Senior Civil Engineer - Birmingham, Bristol & Cardiff

MOTT MACDONALD; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Pension contributions

Annual bonus

Flexible benefits

Generous holiday

Job summary

Mott MacDonald is seeking Senior Civil Engineers (design engineers) for the Water Utilities Division, with work across water treatment, distribution, wastewater, and desalination projects in the UK. You will contribute to feasibility through detailed design, supporting professional development while collaborating with clients and multidisciplinary teams.

Ideal candidates hold a Civil Engineering degree and chartered status with strong communication skills and a proactive, safety-focused

Qualifications

• Civil Engineering degree or equivalent
• Chartered or near Chartered status (ICE or equivalent)
• Water and/or wastewater design experience
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Understanding of health, safety and environmental priorities
• Proactive and adaptable to changing scenarios

Responsibilities

• Work across multiple UK&I water companies.
• Be part of multi-disciplinary design teams in project delivery.
• Deliver excellence in design submissions and analysis.
• Prepare design submissions to ensure contract compliance.
• Undertake studies, concept, preliminary and detailed design.
• Interface with clients and other stakeholders.

Skills

Civil engineering degree

Chartered or near chartered (ICE)

Water/wastewater design experience

Excellent communication

Health and safety focus

Education

B.Eng / M.Eng in Civil Engineering

Tools

Civils 3D

GIS

Pipeline hydraulics software

Job description

Location/s: Cardiff, Birmingham & Bristol; UK

Relocation supported: Not supported, but internal applications are welcome

Recruiter contact: Nicola Coyle

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 opportunities for Senior civil engineers (design engineers) within our multidisciplinary Water Division. We work on a vast range of design projects covering, for example:

• Water treatment
• Water distribution
• Wastewater drainage and recycling
• Desalination

Our clients include most UK water utility companies and many other governmental organisations and private companies in the UK and overseas. We cover all phases of the project lifecycle from feasibility studies through detailed design, construction support, and commissioning to handover. This offers fantastic opportunities to get involved in diverse and technically challenging work and support professional development.

To help us to meet the growing needs of our clients, we are looking for civil engineers who will thrive:

• Working across multiple UK and Ireland water companies
• Being part of multi-disciplinary design teams in project delivery
• Delivering excellence everyday
• Preparing design submissions to ensure compliance with contract requirements
• Undertaking studies, concept, preliminary and detailed design
• Interfacing and liaising with clients and other stakeholders

Candidate specification

Essential

• Civil Engineering degree or other relevant degree
• Chartered or near chartered status (ICE or equivalent)
• Water and/or wastewater engineering design experience
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Understanding of the importance of prioritising health, safety, and environmental issues
• Proactive approach, with an ability to adapt to changing scenarios

Desirable

• Strong digital capability (e.g. Civils 3D, GIS, Pipeline hydraulics software)
• Contributed towards the identification and development of low carbon solutions

UK Immigration

Mott MacDonald Ltd. 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.

Agile working

At Mott MacDonald, we believe it makes business sense for you and your manager to choose how you can work most effectively to meet your client, team, and personal commitments. We offer a hybrid working policy that embraces your well-being, flexibility, and trust.

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.

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.

Employee Ownership

• Our employee ownership model means no external investors, just us, creating a culture of shared success.
• Our employees have a stake and a voice in our business, giving them a direct connection to our success through our personal and group performance bonuses.
• As your career grows, so does your stake, recognising your long-term impact and contribution.
• Your voice matters, with the opportunity to connect directly with senior leadership through formal channels to help shape our future.
• For our senior roles you will have a direct pathway towards ownership from day one.

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.

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.