Electrical and Control Engineer

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.

The Water Utilities Division is Mott MacDonald's centre of excellence for responding to the UK and Ireland's water and wastewater challenges. The work we do is at the forefront of ensuring safe water supplies for future generations, preventing urban flooding, and improving the health of our rivers and coastal environments.

We have opportunities for electrical, instrumentation, control and automation (EICA) engineers to join our Belfast office within our multidisciplinary Water Utilities Division. We work on a vast range of design projects covering:

• Water treatment
• Water distribution
• Wastewater recycling
• Industrial process water
• Desalination
• Irrigation
• Hydropower
• Flood defence

You will undertake a wide range of EICA tasks, typically including:

• Electrical power distribution design
• Control system design
• Specifying local renewable and back-up generation systems
• Developing plant layouts
• Cabling and installation design
• Instrumentation selection
• Lightning protection assessments
• Writing system control strategies
• Factory and site acceptance tests of equipment

You will work in close partnership with clients and contractors, building strong relationships that will enhance the company's reputation and help secure further work.

Candidate specification

Essential:

• Qualified to HND level or higher in electrical, electronic or control engineering or a related discipline
• Two years or more of experience in electrical and/or control engineering design/consultancy
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
• Understanding of the importance of prioritising health, safety, and environmental issues

Desirable:

• Master's degree in electrical, electronic or control engineering or a related discipline
• Working towards Chartered status with the Institution of Engineering and Technology or an equivalent body
• Experience of working in the water and/or wastewater industry
• Good understanding of water and wastewater treatment processes

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.

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 offer some fantastic benefits including:

• 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.
• Ability to flex your salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits.
• We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.
• Life assurance equal up to 4 x your basic salary.
• Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing.
• A minimum of 33-35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays.
• Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave.
• Primary annual professional institution subscription.

Join a wide range of groups including our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities.