Civil Engineer

Mott MacDonald Bentley | MMB; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension matching

Annual bonus

Professional subscription costs paid

Flexible working

Job summary

Mott MacDonald Bentley are seeking a Civil Engineer to deliver water and wastewater design across feasibility through to detailed design stages in the Thames Valley region. You will join a multi-disciplinary team, collaborating with clients, and integrating mechanical and electrical interfaces to ensure robust, buildable solutions and successful project delivery.

The role offers working from home, office and site with a clear route to professional chartership, supported by mentoring and

Qualifications

• ICE-accredited degree in Civil Engineering (or related) is required.
• Working towards IEng/CEng with a relevant Engineering Institution is expected.
• Experience in UK water and/or wastewater treatment is preferable.

Responsibilities

• Deliver civil design services for water and wastewater projects with focus on time, cost and quality.
• Produce calculations, specifications, drawings, and reports.
• Engage with clients and collaborating engineering teams.
• Coordinate with mechanical/electrical interfaces across disciplines.
• Work with construction teams and supply chain to develop practical, safe design solutions.
• Contribute to project problem solving with innovative and standard approaches.

Skills

Civil design

Water/wastewater

Client liaison

Multi-disciplinary teamwork

Education

ICE-accredited degree in Civil Engineering

Job description

Internal applicants welcome

Mott MacDonald Bentley is a fully integrated design and build business combining the design expertise of Mott MacDonald with the contracting experience of JN Bentley to deliver award winning projects. With an annual turnover surpassing £500 million, Mott MacDonald Bentley cements its position as a leader within the industry. The sustained, robust business performance creates an ideal environment for career growth.

MMB has extended its contract with Thames Water for an additional five years. As the largest water and wastewater provider in the UK, Thames Water serves 15 million customers throughout London and the Thames Valley. This extension will carry the current workload beyond the end of AMP8 in March 2030. We are delivering work in the Thames Valley region (extending from Cirencester in the west to the M25 and from Basingstoke in the South to Banbury in the North). This sees us undertake a varied programme of sizable projects in wastewater treatment, clean water production and infrastructure (Water and Wastewater networks).

As a Civil Engineer, you will work within the engineering teams to deliver water, wastewater treatment and network projects, from feasibility through to detailed design stages.

Do you want to:

• Be part of a unique and dynamic Design-and-Construct environment?
• Work in a multi-disciplinary project team enabling you to develop professionally and personally?
• Have the opportunity to see your designs brought to life?
• Have access to a well-established community of senior leaders and mentors who can support clear routes for career progression, including working towards professional accreditation?
• Have the flexibility of working from home, office and site?
• As a member of Mott MacDonald, you will be able to draw on the experience and support of a prestigious corporate employer with over 16,000 staff worldwide.

In this role you will be responsible for:

• Delivering civil design services on a range of projects with a focus on time, cost, and quality – right first time!
• Producing engineering calculations, specifications, drawings, and reports.
• Engaging with the client and collaborating with their engineering teams.
• Working collaboratively across disciplines to ensure that mechanical and electrical interfaces are incorporated.
• Working closely and collaboratively with the construction team and supply chain to develop efficient, practical, and safe solutions throughout the design stages, into construction, and post-project review.
• Applying both innovative and standard designs to project problems.
• Identifying potential challenges to client specifications to review with the wider team.

Candidate Specification:

• ICE-accredited degree in Civil Engineering (or directly related subject).
• Working towards IEng / CEng with a relevant Engineering Institution.
• UK water and/or wastewater treatment / non-infrastructure experience (preferable).

What’s in it for you:

Financial wellbeing

• MMB matches employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.
• As an independently owned business we share the financial success of the business with all our colleagues, including our annual bonus schemes.
• Payment of annual professional institution subscription costs.

Health and wellbeing

• A minimum of 33 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays, with the ability to buy, sell or carry over annual leave through our flexible benefits programme.
• Access to life assurance, private medical insurance, critical illness insurance and health screening options.
• We are happy to talk openly about flexible working and how we can support your responsibilities beyond the workplace.
• Join a wide range of groups, including our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities.

Enhanced family and carers leave

• Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave plus the option for shared parental leave.
• Up to two paid additional days leave are provided for those with significant caring responsibilities.

Learning and development

• MMB are committed to empowering our people to grow professionally and thrive in their careers. We offer structured development schemes that support your journey toward professional chartership. From day one, employees are fast-tracked towards chartership reviews and benefit from mentorship, hands‑on experience, and tailored training opportunities.

Mott MacDonald Bentley 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. We continue to welcome applications from candidates who are eligible for alternative immigration routes in the UK, that do not require sponsorship as a Skilled Worker now or in future.

We are committed to ensuring that our recruitment practices are barrier‑free and as inclusive as possible. This includes making adjustments during the job application process and throughout your future career with us. Please call 01756 691572 or email [e-mail] to discuss any such adjustments that we can make. You can read more about our Equal Opportunities Policy here: Equality, diversity and inclusion - Mott MacDonald.

Location(s): Reading, GB

Contract Type: Permanent

Work Pattern: Full Time

Market: Water

Discipline: Civil

Job Ref: 13719

Recruiter Contact: [e-mail]