Engineering Project Manager / Principal Engineer - Pipelines & Networks

Recruiter contact: Hayley Alexander

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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.Â

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A fundamental part of this is respecting each person’s differences and striving to meet their needs.Â, 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., As the Engineering Project Manager/Senior Engineer, the successful candidate will work with and manage a multidisciplinary team of technical specialists, delivering projects in close partnership with clients and contractors, building strong relationships that will enhance the company’s reputation and help secure further work. In this role, they will lead the design of innovative and sustainable solutions to address leakage challenges, cleanwater provision and sewage disposal across our client’s water networks. Some of these projects are emergency work and reactive in nature - so you will need to lead fast-paced design, whilst managing change and impacts on the other projects within the wider programme. You will be expected to coordinate project teams throughout the project lifecycle from design definition through to implementation, fulfilling all aspects to successfully manage projects including business management system compliance, technical quality assurance,
programme and cost control management as well as leading client interface. You will work closely with contractors, often on site, reacting to queries and changes. You will represent the company in meetings and supervise the work of more junior staff, providing technical and commercial guidance to support their development.

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Mott MacDonald offers a highly innovative and collaborative environment within which to further develop your career. Â We can offer development in technical, management or client-facing directions. You will have control of your own career path and great prospects for career progression as the business continues to grow.,

• 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.
  
  We are seeking a Chartered (or Incorporated) Civil engineer, or Senior Engineer / Project Manager with strong UK clean / potable water and/or wastewater infrastructure experience, able to demonstrate the following attributes:


• Experience in clean / potable water pipeline design and/or wastewater network and associated infrastructure design


• A demonstrable understanding of hydraulic engineering principles


• Experience of working in multi-disciplinary water pipeline and networks projects with other technical disciplines including environmental specialists, geotechnical, structural, electrical and mechanical engineers


• You will have a proven project management capability, having managed multiple and/or complex projects in a multidisciplinary environment using a proactive approach coupled with an ability to adapt to changing scenarios


• You will have a good understanding of designers’ responsibilities under CDM


• Strong collaboration and communication skills to be able to enter into technical discussions in a logical and coherent fashion in both oral presentations and written reports, to colleagues, non-technical staff and clients


• A drive to be abreast of professional development and knowledge of current and emerging technical solutions
  
  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.