Mechanical Engineer - Water Consultancy

The Water Consultancy Division is the centre of excellence within Mott MacDonald for responding to water and wastewater challenges, providing support to colleagues across our global business, and offering fantastic opportunities to get involved in diverse and technically challenging work.Â
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Climate change, aging assets, and population growth place increasing pressure on our water and wastewater assets. Our highly successful water consultancy business is servicing ever-increasing demands from water sector clients to help deliver ambitious capital programmes. The work we do is at the forefront of ensuring safe water supplies for future generations and protecting our environment.Â
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With sustainability, social impacts, digitalisation, and carbon reduction in mind, our diverse and multi-disciplinary teams work together to 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.Â, You will work with a talented team of mechanical, electrical and ICA engineers to provide technical excellence, leadership and direction on a range of water projects. Typical duties and responsibilities will include:

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• Managing the MEICA design and integration with other disciplines


• Managing and contributing to the preparation of design deliverables to achieve the correct time / cost / quality balance for the project


• Working with the resource manager to manage project resources and to grow and develop our capability through recruitment and training


• 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 MEICA bias, 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.
  
  A background and working knowledge of water and wastewater treatment equipment including pumping systems, or similar experience in process & manufacturing industries


• Strong communication skills to interact with other disciplines and clients, and to develop and promote the team


• A capability to manage design delivery, and project manage


• A team leader capable of managing and motivating individuals to consistently delivery


• 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


• We are seeking chartered engineers or those who are working towards chartership


• The salary offered will be competitive relative to experience, skills and qualifications.
  
  Mott MacDonald

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. A fundamental part of this is respecting each person’s differences and striving to meet their needs.

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

We are proud to be a one of Glassdoor’s top employers to work for in the UK, as well as being recognised as a Top Inclusive Company in the UK.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.