Senior Associate DCO Engineering Specialist

Mott MacDonald; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking firm that is dedicated to improving society through engineering excellence. As a DCO engineering specialist, you will play a crucial role in the delivery of major water projects, ensuring safe water supplies for future generations. This position offers a unique opportunity to engage in diverse and technically challenging work while mentoring junior staff and collaborating across disciplines. With a commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion, this innovative company fosters an environment where everyone can contribute and thrive, making a real impact in the community and the industry.

Benefits

Private medical insurance

Health cash plan

Access to menopause support

Flexible holiday options

Enhanced family leave policies

Annual bonus schemes

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Chartered with an appropriate professional body.
• Proven track record in developing planning applications.

Responsibilities

• Support engineering and project leadership in major water projects.
• Technical coordination and client-facing technical leadership.

Skills

DCO engineering

Technical coordination

Stakeholder engagement

Mentoring

Communication skills

Planning applications

Water and wastewater knowledge

Education

Chartered Engineer

Job description

Location(s): Cambridge, GB London, GB Brighton, GB Reading, GB

Contract Type: Permanent

Work Pattern: Full Time

Market: Water

Job Ref: 6210

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.

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. The work we do is at the forefront of ensuring safe water supplies for future generations and protecting our environment. Our multi-disciplinary teams 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

We are looking for an enthusiastic and dedicated DCO engineering specialist to contribute to the successful delivery of major water projects. Your role will depend on your experience and interests but is likely to include:

• Support to engineering and project leadership in the project development phase
• Understanding the needs of our clients and their major projects
• Technical coordination and client facing technical leadership
• Support our project teams to deliver the appropriate level of engineering detail needed for public consultations, EIA and DCO
• Coordinating across disciplines
• Undertake technical mentoring role within projects, developing more junior team members
• Work with project managers and project principals to ensure commercial success of projects.

In addition, you will have:

• Chartered with an appropriate professional body.
• Proven track record in developing planning applications of major infrastructure projects to a high quality.
• Experience of DCO or other recent large project planning processes such as Transport and Works Order.
• Significant experience in technical coordination and stakeholder engagement
• Aptitude for innovation and driving efficiency
• Able to guide and mentor junior staff
• Excellent communication and written skills.
• Proven track record in winning work
• Knowledge of the water and wastewater industry in the UK.

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.

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.

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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.