Senior Digital Consultant - Water

Mott MacDonald; Southampton; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Life assurance (4x basic salary)

Flexible benefits

Job summary

Mott MacDonald is seeking Project Digital Leads for its Water Utilities Division in the UK. You will define requirements, coordinate specialist teams, and deliver digital outcomes across major water programmes. This role offers hybrid working and opportunities to shape innovative digital services within a growing team.

The ideal candidate has ISO19650 experience, strong communication, and a track record in guiding clients through digital change while supporting junior staff development.

Qualifications

• Degree level education in a subject relating to the position.
• Strong understanding of relational data models and connected systems.
• Experience applying ISO19650 principles.
• Track record advising clients on digital change.
• Good collaboration across multi-disciplinary teams and clients.
• Experience leading small digital delivery teams and coaching juniors.

Responsibilities

• Define client requirements and coordinate specialist teams for digital solutions.
• Deliver successful digital outcomes for major water sector projects.
• Support professional development and knowledge sharing within the team.

Skills

Relational data models

ISO19650

Digital change delivery

Team leadership

Communication skills

Education

Degree in a related field

Tools

Python

PowerAutomate

PowerBI

ProjectWise

Autodesk Construction Cloud

SharePoint

Job description

Location/s: Brighton, Southampton, Cambridge, Croydon; UK

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 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 leading supplier to the UK water sector, supporting major water companies through a wide range of engineering, advisory and digital services. As AMP8 investment is now underway, digital services are playing a key role in helping clients address challenges such as pollution, leakage, climate resilience and regulatory performance. Our Digital Team has grown significantly and continues to expand in response to client demand. We are looking for Project Digital Leads with experience delivering digital change in the water sector. Digital can mean many things, from information management and data to GIS, software and technology solutions. In this role, you will work closely with experienced digital professionals, helping clients define requirements, coordinate specialist teams and deliver successful digital outcomes. This is an opportunity to work on major water programmes, gain experience with Mott MacDonald’s Moata platform, shape innovative digital services and support the development of emerging talent. We are looking for motivated individuals who want to make a real impact in the sector while developing their own careers within a growing and highly experienced team.

Candidate specification

Essential

• Degree level education in a subject relating to the position
• A strong understanding of relational data models and an aptitude for establishing connected systems
• Experience and track record with applying the principles of ISO19650
• Track record in working closely with clients to advise and implement on digital change
• Strong communication skills with experience in effective collaboration across internal multi-disciplinary teams as well as Client teams
• Experience managing small digital delivery teams and a willingness to support junior team members with career development

Desirable

• Chartered Status with a recognised Professional Institution
• Experience with change management principles
• Experience working within the UK water industry
• Experience with Python, PowerAutomate & PowerBI
• Experience with ProjectWise, Autodesk Construction Cloud or Sharepoint
• Excellent technical report writing skills using concise English

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.

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.

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.

AI Usage

At Mott MacDonald, we see the value AI can bring, but we take a people-first approach to hiring. While AI tools can help candidates prepare and build confidence, every application and hiring decision is reviewed by our recruitment and hiring teams. We encourage the responsible use of AI while ensuring we get to know the real person behind the application.

Accessibility

We want you to feel supported and able to perform at your best throughout our recruitment process. If there is anything we can do to make applying or interviewing with us more accessible, please contact us at [e-mail] and we'll be happy to discuss how we can help.

We offer some fantastic benefits including:

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.
• 10 days additional paid leave for Armed Forces Reservists and Cadet Force Adult Volunteers.
• 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.
• We offer policies and dedicated support to help military families balance service life with career and wellbeing.

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.
• We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and Gold Award holders in the MOD Employer Recognition Scheme, supported by our dedicated internal Armed Forces Network. If you're a service leaver, veteran, reservist or member of a military family, you can connect with our people through Armed Forces Careers - Connectr to ask questions, gain career insights and learn more about opportunities at Mott MacDonald.
• Make a difference within our communities through our social outcomes.

Contract Type: Permanent

Work Pattern: Full Time

Market: Water

Discipline: Water

Job Ref: 18049