Process Engineer

Mott MacDonald

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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. 

About the role

Come join our dynamic and award-winning OneWater Team at Mott MacDonald, where we are committed to our Clients, our People and the Environment.

Our process engineering team works as part of our fully integrated multi-disciplinary service offering. Together, we deliver client-centric solutions across a diverse portfolio of water sector projects and frameworks.

Building on our proud 70-year long track record in Ireland, we have secured numerous exciting framework appointments up to 2030 and beyond. This success is allowing us to grow our pool of talented Process Engineers.

We are agile across our resource teams which offers candidates excellent career progression opportunities. We are widely seen as the core of our global water and wastewater delivery capability, providing support to colleagues across our global business.

You will work alongside industry recognised experts to deliver value to key utility company clients, such as Uisce Éireann, NI Water, Scottish Water and other AMP water companies. You'll undertake process investigation and design across all stages of water and wastewater scheme development; from high level master planning through to detailed design and commissioning.

Your typical duties and responsibilities will include preparation of studies and reports, process calculations and drawings to support other disciplines in the preparation of their deliverables. From time to time, you will also be involved with business development including providing specialist support to our account leaders and engineering practices. The role will require mentoring graduate engineers and scientists, and you will play a key role in their professional development. The role may also include line management responsibility in future.

Candidate Specification 

Essential

• Degree in Chemical Engineering or related engineering field.
• Working towards Chartered Status (CEng) with a recognised Professional Institution.
• A good understanding of conventional and innovative water and/or wastewater treatment technologies.
• Track record of process engineering and driving innovation and low carbon solutions.
• Experience in development and delivery of outline, feasibility and detailed process engineering design solutions within Ireland and/or the UK water sector using appropriate calculation tools.
• Good communication skills with experience in effective collaboration across internal multi-disciplinary teams.

Desirable

• Excellent IT skills particularly MS Excel/Word/Project and PowerPoint.
• Ability to produce technical reports for clients, so attention to detail is paramount.
• Track record of using wastewater modelling tools such as BioWin.
• Ability to travel to sites in various locations across Ireland and the UK.

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:

• Pension matched up to 7%   
• Life insurance 
• An annual professional institution subscription   
• Continuous development opportunities – because we want you to thrive  
• Agile/flexible working – because life isn’t 9-5  
• Enhanced parental leave; shared parental leave policies – for parents and care givers  
• Annual bonus scheme  
• Flexible benefits that suit you, including ability to buy/sell annual leave entitlement, cycle to work & interest free season ticket loans 
• Wellbeing support including access to an independent Employer Assistance Scheme, wellbeing champions and access to learning and support resources 
• Access to our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability and parents/carers communities 
• The opportunity to make a difference; learn more about our social outcomes

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