Principal Water Pipeline Engineer - Intake and Outfall Specialist (London)

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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.

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Overview of role: As a Principal Pipeline Engineer, specialising in intakes and outfalls, you will be a key part of our multidisciplinary team of technical specialists, delivering projects in close partnership with clients and contractors. You will lead the technical design of innovative and sustainable solutions to address leakage challenges, clean water provision and sewage disposal across our client’s water networks.

In this role you will be responsible for:

• Providing guidance and technical leadership across our programmes throughout the project lifecycle, from feasibility studies through to detailed design and construction support.
• Leading the delivery of wastewater and/or potable water pipeline schemes to budget, programme and quality standards.
• Developing engineering solutions to both landside and underwater pipelines, offshore intake designs, long sea outfalls and diffuser designs.
• Proactive management of design risk to deliver constructable design solutions.
• Producing and reviewing engineering calculations, specifications, drawings and reports.
• Supporting continuous improvement of procedures and processes to drive efficiency and innovation, contributing to the application of our digital engineering initiatives.
• Directing and developing a team of design staff, supporting their professional development.
• Engaging regularly with the Client and stakeholders to build and maintain positive collaborative relationships.
• Working collaboratively across disciplines to ensure the efficient delivery of projects within your portfolio.
• Contributing to commercial success through forecasting and risk management, and the production of bids and proposals.

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

Candidate specification:

• Chartered or Incorporated Civil engineer.
• Significant technical experience in clean / potable water pipeline design and wastewater network and associated infrastructure design.
• Knowledge and experience of pipeline material selection procedures and corrosion protection systems, structural design procedures for both landside and underwater pipelines, offshore intake designs, long sea outfalls and diffuser designs.
• Experienced in analytical methods used for offshore hydrodynamic assessment and on-bottom stability analysis for underwater pipelines etc.
• Familiar with trenchless pipeline installation techniques (HDD, tunnelling), pipeline condition assessment and rehabilitation techniques.
• Proven ability to lead a portfolio of technical projects, ensuring compliance with relevant quality assurance and technical standards and support the development of less experienced staff.
• Significant UK water infrastructure experience.
• Experience of working in multi-disciplinary water pipeline and networks projects with other technical disciplines including environmental specialists, geotechnical, structural, electrical and mechanical engineers.
• You will have a good understanding of designers’ responsibilities under CDM.
• Proactive approach, with an ability to adapt to changing scenarios.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills to be able to enter into technical discussions in a logical and coherent fashion in both oral presentations and written reports, to colleagues, non-technical staff and clients.
• A drive to be abreast of professional development and knowledge of current and emerging technical solutions.

Desirable:

• Use of offshore codes such as DnV, BS PD 8010 will be considered an advantage.
• Able to travel to other offices and sites, as required.
• Understanding of pipeline commissioning, and clean water pipeline survey techniques.

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.

UK Immigration: Mott MacDonald Ltd. are not currently offering sponsorship to candidates under the Skilled Worker visa route in the UK. This decision is 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.

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.

Agile working: Happy to talk Flexible Working and how we can support your responsibilities beyond the workplace.

We offer some fantastic benefits including:

• Health and wellbeing: Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues. Health cash plan to support you with everyday 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.
• 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.
• 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 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.