Senior Associate Electrical and Control Engineer 1

Mott MacDonald; Reading; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering consultancy is seeking a Senior Associate Electrical and Control Engineer in Reading. This role entails overseeing electrical design projects within the Water Utilities Division, providing technical leadership while ensuring compliance with quality and safety standards. The ideal candidate will hold a relevant degree and possess substantial experience in electrical engineering, particularly within the water sector.

Benefits

Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues.

Health cash plan for everyday health costs.

Access to various well-being support programs.

Flexible holiday and leave options.

Qualifications

• Qualified at HND level or higher in engineering.
• Excellent communication skills in English required.
• Experience delivering design outputs that comply with quality standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead integration of electrical & ICA design across disciplines.
• Check and review design documents, providing technical direction.
• Build strong relationships with clients and contractors.

Skills

Electrical power distribution design

Control system design

Instrumentation selection

Health, safety, and environmental awareness

Education

HND level or higher in electrical, electronic or control engineering

Master’s degree in electrical, electronic or control engineering

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Location/s: Brighton, Southampton, Cambridge, Croydon, London, Reading; 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

After recent framework successes, we have a range of roles available for experienced electrical, instrumentation, control and automation (EICA) engineers for our multidisciplinary Water Division. We work on a vast range of design projects covering, for example:

• Water treatment
• Water distribution
• Wastewater recycling
• Industrial process water
• Desalination
• Irrigation
• Hydropower
• Flood defence
  
  

We cover all phases of the project lifecycle from feasibility studies through detailed design, construction support, and commissioning to handover. We provide specialist technical support to colleagues across our global business, offering fantastic opportunities to get involved in diverse and technically challenging work. Our clients include the majority of UK water utility companies, and many other governmental organisations and private companies in the UK and overseas.

Providing leadership and mentoring to other electrical engineers, you will be responsible for checking and reviewing design documents and providing technical direction to projects.Using your experience and expertise you will ensure that designs are fit for purpose and meet current legislation and standards. You will lead the integration of the electrical & ICA design with that of other disciplines. You will work in close partnership with clients and contractors, building strong relationships that will enhance the company’s reputation and help secure further work.

Candidate specification

You will be knowledgeable about a wide range of EICA tasks, typically including:

• Electrical power distribution design
• Control system design
• Specifying local renewable and back-up generation systems
• Developing plant layouts
• Cabling and installation design
• Instrumentation selection
• Lightning protection assessment
• Writing system control strategies
• Factory and site acceptance tests of equipment
  
  

Essential

• Qualified to HND level or higher in electrical, electronic or control engineering or a related discipline
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
• Understanding of the importance of prioritising health, safety, and environmental issues
• Experience of successfully delivering high quality outputs in accordance with design, quality and safety standards
  
  

Desirable

• Master’s degree in electrical, electronic or control engineering or a related discipline
• Chartered status with the Institution of Engineering and Technology or an equivalent body
• Experience of working in the water and/or wastewater industry
• Good understanding of pipeline hydraulics
• Good understanding of water and wastewater treatment processes
  
  

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 [e-mail] 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

• 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):

Brighton, GB Cambridge, GB Southampton, GB Croydon, GB Reading, GB London, GB

Contract Type: Permanent

Work Pattern: Full Time

Market: Water

Discipline: Water

Job Ref: 9167

Recruiter Contact: Nicola Coyle

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Other

• Industries

  Civil Engineering

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