Mott MacDonald
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.
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Our values: Progress, Respect, Integrity, Drive, Excellence.
Position Locations; Cambridge & Leeds UK
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.
Ready for your next challenge? We're a company that actively fuels the creativity of our people. We create the right foundations to bring brain and soul together and we understand that careers take many forms. We've had enormous success in the AMP8 frameworks, and we know that variety is key to job satisfaction. We use our success to help our people learn through new challenges. So take the next step in your career, with a company focused on supporting the development of our people through defined technical career pathways and supporting creativity with global and local mentors. You have the skills, now use them at Mott MacDonald, a company that values a different perspective. If water's the new gold - shift your career and help address our planet's needs.
Job Description
As a Senior Geotechnical Engineer, you will be responsible for:
Developing design solutions, and associated deliverables, drawing on a range of geotechnical skills, including:Foundation, slope, earthwork, and retaining wall design; notably working alongside structural engineers to design structures involving complex soil-structure interaction.Geotechnics in the context of dam and reservoir engineering.Geotechnical risk management through desk studies, site investigation, geotechnical data management, and ground modelling.Supervising the work of more junior staff and providing technical and professional guidance to aid their development.Delivery of packages of design work, requiring collaboration with external and internal stakeholders, quality control, management of inputs from other team members, and travel to project sites when necessary.Advancing the team’s capability by advancing technical excellence and digital innovation.You may also be involved in project commercial management, and proposal delivery.You will be able to express the contribution of your work in the context of social outcomes.
For your longer-term career development, we can offer a number of paths, including technical leadership, staff resource management, and client engagement.
The position can be offered on either a full-time or a part-time basis. We operate an agile working policy with the expectation that around 50% of your time will be spent in the offices stated above, fluctuating as required to suit business and individual needs.
Candidate Specification
You will likely have: