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Mott MacDonald

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Job summary

Mott MacDonald is seeking a Senior Associate Civil Engineer to join their Water Consultancy Division in London. The role involves managing teams to deliver innovative solutions for the UK's water challenges, focusing on storm overflows and sewer networks. Candidates should have a degree in Civil Engineering, Chartered Status, and significant experience in the water sector. This position offers excellent career progression and a collaborative environment.

Benefits

Private medical insurance

Health cash plan

Flexible benefits program

Minimum of 33-35 days holiday

Enhanced family leave policies

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

Significant experience in sewer network design and storm overflows.
Ability to check and review technical deliverables.
Drive for professional development in current engineering solutions.

Responsibilities

Manage multidisciplinary teams to deliver engineering projects.
Lead design of sustainable solutions for storm overflows.
Supervise junior staff and provide technical guidance.

Skills

Hydraulic engineering principles

Technical report writing

Communication skills

Education

Degree in Civil Engineering

Chartered Status (CEng)

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Location/s: Brighton, Croydon, London, Reading, Bristol; UK

Recruiter contact: Nicola Coyle

Mott MacDonald is a global engineering, management, and development consultancy with over 20,000 employees across more than 50 countries and 140+ offices.

We work across incredible global industries, delivering exciting work that is defining our future and making an important societal impact in the communities we serve. Our people power our performance – we succeed when they do. With countless opportunities to collaborate, learn, and grow, the possibilities for excellence are as varied as every individual.

Whether you want to grow as a subject matter expert or broaden your experience with roles across our international community, you’re surrounded by global specialists who want to combine their expertise and champion you to be your best. As a proudly employee-owned business, we benefit our clients, our communities, and each other, investing in creating the right space for everyone to feel empowered, included, and valued. Whatever your ambition, Mott MacDonald is where people come to be brilliant.

About The Business Division

The Water Utilities Division is Mott MacDonald’s centre of excellence for responding to the UK and Ireland's water and wastewater challenges. The work we do is at the forefront of ensuring safe water supplies for future generations, preventing urban flooding, and improving the health of our rivers and coastal environments. Our multi-disciplinary teams provide a variety of services throughout the full project life cycle, from advisory services and feasibility studies to outline and detailed design. Together, we deliver best-in-class solutions to our clients while offering diverse and technically stimulating opportunities to our people.

Overview Of The 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.

AMP8 will see a major increase in the investment related to reducing storm overflows spills and Mott MacDonald aspire to become the market leader in supporting UK water companies facing this challenge. We have now secured new AMP8 consultancy frameworks adding to our existing framework commitments, meaning we have access to a significant business opportunity that we would like to realise through delivering excellent technical work.

There is an increasing need for engineering services related to sewer networks and combined storm overflows and as a result, we need to reinforce our team in the South, South East and South West with a new Senior Associate Civil Engineer. In this role, you will work with and manage multidisciplinary teams of technical specialists, delivering projects in close partnership with clients and contractors, building strong relationships that will enhance our reputation and help secure further work. You will also lead the design of innovative and sustainable solutions to address storm overflows spills across our clients water networks. You will represent the company in meetings and supervise the work of more junior staff, providing technical and commercial guidance to support their development.

Mott MacDonald offers a highly innovative and collaborative environment within which to further develop your career. We can offer development in technical, management or client-facing directions. You will have control of your own career path and great prospects for career progression as the business continues to grow.

Candidate specification

We are looking for a driven individual, with a strong UK wastewater infrastructure experience and the desire to take wider responsibilities, progress professionally and make a difference in the sector.

Essential

Degree in Civil Engineering or related engineering field
Chartered Status (CEng) with a recognised Professional Institution
Significant experience in the development and delivery of outline, feasibility and detailed design solutions for sewer network and storm overflows within the UK water sector using appropriate calculation tools
A demonstrable understanding of hydraulic engineering principles
A drive to be abreast of professional development and knowledge of current and emerging technical solutions for combined storm overflows
Good understanding of designers’ responsibilities under CDM
Excellent technical report writing skills using concise English
Ability to check and review technical deliverables, calculations and reports
Strong communication skills with experience in effective collaboration across internal multi-disciplinary teams with other technical disciplines including environmental specialists, geotechnical, structural, electrical and mechanical engineers

Desirable

Track record in building teams and capability of junior staff
Track record of identifying and delivering suitable blue-green solutions
Understanding of process engineering applicable to storm overflows
Experience in preparing successfully bids and in undertaking client engagement

UK Immigration

Mott MacDonald Ltd. are not currently offering sponsorship to candidates under the Skilled Worker visa route in the UK. This decision is as 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.

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 reasonable.adjustments@mottmac.com and we will talk to you about how we can support you.

Agile working

We are happy to talk openly about 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

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Make a difference within our communities through our social outcomes.

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Location(s):

Cambridge, GB London, GB Croydon, GB Brighton, GB

Contract Type: Permanent

Work Pattern: Full Time

Market: Water

Discipline: Water

Job Ref: 6080

Recruiter Contact: Nicola Coyle

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