Hydrogeologist

Recruiter contact: Hayley Alexander

We’re a global engineering, management, and development consultancy.Â
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 a hydrogeologist, you will be part of a large team of water resources and flood risk specialists, supporting and learning from our teams of asset planners and river, dam, pipeline and treatment engineers as they deliver a wide range of services for UK and international clients. Our groundwater experts work on a variety of projects for diverse clients, delivering services in public water supply, borehole construction, construction dewatering, groundwater quality, abstraction impact assessments, environmental impact assessment, groundwater modelling, catchment conceptualisation and management. Your input will help our project teams and clients to deliver complex multidisciplinary projects, resulting in strategic decisions and engineering solutions that you can be proud of. Whether it is minimising the impacts of abstraction on the environment, or ensuring the longevity of groundwater assets, your work will bring lasting benefits to local communities and the
environment around the world.

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You will be responsible for:

• Provision of technical advice across a wide range of groundwater topics including groundwater resources, borehole construction and monitoring, groundwater quality, Water Framework Directive, geo-environmental and groundwater risk assessments


• Contribution to bid and proposal writing across water resources, environmental and engineering sectors


• Analysing data using tools such as ArcGIS, QGIS, Python, Microsoft Excel


• Producing high quality reports for clients, Alongside your technical role, you will have the opportunity to develop your skills in project management and business development through engaging with our clients. Mott MacDonald combines heritage, vision and values into an ethos that encourages innovative thinking and career progression, whether technical, management or commercial/client-facing. With us, you will have control of your own career path and technical direction, which we will support by giving you the opportunities to work on diverse projects and to challenge the technical direction of our work. We are looking for someone with great team spirit to become an integral part of our Water Resources and Flooding sub-sector, which brings together a wealth of knowledge and experience in hydrology, hydrogeology, water quality, catchment management, hydraulic modelling, flood risk, computational fluid dynamics and associated disciplines.Â, 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.
  
  Degree level qualification in hydrogeology, geology, geography, mathematics, civil engineering, or other related discipline


• Good communication and written skills


• Well organised and able to prioritise your own workload with minimal supervision


• Logical and pragmatic approach to problem solving, attention to detail and an ambition to innovate


• Understand the importance of prioritising health, safety and environmental issues, Post graduate level qualification in hydrogeology, water resources management or other related discipline


• Professional consultancy experience in water resources and hydrogeology


• Recently attained or working towards chartership with an appropriate professional body (e.g. BGS, ICE, CIWEM)


• Knowledge of groundwater modelling software e.g. MODFLOW


• Knowledge of using ArcGIS, QGIS and Python
  
  Discover your potential at Mott MacDonald. We aim to make a positive difference for present and future generations. We actively develop our people as individuals and professionals, working together to solve problems and taking pride in each other’s success. Our philosophy is to create a culture of continuous learning and growth to constantly support a meaningful career. You can make a difference with a company that cares about the human and environmental impact of what we do. Our ambition extends beyond avoiding adverse outcomes, into seizing opportunities to deliver transformational change. Join our team where collaboration is at the heart of the way we operate.  We work as one Mott MacDonald to create the best outcomes for all.Â
  
  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.