Principal Civil Engineer - Northern England in Leeds

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.

About The Business Division

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. Our multi-disciplinary teams provide a variety of services throughout the full project life cycle, from advisory services and feasibility studies to outline and detailed design.

Overview Of The Role

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a chartered Principal Civil Engineer to join our multidisciplinary Water Division. Our teams deliver an extensive portfolio of projects, including water and wastewater treatment facilities, major pipeline and pumping infrastructure, network modelling and design, surface water management solutions, and hydropower developments. We support every stage of the project lifecycle, from early‑stage feasibility and strategic studies through to outline and detailed design, construction support, and final handover.

Key Responsibilities And Duties

• Working across a number of different UK water authorities
• Leading multi-disciplinary design teams in project delivery
• Project management duties, including programme and financial management for small to medium sized projects
• Provide direct input into projects with minimal supervision
• Review of design submissions to ensure compliance with contract requirements
• Conduct discipline checker role on standard outputs
• Undertaking studies, concept, preliminary and detailed design
• Interfacing and liaising with clients and other stakeholders
• Mentoring and contributing to the development of junior staff

Candidate specification

Essential

• Civil Engineering or other relevant degree
• Chartered or near chartered Engineer status (ICE or equivalent)
• Experience of leading engineering design and/or multi-disciplinary design teams on water or wastewater projects
• Understanding of the designer’s responsibilities under the CDM regulations
• Solid knowledge of water or wastewater specifications and standards
• Strong communication, collaboration, and leadership skills
• Proactive approach, with an ability to adapt to changing scenarios

Desirable

• Experience of working with Scottish Water
• Strong digital capability (e.g. Copilot / AI, Civils 3D, GIS, hydraulic modelling software)
• Contributed towards the identification and development of low carbon solutions

Agile working

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.

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.

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.

We Offer Some Fantastic Benefits Including

• 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.
• Employee Ownership: Our employee ownership model means no external investors, just us, creating a culture of shared success.
• Health and wellbeing: Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues. Health cash plan to support you with everyday health costs and treatments.
• Lifestyle: A minimum of 33-35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays and dependent on level.
• Enhanced family and carers leave: Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave.
• Learning and development: Primary annual professional institution subscription.

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