Nature Based Solutions Specialist

Mott MacDonald

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About the business unit

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. 

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Overview of role

We are looking for a technical leader to be responsible for technical direction and quality, whether applying innovative thinking to new or established services or developing your own concepts from scratch. Alongside the technical role, the successful candidate will have the opportunity to develop skills in project management and business development through engaging with our water sector and regulatory framework clients. 

You will lead need definition, option identification and assessment, feasibility assessments, concept design and detailed design of solutions for catchment management and wastewater treatment. These solutions will include established NBS such as facultative lagoons, reedbeds, vertical flow and horizontal flow constructed wetlands as well as recent developments such as Integrated Constructed Wetlands (ICWs), floating treatment wetlands, the application of constructed wetlands for storm water and Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) treatment, and Natural Flood Management and SuDS to manage flows in the network. As a Nature Based Solutions Specialist, your remit will cover a range of technical, management and commercial/client-facing activities.

In this role you will:

• Provide technical leadership in NBS in the water environment, driving innovation and efficiencies and maintaining our reputation in the industry 
• Oversee projects, ensuring timely, cost-effective delivery of high-quality project outcomes
• Work as part of a multidisciplinary project team including treatment, civil engineering, mechanical and electrical engineering, landscape, ecology, climate, social and operational specialist teams
• Build and manage strong and strategic partnerships with clients 
• Engage stakeholders in the planning, design and delivery of NBS and work collaboratively with partners
• Support, mentor and train early careers colleagues
• Drive thought leadership, technical excellence and knowledge sharing

Candidate specification

Essential

• A clear passion for nature-based solutions
• Industry leading technical experience and a desire to share this with others
• Chartered (or near Chartership) with an appropriate professional body

Desirable

• Strong understanding of processes design principals in wastewater treatment particularly with reference to Nature-based Solutions
• Ability to apply recognised process models to size NbS options for wastewater treatment
• Experience applying NbS and mixed conventional/NbS solutions.
• Drive to be at the forefront the strategic development of this growing service in Mott MacDonald
• Proven ability to develop a workstream in nature-based solutions
• Professional consultancy experience in nature-based solutions
• Proven track record in delivering projects, business development and winning bids
• Familiarity with the relevant legislation and regulation

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. 

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:

Health and wellbeing

• Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues.
• Health cash plan to support you with every day health costs and treatments.
• Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues.
• A variety of wellbeing support is available through our comprehensive wellbeing program, including access for you and your family.
• Ability to flex your salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many of which can be extended to your family too.

Financial wellbeing

• We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.
• Life assurance equal up to 4 x your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6 x your salary.
• Our income protection scheme provides a financial benefit, as well as absence and return to work support due to long-term illness or injury.
• Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing.
• As an independently owned business we share the financial success of the business with all our colleagues in various ways including annual bonus schemes.

Lifestyle

• A minimum of 33-35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays and dependent on level, with the ability to buy or sell leave through our flexible benefits programme.
• Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years’ service.
• Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts from high-street retailers.

 Enhanced family and carers leave

• Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave.
• Our shared parental leave matches maternity leave meaning we pay up to 24 weeks at full pay.
• Up to five additional days leave are provided for those with significant caring responsibilities, two of which are paid.

 Learning and development

• Primary annual professional institution subscription.
• A broad range of opportunities to enhance both technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self-development options.

Networks, communities, and social outcomes

• Join a wide range of groups including our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities.
• Make a difference within our communities through our social outcomes.

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