Senior Hydrogeologist

Mott MacDonald; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Pension matching 4.5–7%

Annual bonus

Flexible benefits

Employee ownership

Job summary

Mott MacDonald in the UK is seeking a Senior Hydrogeologist to join our Water Consultancy Division. You will contribute to groundwater projects across the UK and international clients, delivering groundwater modelling, data analysis, and environmental assessments.

You will work within a large team of experts, apply MODFLOW, ArcGIS and Python, and help deliver sustainable solutions while developing your professional skills in a flexible, hybrid working environment.

Qualifications

• Essential: Degree level qualification in hydrogeology, geology, environmental science, mathematics or related discipline.
• Desirable: Postgraduate qualification in hydrogeology, water resources management or related discipline.
• Chartership with a professional body (e.g. Geological Society, CIWEM, ICE).

Responsibilities

• Provide senior technical advice across groundwater topics including modelling, quality, regulatory aspects.
• Contribute to bid and proposal writing across water resources and engineering sectors.
• Analyse data using tools like MODFLOW, ArcGIS, QGIS, Python, Excel.
• Produce high-quality reports for clients.

Skills

Good communication

Groundwater modelling

Quantitative groundwater analysis

Environmental data analysis

Python

ArcGIS

QGIS

Microsoft Excel

Education

Degree in hydrogeology or related field

Postgraduate qualification in hydrogeology or water resources

Chartered status with a professional body

Tools

MODFLOW

Job description

Location/s

Birmingham, Cambridge, Leeds, London, Sheffield, Bristol; 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 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

As a Senior Hydrogeologist, you will be part of a large team of water resources specialists, supporting and learning from our teams of hydrogeologists, hydrologists, water quality specialists, asset planners and engineers as they deliver a wide range of services for UK, Ireland and international clients. Our groundwater experts work on a variety of projects for diverse clients, delivering services in water supply, borehole construction and testing, construction de-watering, consents, groundwater quality, abstraction impact assessments, groundwater modelling, catchment conceptualisation, environmental impact assessment and management.

Your input will help our project teams and clients to deliver projects, resulting in strategic decisions and solutions that you can be proud of. Whether it is minimising the impacts of abstraction on the environment, or ensuring the longevity of groundwater assets, your work will bring lasting benefits to local communities and the environment around the world.

Responsibilities

• Provision of senior technical advice across a wide range of groundwater topics which may include groundwater modelling, groundwater quality, Water Framework Directive, geo-environmental, engineering hydrogeology and groundwater risk assessments
• Contribution to bid and proposal writing across water resources, environmental and engineering sectors
• Analysing data which could include using tools such as Modflow, ArcGIS, QGIS, Python, Microsoft Excel
• Producing high quality reports for clients

Candidate specification

Essential:

• Degree level qualification in hydrogeology, geology, environmental science, mathematics or other related discipline
• Good communication and written skills
• Well organised, able to prioritise your own workload with minimal supervision and support more junior members of the team
• Logical and pragmatic approach to problem solving, attention to detail and the motivation to innovate
• Understand the importance of prioritising health, safety, wellbeing and environmental issues
• Experience of quantitative assessment of groundwater problems and developing an understanding of different groundwater flow systems
• Experience of analysis of environmental dataset, including groundwater levels, river flows and climate data
• Experience of delivering projects according to national regulations and guidance
• Experience of using Microsoft office suite of tools
• Knowledge of groundwater modelling software e.g. MODFLOW
• Knowledge of using programming languages (e.g. Python), ArcGIS or/and or QGIS

Desirable:

• Post graduate level qualification in hydrogeology, water resources management or other related discipline
• Professional consultancy experience in water resources
• Chartership with an appropriate professional body (e.g. Geological Society, CIWEM, ICE)
• Knowledge of groundwater modelling software e.g. MODFLOW

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 [e-mail] and we will talk to you about how we can support you.

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.
• 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: 15964