Mott MacDonald
Position location: Cambridge, Reading, Brighton, London, Cardiff, Bristol, Manchester, Newcastle, Edinburgh & belfast
Recruiter contact: Nicola Coyle
We’re a global engineering, management, and development consultancy.
Our purpose is to improve society by considering social outcomes in everything we do, relentlessly focusing on excellence and digital innovation, transforming our clients’ businesses, our communities and employee opportunities.
A fundamental part of this is respecting each person’s differences and striving to meet their needs.
We are proud to be a one of Glassdoor’s top employers to work for in the UK, as well as being recognised as a Top Inclusive Company in the UK.
Our values: Progress, Respect, Integrity, Drive, Excellence.
About the division
The Water Consultancy Division is the centre of excellence within Mott MacDonald for responding to water and wastewater challenges, providing support to colleagues across our global business, and offering fantastic opportunities to get involved in diverse and technically challenging work. Climate change, aging assets, and population growth place increasing pressure on our water and wastewater assets. Our highly successful water consultancy business is servicing ever-increasing demands from water sector clients to help deliver ambitious capital programmes. The work we do is at the forefront of ensuring safe water supplies for future generations and protecting our environment. With sustainability, social impacts, digitalisation, and carbon reduction in mind, our diverse and multi-disciplinary teams work together to 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 role
Do you want to be part of an employee-owned company where our unique independence affords us the opportunity to focus on projects that matter – those delivering positive social outcomes and enhancing the environment? Do you want to harness digital innovation and push the boundaries of current practice in pursuit of technical excellence? Working for a company like ours, with technical excellence at our core, offers you access to industry recognised experts in a variety of disciplines and the support and opportunities you are after for your career progression. At Mott MacDonald, we are a collaborative team, excited to solve complex challenges that have a positive impact on the world, and we are always looking for like-minded people to join us.
We are seeking Principal Civil Engineers specialised in pipelines to lead our technical teams across the UK. This a fantastic professional opportunity for driven individuals, with strong UK water and wastewater infrastructure experience, and the ability to manage multidisciplinary teams of technical specialists in response to AMP8 challenges.
In this role, you will be responsible for:
Providing technical leadership across our programmes of potable water and wastewater pipelines. Directing, developing and supervising a team of design staff, providing technical guidance to a variety of projects.Leading the technical delivery of wastewater and/or potable water pipeline programmes to budget, programme, and quality standards.Producing and reviewing engineering calculations, specifications, drawings, and reports, proactively managing design risk to deliver constructable solutions.Working collaboratively across disciplines to ensure the efficient delivery of projects within your portfolio.Represent the company in meetings, building strong relationships with our clients and stakeholders to ensure the efficient delivery of projects, providing regular updates on progress and status of work within own area of responsibility, as well as identifying and communicating issues that could risk programme, quality or cost.
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.
Candidate specification
We are seeking an experienced and motivated Principal Engineer with the following attributes:
Required skills and experience:
Proven ability to lead a portfolio of technical projects, ensuring compliance with relevant quality assurance and technical standards and supporting the technical development of less experienced staff.Demonstrable technical experience in clean / potable water pipeline design and pumping stations and/or wastewater network and associated infrastructure design.Strong communication skills with experience in effective collaboration across internal multi-disciplinary teams with other technical disciplines including environmental specialists, geotechnical, structural, electrical and mechanical engineers.A drive to be abreast of professional development and knowledge of current and emerging technical solutions.Good understanding of designers’ responsibilities under CDM.Chartered Status (CEng) with a recognised Professional Institution.
Desirable:
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.