Principal / Associate Civil Engineer

Mott MacDonald; Bristol; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Principal/Associate Civil Engineer to lead innovative water projects. This role offers the chance to shape the technical direction of a dynamic team while ensuring high-quality deliverables. As part of a forward-thinking consultancy, you'll tackle pressing challenges in the water sector, driving sustainability and digital innovation. Join a company celebrated for its inclusive culture and commitment to professional development, where your expertise can significantly impact communities and the environment. Embrace this opportunity to grow your career in a supportive and collaborative environment.

Benefits

Private medical insurance

Health cash plan

Wellbeing support program

Flexible working options

Enhanced family leave policies

Professional development opportunities

Employee saving schemes

Annual bonus schemes

33-35 days holiday

Life assurance

Qualifications

• Chartered Engineer with proven project leadership in civil engineering.
• Experience in pipeline and sewer design with strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical quality assurance for civil engineering deliverables.
• Coordinate civil resources and develop client relationships.

Skills

Chartered Status (CEng)

Technical project leadership

Pipeline and sewer design

Communication skills

CDM knowledge

Education

Degree in Civil Engineering

Professional Institution Membership

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Mott MacDonald

Position location: Cardiff, Newport, United Kingdom

Recruiter contact: Erinda Hazizi

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.

A fundamental part of this is respecting each person’s differences and striving to meet their needs.

We are proud to be a one of Glassdoor’s top employers to work for in the UK, as well as being recognised as a Top Inclusive Company in the UK.

Our values: Progress, Respect, Integrity, Drive, Excellence.

About The Division

The Water Consultancy Division is the centre of excellence within Mott MacDonald for responding to water and wastewater challenges, providing support to colleagues across our global business, and offering fantastic opportunities to get involved in diverse and technically challenging work.Climate change, aging assets, and population growth place increasing pressure on our water and wastewater assets. Our highly successful water consultancy business is servicing ever-increasing demands from water sector clients to help deliver ambitious capital programmes. The work we do is at the forefront of ensuring safe water supplies for future generations and protecting our environment.With sustainability, social impacts, digitalisation, and carbon reduction in mind, our diverse and multi-disciplinary teams work together to provide a variety of services throughout the full project life-cycle, from advisory services and feasibility studies, through outline and detailed design, to construction support and site supervision.

Overview Of Role

Mott MacDonald is a market leader in the UK water sector, being a key supplier to major water companies and delivering a wide variety of engineering and advisory projects in support to the challenges faced by the sector. Our Water Consultancy Division has ambitious growth plans in line with AMP8 investment needs and we are proud of our strong reputation in the industry which is allowing us to expand our business.Having been appointed to a large UK water consultancy framework in 2024, we are looking for a Civils Discipline Lead to support the delivery of our water and wastewater programmes. Reporting to the Engineering Manager, you will be the figure head for the Civil Engineering discipline within the framework. You will have the opportunity to steer the technical direction of discipline related activities, working closely with our Client and our other discipline leads.You will own the technical quality of the deliverables created by engineers/consultants and manage technical problem solving. You will also be expected to hold a key relationship with equivalent discipline leads for the client, leveraging this to help resolve technical issues and blockers.

The scale of investment required in AMP8 is both a significant challenge but a major opportunity to provide a long-lasting legacy to our client and their region. It also requires new more efficient ways of delivering our services and for the successful candidate to demonstrate their ability to identify and implement innovations that maintain delivery to programme and commercial targets.

Key elements of the role will include taking a lead on and managing the following activities:

• Accountable for technical quality of the deliverables created by their discipline, including the competency of their discipline’s staff and quality assurance processes.
• Challenge of the client’s technical standards and the acceptance of waivers and deviations, relevant to their discipline.
• Ensures their discipline discharges its duties as a Designer under CDM.
• Co-ordinates Civil resources across the framework alongside design managers and project technical leads.
• Develops relationships and maintains regular communication with the relevant client technical stakeholders relevant to their discipline.
  
  

The role is expected to develop and evolve in line with the framework requirements and the candidates’ own skills and development areas. It also offers the opportunity to develop the next generation of talent within our business.

Candidate specification

We are looking for a driven individual, keen to make a difference in the sector, take wide responsibilities and progress professionally.

Required Skills And Experience

• Chartered Status (CEng) with a recognised Professional Institution.
• Proven ability to lead a portfolio of technical projects, ensuring compliance with relevant quality assurance and technical standards and supporting the development of less experienced staff.
• Demonstrable technical experience in pipeline, sewers and treatment civil design.
• Strong communication skills with experience in effective collaboration across internal multi-disciplinary teams with other technical disciplines.
• A drive to be abreast of professional development and knowledge of current and emerging technical solutions.
• Good understanding of designers’ responsibilities under CDM.
• Flexibility to travel regularly for client meetings.
  
  

Desired Skills And Experience

• Experience with NEC PS contracts.
• Proven project management experience.
• UK water sector experience in delivering programme of works.
  
  

If you meet most of these requirements, we would like to hear from you. We are actively recruiting a diverse workforce that is reflective of the communities we serve. We recognise that differences in ability, skills and experience are a strength and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds.

Equality, diversity, and inclusion

We put equality, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they can contribute.

Accessibility

We want you to perform your best at every stage in the recruitment process. If you are disabled or need any support to enable you to apply or attend an interview, please contact us at [e-mail] and we will talk to you about how we can support you.

Agile working

Happy to talk Flexible Working and how we can support your responsibilities beyond the workplace.

We Offer Some Fantastic Benefits Including

Health and wellbeing

• Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues.
• Health cash plan to support you with every day health costs and treatments.
• Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues.
• A variety of wellbeing support is available through our comprehensive wellbeing program, including access for you and your family.
• Ability to flex your salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many of which can be extended to your family too.
  
  

Financial wellbeing

• We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.
• Life assurance equal up to 4 x your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6 x your salary.
• Our income protection scheme provides a financial benefit, as well as absence and return to work support due to long-term illness or injury.
• Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing.
• As an independently owned business we share the financial success of the business with all our colleagues in various ways including annual bonus schemes.
  
  

Lifestyle

• A minimum of 33-35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays and dependent on level, with the ability to buy or sell leave through our flexible benefits programme.
• Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years’ service.
• Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts from high-street retailers.
  
  

Enhanced family and carers leave

• Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave.
• Our shared parental leave matches maternity leave meaning we pay up to 24 weeks at full pay.
• Up to five additional days leave are provided for those with significant caring responsibilities, two of which are paid.
  
  

Learning and development

• Primary annual professional institution subscription.
• A broad range of opportunities to enhance both technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self-development options.
  
  

Networks, communities, and social outcomes

• Join a wide range of groups including our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities.
• Make a difference within our communities through our social outcomes.
  
  

Apply now, or for more information about our application process, click here.

Location(s):

Cardiff, GB Newport, GB Bristol, GB

Contract Type: Permanent

Work Pattern: Full Time

Market: Water

Discipline: Water

Job Ref: 6079

Recruiter Contact: Nicola Coyle

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Civil Engineering

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