Principal / Associate Civil Engineer
Mott Macdonald
Principal / Associate Civil Engineer
Salary Not Specified
Mott Macdonald, City of Westminster
- Part time
- Permanent
- Onsite working
Posted 1 week ago, 6 Sep | Get your application in now before you're too late!
Closing date: Closing date not specified
job Ref: 72facf47ac734a89bf37e6ec7892cb11
Full Job Description
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.
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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., We are committed to improving peopleâs lives and working to alleviate poverty and social exclusion whilst safeguarding the environment for future generations. As part of this, we deliver a wide variety of engineering and advisory projects in support to the challenges faced by the water sector. In the UK, we have secured new AMP8 consultancy frameworks, including Southern Water Professional Services Framework, adding to our existing commitments, and are reinforcing our excellent technical teams in response to that., We are seeking a Senior/ Principal Civil Engineer with a background in water supply, wastewater, water resources, dams and/or river engineering to strengthen our technical teams in the south and south-east. This a fantastic professional opportunity for driven individuals to work on a uniquely wide range of water related projects in the UK and worldwide. As part of our team, you will be able to make a difference by:
- Leading the design of major water supply infrastructure to ensure sustainable water security in the region,
- Contributing to innovative grey and blue-green sewer solutions to reduce the amount of wastewater spills,
- Developing climate-resilient flood protection for our communities whilst safeguarding habitats including our rare chalk streams,and
- Delivering cutting-edge water treatment plants to improve water quality in our rivers and coastlines.
- Be responsible for the delivery of project(s), coordinating project team(s) to ensure excellent technical delivery within budget and programme.
- Produce and review engineering calculations, specifications, drawings and reports, proactively managing design risk to deliver constructable solutions.
- Represent the company in meetings, building strong relationships with our clients that will enhance our reputation and help secure further work.
- Deliver projects in close partnership with clients and contractors.
- Contribute to technical excellence and commercial success through forecasting and risk management, and the production of bids and proposals.
- Work to Mott MacDonaldâs global standards and review Health, Safety and Welfare alongside environmental impact
- 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.
- 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 fundamental part of this is respecting each personâs differences and striving to meet their needs., We are looking for a driven individual, with a strong technical background in water  and the desire to contribute to projects which improve society and transform our clientsâ businesses and our communities. - Required skills and experience:
- Chartered Status (CEng) with a recognised Professional Institution.
- Proven ability to deliver complex technical projects, ensuring compliance with relevant quality assurance and technical standards and supporting the development of less experienced staff.
- Demonstrable technical experience in design and the management of design teams
- 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.
- Good understanding of designersâ 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 successfully bids and in undertaking client engagement.
- 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 yearsâ service.
- Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts from high-street retailers.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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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In this role, you will:
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Mott MacDonald offers a highly innovative and collaborative environment within which to further develop your career. We can offer career opportunities in technical, management or client-facing directions. You will have control of your own career path and great prospects progression as the business continues to grow.,
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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.
Weâre 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 clientsâ businesses, our communities and employee opportunities., Do you want to be part of an employee-owned company where our unique independence affords us the opportunity to focus on projects that matter â those delivering positive social outcomes and enhancing the environment? Do you want to harness digital innovation and push the boundaries of current practice in pursuit of technical excellence? Working for a company like ours, with technical excellence at our core, offers you access to industry recognised experts in a variety of disciplines and the support and opportunities you are after for your career progression. At Mott MacDonald, we are a collaborative team, excited to solve complex challenges that have a positive impact on the world, and we are always looking for like-minded people to join us.
 Enhanced family and carers leave
 Learning and development
Networks, communities, and social outcomes