Senior Associate Civil Engineer - Wales, Birmingham & Bristol

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. Our people power our performance – we succeed when they do. With countless opportunities to collaborate, learn, and grow, the possibilities for excellence are as varied as every individual.

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. Together, we deliver best-in-class solutions to our clients while offering diverse and technically stimulating opportunities to our people.

Overview of the role

Mott MacDonald is the market leader in the UK water sector, being a key supplier to major water companies and delivering a wide variety of engineering and advisory projects in support to the challenges faced by the sector. AMP8 will see a significant increase in investment. We have now secured new AMP8 consultancy frameworks adding to our existing framework commitments, and are reinforcing our excellent technical teams in response to that with key leadership roles. We are seeking Associate Civil Engineers specialised in pipelines to lead our technical teams in the south and southwest. This a fantastic professional opportunity for driven individuals, with a strong UK water and wastewater infrastructure experience, and the ability to manage multidisciplinary teams of technical specialists in response to AMP8 challenges.

Key responsibilities and duties include:

• Provide technical leadership across our programmes of potable water and wastewater pipelines
• Direct, develop and supervise a team of design staff, providing technical and commercial guidance to support their development and to respond to the needs of the programme
• Lead the delivery of wastewater and/or potable water pipeline programmes to budget, programme and quality standards, working collaboratively across disciplines to efficient delivery
• Produce and review engineering calculations, specifications, drawings and reports, proactively managing design risk to deliver constructable solutions
• Deliver projects in close partnership with clients and contractors
• Represent the company in meetings, building strong relationships with our clients that will enhance our reputation and help secure further work
• Contribute 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 career opportunities in technical, management or client-facing directions. You will have control of your own career path and great prospects progression as the business continues to grow.

We are looking for an experienced and driven individual, with a strong UK water and wastewater infrastructure experience and the desire to lead and develop a team, progress professionally and make a difference in the sector.

Requirements:

• Chartered Status (CEng) with a recognised Professional Institution
• Proven ability to lead a portfolio of technical projects, ensuring compliance with relevant quality assurance and technical standards and supporting the development of less experienced staff
• Demonstrable technical experience in clean / potable water pipeline design and pumping stations and/or wastewater network and associated infrastructure design
• Strong communication skills with experience in effective collaboration across internal multi-disciplinary teams with other technical disciplines including environmental specialists, geotechnical, structural, electrical and mechanical engineers
• A drive to be abreast of professional development and knowledge of current and emerging technical solutions
• Good understanding of designers’ responsibilities under CDM
• Able to travel to other offices and sites, as required
• Track record in building teams and capability of junior staff
• Experience in preparing successfully bids and in undertaking client engagement
• Project Management experience is not essential but previous experience or a desire to develop these skills would be beneficial

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. We are happy to talk openly about flexible working and how we can support your responsibilities beyond the workplace.

Benefits:

• Health and wellbeing: Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues, health cash plan, access to Peppy, and a variety of wellbeing support.
• Financial wellbeing: Employee pension contributions, life assurance, income protection scheme, and flexible benefits.
• Lifestyle: Minimum of 33-35 days holiday each year, enhanced family leave policies, and employee saving schemes.
• Learning and development: Annual professional institution subscription and opportunities for mentoring and training.
• Networks, communities, and social outcomes: Join a wide range of groups supporting various communities.