience in the planning, design, inspection and site supervision of large scale civil and structural engineering works. Extensive experience as Project Manager or Team Leader on a variety of planning, detailed design and construction projects, including ports and harbours, river works, infrastructure works, industrial developments and general civil engineering works. International experience has been gained from a combination of both long term and short term assignments in Europe, Middle East and South East Asia.


Fintan McGivernFintan McGivern
Director - environment
Fintan's key specialisations include water and wastewater treatment, drainage design, catchment management and environmental impact assessment, along with project management, procurement, contract documentation and administration and construction supervision.




Declan Herlihy Declan Herlihy
Divisional director - transportation
Declan has over 28 years experience in the planning, design and supervision of major civil engineering projects in Ireland and the UK. He has acted as Design Team Leader or Project Manager on a number of projects and has particular experience in the development of projects through to final design, including the preparation of Contract Documents. Projects include Dublin Light Rail, Ennis By-Pass, Co. Clare, Southern Cross Motorway, Derry Port Redevelopment and Ministry of Defence (UK) Projects in the Middle East.


Paul KellyPaul Kelly
Divisional director - environment (Dublin)
Paul has 14 years experience in environmental management of public and private sector projects in Ireland. Paul's experience includes the environmental brief on a number of road, rail, water supply, waste water, flood relief, industrial and mixed development projects across a range of topics such as environmental design, environmental impact assessment, environmental licensing, environmental auditing and environmental management systems.