Regional Technical Officer

Location: Region wide role

Important: To apply, please submit a cover letter as your application.

MMBC is an integrated design and construction business operating across long-term water and environment frameworks. The Regional Technical Officer will help shape the next chapter of our technical ambition: building capability ahead of need, turning knowledge into repeatable advantage and enabling teams to conceive, prove and scale engineering solutions that deliver better outcomes for clients, communities and the environment.

The Regional Technical Officer is MMBC’s senior integrator for technical excellence. Accountable for regional performance across the P&TE (Professional & Technical Excellence) Foundations, Networks and Programmes, the RTO connects strategy with delivery and creates the conditions in which excellent engineering can thrive from early thinking and optioneering through design, construction, commissioning and operational learning.

The role is not simply a custodian of standards. It is a visible catalyst for ambition: challenging MMBC to compete on value, ingenuity and whole-life outcomes; strengthening self-delivery capability; and converting learning, data and technology into safer, more resilient and more efficient solutions.

What the role will achieve:

• Technical confidence: people at every career stage understand what good looks like and have access to practical learning, mentoring and clear development pathways.
• Solutions that scale: promising ideas are tested rigorously, evidenced in practice and converted into repeatable products, methods and standards.
• Integrated self-delivery: MMBC develops capability across design, construction, testing, commissioning, digital delivery and operational optimisation—not only traditional civils delivery.
• Predictable excellence: technical risk, quality and opportunity are visible early, supported by proportionate assurance and reliable performance insight.
• Market leadership: MMBC is recognised by clients and the wider sector for practical ingenuity, thought leadership and consistently strong outcomes.

The role of a Regional Technical Officer includes:

• Set direction: own the regional technical strategy and multi-year roadmap; translate ambition into funded plans, priorities and measurable outcomes.
• Grow capability: create clear development pathways, practical learning and active mentoring; use future workload and capability data to target investment.
• Connect expertise: enable Discipline Leaders, ECPs and specialists to form inclusive networks that share knowledge and mobilise support.
• Accelerate innovation: establish a disciplined route to discover, test, assure and scale engineering solutions, standard products and reusable methods.
• Use technology responsibly: champion data, automation and AI with appropriate human oversight and technical integrity.
• Strengthen delivery: embed proportionate governance, escalate complex risks early and help project teams resolve significant technical challenges.
• Turn insight into action: use performance evidence and lessons learned to improve standards, learning, bids and project delivery.
• Build reputation: strengthen client confidence and MMBC’s external standing through collaboration, partnerships and thought leadership.

What you’ll need:

• Strong engineering or technical background, ideally with chartered or equivalent professional status.
• Credible leadership experience in multidisciplinary design, construction, infrastructure or asset delivery.
• Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and mobilise distributed teams without formal authority.
• Experience building capability, leading improvement and embedding innovation into business-as-usual delivery.
• Sound understanding of technical governance, assurance, risk and commercial project delivery.
• Evidence-led programme leader who is ambitious, inclusive, curious, pragmatic, courageous and trusted.

Preferred Skills:

• Priority capabilities are stronger and aligned with future workload.
• Technical risks are identified earlier and preventable rework is reduced.
• Solutions reach validated use faster and deliver measurable benefits.
• Reusable products, methods and digital tools achieve sustained adoption.
• Technical insight drives timely decisions, and clients recognise MMBC for practical leadership.

What’s in it for you:

• Financial wellbeing: MMB match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%. As an independently owned business we share the financial success of the business with all our colleagues including our annual bonus schemes.
• Payment of annual professional institution subscription costs.
• Health and wellbeing: A minimum of 33 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays, with the ability to buy, sell or carry over annual leave through our flexible benefits programme.
• Access to Life Assurance / Private Medical Insurance / Critical Illness Insurance and Health Screening options.
• We are happy to talk openly about flexible working and how we can support your responsibilities beyond the workplace.
• Join a wide range of groups including our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities.
• Enhanced family and carers leave: Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave plus the option for shared parental leave. Up to 2 paid additional days leave are provided for those with significant caring responsibilities.
• Learning and development: MMB are committed to empowering our people to grow professionally and thrive in their careers. We offer structured development schemes that support your journey toward professional chartership. From day one, employees are fast-tracked towards chartership reviews and benefit from mentorship, hands-on experience, and tailored training opportunities.

Mott MacDonald Bentley 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.

Other information:

This is a Mott MacDonald Bentley role, employed by Mott MacDonald. Mott MacDonald Bentley is a joint venture business, established in 1999 between civil engineering contractor JN Bentley and global management consultancy, Mott MacDonald. Mott MacDonald Bentley offers fully integrated design and build services to its clients, combining the contracting expertise of JN Bentley and the design specialisms of Mott MacDonald. This role is employed by Mott MacDonald but will involve working across the joint venture business, both with Mott MacDonald and JN Bentley colleagues.

About Mott MacDonald:

Mott MacDonald is 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.

Our values: progress, respect, integrity, drive, excellence. We believe that because we care about what we do, we do things better. We know that our people are our most valuable asset, so we are dedicated to investing in them, through our comprehensive training and development schemes, exposure to the wider design and build business and endless opportunities. We are committed to creating a workplace where our people are safe, have a voice, can reach their full potential, and everyone shares in the rewards. You’ll have the opportunity to contribute to projects that benefit our communities – from helping to secure water supplies for future generations to protecting homes and businesses from flood risk – our projects make a real difference.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion:

At Mott MacDonald Bentley we welcome applications from all sectors of the community. We are dedicated to building a diverse workplace where everyone feels included, has the opportunity to thrive, and is treated with respect. Even if you don’t meet every requirement for this role but are excited about the opportunity, we encourage you to apply. Find out more about our approach to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion here: https://www.mottmacbentley.co.uk/people. We are committed to ensuring that our recruitment practices are barrier-free and as inclusive as possible. This includes making adjustments during the job application process and throughout your future career with us. Please call 01756 691572 or email recruitment@jnbentley.co.uk to discuss any such adjustments that we can make. You can read more about our Equal Opportunities Policy here: Equality, diversity and inclusion - Mott MacDonald.

Agile working:

We are committed to providing a flexible and agile working environment that supports both our employees and the needs of the business.