Bristol, UK / Brighton, UK / Reading, UK
Position location: Bristol, Brighton, London, Reading, Cardiff, Manchester, Leeds, Newcastle, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Belfast & Birmingham
Recruiter contact: Nicola Coyle
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.
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.
Overview of role
We are seeking Associate Civil Engineers specialised in pipelines to lead our technical teams in the south and southwest. This is a fantastic professional opportunity for driven individuals with strong UK water and wastewater infrastructure experience and the ability to manage multidisciplinary teams of technical specialists in response to AMP8 challenges.
In this role, you will:
* 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.
Required skills and experience:
* 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 successful 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.
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.
If you meet 80% or more of what we’re looking for, please still apply. We understand not everyone will meet all the requirements, but you might have skills we didn’t know we need.
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 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.
* A variety of wellbeing support is available through our comprehensive wellbeing program.
Financial wellbeing
* We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.
* Life assurance equal up to 4 x your basic salary.
Lifestyle
* A minimum of 33-35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays.
Apply now, or for more information about our application process, click here.
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