2025 UK Graduate Civil Engineer: Dams & Reservoirs - Water

Mott MacDonald; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits a Graduate Civil Engineer to join a leading consultancy in Cambridge. This role offers a chance to work with one of the largest teams of dam engineers, tackling diverse and challenging projects in the water sector. You will develop designs for dams, conduct analyses, and participate in site inspections, contributing to impactful flood studies and emergency plans. With a commitment to excellence and innovation, this established firm promotes a collaborative environment where your contributions will make a real difference. Join a team that values your growth and offers a structured development program to enhance your skills and career prospects.

Benefits

Biannual salary reviews

Competitive salary

Contributory pension up to 7%

Flexible benefits scheme

Qualifications

• Graduates with less than 12 months relevant experience and a recent degree in engineering.
• Must demonstrate interest in the role through relevant experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop designs for dams and appurtenant structures.
• Conduct hydraulic and structural analyses for dams.
• Prepare drawings, reports, and specifications.

Skills

Problem Solving

Verbal Communication

Written Communication

Initiative

Education

Degree in Environmental Engineering

Degree in Water Resources or Hydraulic Engineering

Job description

Location(s):

Cambridge, GB

Contract Type: Permanent

Work Pattern: Full Time

Market: Water

Job Ref: 7221

Recruiter Contact: [e-mail]

To avoid missing out on this opportunity, we recommend that you apply as soon as possible as we will close when the positions have been filled.

Job Description

We’re a global engineering, management, and development consultancy. Our purpose is to improve society by considering social outcomes in everything we do, relentlessly focusing on excellence and digital innovation, transforming our clients’ businesses, our communities and employee opportunities.

About the division

The Water Consultancy Division is Mott MacDonald’s centre of excellence for responding to water and wastewater challenges, offering fantastic opportunities to get involved in diverse and technically challenging work.

Overview of role

We have an exciting opportunity for a Graduate Civil Engineer to join our Dams and Reservoirs team based in Cambridge. Our Cambridge team is one of our largest groups of dam engineers in Mott MacDonald and home to some of the most highly regarded authorities in the field internationally.

In your day-to-day, your responsibilities will include, but may not be limited to:

• Developing conceptual, preliminary, and detailed designs for dams and their appurtenant structures (spillways, drawdown facilities, intakes and outfalls etc)
• Undertaking hydraulic and structural analyses for dams, weirs and barrages
• Contributing to flood studies and emergency plans
• Attending site inspections, investigations, and monitoring
• Actively participating in project, client and team meetings
• Preparing drawings, reports, and specifications
• Gaining exposure to project, commercial, and client management
• Actively participating in our Early Careers Professionals Network

Candidate Specification

We are looking for committed and motivated graduates with a genuine passion and a desire to make a difference in the world. To be eligible for this opportunity, you will have less than 12 months relevant experience (excluding placements) and have a degree (obtained no earlier than 2023) in one of the following degree disciplines:

• Environmental engineering
• Water resources or hydraulic engineering

In your application you should be able to demonstrate your interest in the role and working at Mott MacDonald through relevant experience.

We are looking for graduates with the following characteristics:
• Methodical approach to problem solving.
• Ability to use your initiative to undertake tasks efficiently and independently.
• Excellent verbal communication skills, which allow you to confidently liaise with clients and team members.
• Excellent written communication and attention to detail.

As we want the best people for the role, we support flexible working. Please ask us at interview stage about any flexibility you may need.

Mott MacDonald Ltd. are not currently offering sponsorship to candidates under the Skilled Worker visa route in the UK. This decision is a consequence of the changes made to the Skilled Worker route by the UK Government in April 2024.

Our ethos is to develop, train and retain our graduates and therefore we are looking for a long-term relationship with our graduates.

What else is involved?

You’ll be enrolled onto Accelerate Your Future, a structured three-year soft-skills development programme which develops the strengths that we know graduates need to be successful at Mott MacDonald.

You will have the opportunity to make a difference; learn more about our Social Outcomes and the difference we can make!

Join us, and you’ll get:
• Biannual salary reviews.
• A competitive salary.
• Contributory pension up to 7% of your salary.
• A flexible benefits scheme.

Being part of Mott MacDonald means more than just work, there’s a huge range of fun and exciting things that you can get involved in.

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