Water/Wastewater Project Technical Lead (Client‑Facing)

Mott MacDonald; Cardiff; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension matching 4.5-7%

Life assurance 4x salary

Income protection

Flexible benefits

Annual bonus schemes

Employee ownership

Private medical insurance

Health cash plan

Wellbeing program

Job summary

Mott MacDonald in the UK Water Utilities Division seeks a Project Technical Lead to manage the technical delivery of wastewater projects, coordinating multi-disciplinary teams and maintaining close client engagement.

This customer-facing role supports bid development, early concept reviews, and delivering within AMP frameworks, with opportunities to mentor junior staff and apply innovative digital solutions under a hybrid working policy.

Qualifications

• Chartered Status (CEng) with a recognised Professional Institution.
• Understanding of conventional and innovative wastewater treatment technologies.
• Track record of engineering technical coordination.
• Experience in development and delivery of feasibility and outline design solutions within the UK water sector.
• Ability to support bids, fee proposals or offers of service.
• Ability to check and review technical deliverables, calculations and reports.
• Strong communication skills with experience in effective collaboration across internal multi-disciplinary teams as well as Client teams.
• Desire to take a leading role with client engagement.
• Track record of developing junior staff.
• Understanding of key wastewater sector treatment and sustainability needs.
• Understanding of drivers for treatment investment in England and Wales.
• Excellent technical report writing skills using concise English.

Responsibilities

• Manage the technical delivery of wastewater projects and programmes.
• Coordinate multi-disciplinary teams to ensure timely, on-budget delivery.
• Build on established UK framework work and align with discipline leads.
• Maintain strong client relationships and support bids and proposals.
• Mentor and develop junior staff and promote technical excellence.

Skills

Chartered Status (CEng)

Wastewater technologies

Engineering technical coordination

Feasibility & outline design (UK water

Bid support / fee proposals

Reviewing technical deliverables

Client engagement

Developing junior staff

Wastewater sector sustainability

Investment drivers England & Wales

Technical report writing

Job description

Mott MacDonald in the UK Water Utilities Division seeks a Project Technical Lead to manage the technical delivery of wastewater projects, coordinating multi-disciplinary teams and maintaining close client engagement.

This customer-facing role supports bid development, early concept reviews, and delivering within AMP frameworks, with opportunities to mentor junior staff and apply innovative digital solutions under a hybrid working policy.