Senior/Principal Drainage and SuDS Engineer

Mott MacDonald

Position location: Madrid, Spain
Recruiter contact: Maria Cervantes

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.

Our values: Progress, Respect, Integrity, Drive, Excellence.

Do you want to work for a company whose purpose is to improve society by considering social outcomes, and to transform businesses, communities, and opportunities for its employees?

Mott MacDonald is a 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. Working for a company like ours, with technical excellence at our core, offers you access to industry recognised experts in a variety of disciplines and the support and opportunities you are after for your career progression. Our business is wholly employee- owned which 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 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.

Our Water Consultancy Division has ambitious growth plans in line with AMP8 (2025-2030) investment needs and we are proud of our strong reputation in the industry which is allowing us to expand our business. We cover all phases of the project lifecycle from feasibility studies through detailed design, construction support, and commissioning to handover.  We also provide specialist technical support to colleagues across our global business, offering fantastic opportunities to get involved in diverse and technically complex work.

The scale of investment required in AMP8 is a significant challenge but also a major opportunity to provide a long-lasting legacy to our clients and their regions. It also requires new more efficient ways of delivering our services and for the successful candidate to demonstrate their ability to identify and implement innovations that maintain delivery to programme and commercial targets. 

Given this, we have an exciting opportunity for a talented Principal/Senior Drainage & SuDS Engineer to join our team in Spain to support the delivery of our UK clients’ wastewater programmes, including:

• SuDS studies and viability assessments
• SuDS/Drainage strategies
• SuDS/Drainage design and specifications
• Hydraulic modelling

 Typical duties and responsibilities will include:

• Contributing to or leading the preparation of design deliverables to achieve the correct time / cost / quality balance for the project.
• Managing the integration with other disciplines.
• Business development including providing specialist support to our Account Leaders and Practices and leading on proposals and tenders in the water and wastewater fields.
• Programme and financial management of small to medium sized projects with a Drainage focus.
• Challenge of the client’s technical standards and the acceptance of departures, relevant to their discipline. 

At Mott MacDonald you will have control of your own career path and great prospects for career progression as the business continues to grow. We can offer development in technical, management or client-facing directions.

We are looking for a driven individual, keen to make a difference in the sector, take wide responsibilities and progress professionally.

Required skills and experience:

•  Degree qualified in Civil Engineering or related discipline
• Chartered (or Incorporated) Engineer 
• Experienced in drainage and SuDS design of infrastructure projects 
• Able to work within, and if require lead, a design team, and also able to collaborate within multi-disciplinary teams 
• Strong communication skills to interact with other disciplines and clients, and to develop and promote the team
• Understanding of the use of design tools within a BIM environment 
• Experience of managing programmes and resources, delivering to time and budget 
• Experience of supporting preparation of proposals
• Experience with hydraulic design tools
• Confident, articulate, collaborative & proactive 
• Eagerness to learn and to develop your skills and career with training support 
• A capability to manage design delivery and projects
• Willingness to contribute to and develop technical knowledge networks
• A drive to be abreast of professional development and knowledge of current and emerging technical solutions
• A good understanding of designers’ responsibilities under CDM Regulations (or relevant legislation).

Desirable:

• Experience of working in the water and/or wastewater industry
• Proficient in hydraulic design tools such as InfoDrainage
• Experience with UK standards and guidance related to SuDS and Drainage

Experience in the UK water sector would be advantageous although not necessary.

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 scheme
• 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
• Annual bonus scheme  
• Flexible benefits that suit you
• 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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