Senior Civil Engineer: Infrastructure & Project Lead

Mott MacDonald; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension matching 4.5–7%

Life assurance 4x basic salary

Income protection

Flexible benefits

Annual bonus schemes

Employee ownership

Private medical insurance

Health cash plan

Peppy menopause support

Wellbeing programme

33–35 days holiday

Job summary

Mott MacDonald in the UK is recruiting talented Principal/Associate Civil Engineers to join the Infrastructure team, delivering projects across health, defence, regeneration, and leisure. You will lead multi-disciplinary design teams, manage budgets, and nurture staff competencies while driving successful delivery.

The role offers autonomy, development opportunities, and a path to enhance the Infrastructure portfolio through bids and client engagement in a supportive, inclusive, hybrid-working

Qualifications

• Candidates will manage projects and multi-disciplinary design teams, ensuring designs meet quality, budget and programme requirements.
• Exposure to UK public sector infrastructure projects is highly desirable.
• Professionally qualified with an engineering institution (ICE, CIHT, PW) and a strong track record in civil engineering are essential.

Responsibilities

• Lead projects and multi-disciplinary design teams from bidding to delivery.
• Manage task budgets and ensure compliance with health and safety standards.
• Develop staff competencies and career paths while supporting business development.

Skills

Project management

Team leadership

Communication skills

Client facing

Health & Safety knowledge

UK public sector experience

Education

Professional engineering qualification (ICE, CIHT, PW)

Tools

BIM

Job description

Mott MacDonald in the UK is recruiting talented Principal/Associate Civil Engineers to join the Infrastructure team, delivering projects across health, defence, regeneration, and leisure. You will lead multi-disciplinary design teams, manage budgets, and nurture staff competencies while driving successful delivery.

The role offers autonomy, development opportunities, and a path to enhance the Infrastructure portfolio through bids and client engagement in a supportive, inclusive, hybrid-working