Senior Associate Civil Engineer

Mott MacDonald 
We’re 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. We are proud to be a one of Glassdoor’s top employers to work for in the UK, as well as being recognised as a Top Inclusive Company in the UK. 

Position locations: Manchester & Liverpool

Recruiter: Nicola Coyle
 
Our values: Progress, Respect, Integrity, Drive, Excellence.

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

Do you want to use your experience to make an impact? At Mott MacDonald we support all leadership potential, creating high-performing teams with a flatter hierarchy that fosters more autonomy and greater employee engagement.  We understand that development never stops.  Our leaders have a vision of who they want to be and a strategy to take them there.  As a company with a fully independent ownership, we're proud to be stewards of our business.  We embed real leadership behaviours and the business priorities they serve, and believe transparency and openness make us agile and adaptable.  So bring your expertise to a company looking for acknowledged and emerging leaders, where your professional journey can take a wide variety of forms.  Driven by you and supported by us.   

Overview of role:

After recent framework successes, we have opportunities for a Senior Associate Civil Engineer in our Manchester and Liverpool offices within our multidisciplinary Water Consultancy Division.  We work on a vast range of design projects covering, for example:

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

 
We cover all phases of the project lifecycle from feasibility studies through detailed design, construction support, and commissioning to handover.  We provide specialist technical support to colleagues across our global business, offering fantastic opportunities to get involved in diverse and technically challenging work. Our clients include the majority of UK water utility companies, and many other governmental organisations and private companies in the UK and overseas.

In this role you will be:

• Working across several different UK water authorities, with a main focus on United Utilities as a key client.
• Working as part of multi-disciplinary design teams in project delivery.
• Review of design submissions to ensure compliance with contract requirements.
• Undertaking studies, concept, preliminary and detailed design.
• Interfacing and liaising with clients and other stakeholders.
• Mentoring and contributing to the development of other staff.

Providing leadership and mentoring to other civil engineers, you will be responsible for checking and reviewing design documents and providing technical direction to projects. 

Using your experience and expertise you will ensure that designs are fit for purpose and meet current legislation and standards.

You will lead the integration of the civil design with that of other disciplines.

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.

You can see examples of our work and find out more about the discipline here on our website:

Water consultants - Mott MacDonald
Wastewater treatment - Mott MacDonald

Mott MacDonald is wholly owned by colleagues who work in our business. Being employee owned means that we can choose our own direction and focus on what we believe is important for our clients, our people and those communities which we work and live in. We are dedicated to delivering Social Outcomes through the use of digital innovation and excellence in what we do. We are a family of people excited to solve complex challenges that have a positive impact on the world, and we are always looking for like-minded people to join our team.

Candidate Specification

Essential:

• Civil Engineering degree or other relevant degree.
• Chartered (ICE or equivalent)
• Experience of leading engineering design and/or multi-disciplinary design teams on water or wastewater projects;
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills;
• Understanding of the importance of prioritising health, safety, and environmental issues;
• Proactive approach, with an ability to adapt to changing scenarios.

Desirable

• Strong digital capability (e.g. Civils 3D, GIS, Pipeline hydraulics software);
• Contributed towards the identification and development of low carbon solutions.

We are actively recruiting a diverse workforce that is reflective of the communities we serve. We recognise that differences in ability, skills and experience are a strength and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds.

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

Apply now, or for more information about our application process, click here.

UK Immigration

Mott MacDonald Ltd. are not currently offering sponsorship to candidates under the Skilled Worker visa route in the UK. This decision is as 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.

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