Senior Hydraulics Engineer

Mott MacDonald

Belfast City District

Hybrid

GBP 60,000 - 90,000

Full time

2 days ago
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Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance
Pension plan
Annual bonus
Life assurance
Flexible benefits
Employee ownership

Job summary

Mott MacDonald is seeking a Senior Civil Engineer with a strong background in hydraulic analysis to join our Water Consultancy Division. You will lead design and analysis for water and wastewater projects, coordinating with mechanical, process, structural and environmental teams to deliver multi-disciplinary solutions.

The role involves mentoring junior engineers, engaging with clients, and contributing to proposals and budgets.

Qualifications

  • Demonstrable experience in pressurised and open-channel hydraulics across water projects.
  • Experience with surge analysis and transmission pipelines.
  • Ability to lead technical projects within a multi-disciplinary team.
  • Strong communication and reporting skills.

Responsibilities

  • Lead hydraulic analysis and design for potable and wastewater projects.
  • Produce calculations, specifications, drawings and reports.
  • Mentor junior colleagues and provide technical guidance.
  • Engage with clients and stakeholders to manage scope, budget and quality.
  • Prepare budgets and time estimates for proposals.
  • Collaborate across disciplines to deliver projects.

Skills

Hydraulic analysis
Open-channel hydraulics
Transmission pipelines
Surge analysis
Team leadership
Communication skills

Education

Chartered membership of ICE/CIWEM

Tools

WANDA/Bentley Hammer
EPANET/InfoWorks

Job description

Location/s

Cambridge, Bristol, Leeds, Reading, London, Cardiff, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Manchester, Croydon & Belfast; UK

About The Division

Mott MacDonald’s 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 The Role

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Civil Engineer with a strong technical background and expertise in hydraulic analysis and design to join our growing team. This a fantastic professional opportunity for a driven individual to work on a uniquely wide range of water related projects in the UK and worldwide. You will undertake the design and analysis for a range of projects and topics, such as: transmission pipelines, surge analysis, hydraulic design of water and wastewater treatment works, stormwater storage tunnels. You’ll be able to understand water projects holistically and work in collaboration with other teams (mechanical, process, structural, environmental) for the successful delivery of multi-disciplinary projects.

Key responsibilities and duties include:
  • Leading and delivering hydraulic analysis and design within your area of responsibility, across a range of potable and wastewater projects
  • Producing and reviewing engineering calculations, specifications, drawings and reports
  • Mentoring more junior colleagues, providing technical guidance and advice
  • Engaging with the Client and stakeholders to ensure the efficient delivery of projects, as well as identifying and communicating issues that could impact programme, quality or cost
  • Preparing time and budget estimates for proposals
  • Working collaboratively across disciplines to ensure the efficient delivery of projects within your portfolio
  • Engaging with best practice and taking responsibility for your own professional development
Candidate specification
Essential:
  • Demonstrable technical experience of pressurised and open-channel hydraulics applied to the field of civil engineering, including surge analysis, transmission pipelines, and large-scale drainage systems through one or more stages of a project life cycle
  • Experience of of surge analysis tools such as WANDA or Bentley Hammer
  • Experienced in development of hydraulic calculations and hydraulic profiles for water and wastewater treatment works
  • Proven ability to lead delivery of technical projects, including controlling budgets within area of responsibility
  • Experience of working in multi-disciplinary water pipeline and networks projects with other technical disciplines including environmental specialists, geotechnical, structural, electrical and mechanical engineers
  • Strong collaboration and communication skills in both oral presentations and written reports, to colleagues, non-technical staff and clients
  • Chartered membership of a relevant professional chartered institution, such as ICE or CIWEM
Desirable:
  • Experience in transmission pipeline design, e.g. route and material selection, hydraulic design, steel pipe wall thickness calculations, thrust restraint solutions, etc
  • Experience in CFD applied to the water industry
  • Experience in supervision of physical scale modelling studies
  • Good understanding of designers’ responsibilities under CDM
  • Experience in clean water network modelling using software such as EPANET, WaterGEMS or Infoworks

Mott MacDonald offers a highly innovative and collaborative environment within which to further develop your career. We can offer career opportunities in technical, management or client-facing directions. You will have control of your own career path and great prospects progression as the business continues to grow.

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.

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 reasonable.adjustments@mottmac.com 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.

Contract Type: Permanent

Work Pattern: Full Time

Market: Water

Discipline: Water

Job Ref: 14999

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