Civil Engineer

Locations

Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness, Belfast (UK).

Not supported, but internal applications are welcome.

Laura Kennedy.

Mott Mac Donald is a global engineering, management, and development consultancy with over 20,000 employees across more than 50 countries and 140+ offices. We work across multiple industries, delivering work that defines our future and makes a societal impact.

The Water Utilities Division is Mott Mac Donald’s centre of excellence for responding to the UK and Ireland’s water and wastewater challenges. We protect safe water supplies, prevent urban flooding, and improve river and coastal health through advisory services, feasibility studies, and design.

Evocation and delivery of civil engineering design across a broad range of projects, including:

• Water treatment
• Water distribution and storage
• Wastewater drainage and recycling
• Desalination

We work with UK and Ireland water utility companies, as well as governmental organisations and private companies in the UK and overseas, covering all project phases from feasibility studies to handover.

• Work across multiple UK and Ireland water companies.
• Participate in multi‑disciplinary design teams in project delivery.
• Prepare design submissions to ensure compliance with contract requirements.
• Undertake studies, concept, preliminary and detailed design.
• Collaborate with clients and other stakeholders.

• Civil engineering degree
• Water and/or wastewater engineering design experience
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Understanding of the importance of prioritising health, safety, and environmental issues
• Proactive approach, with an ability to adapt to changing scenarios

• Working towards Chartership
• Strong digital capability
• Project management experience is not essential but desirable

Mott Mac Donald does not offer sponsorship for the Skilled Worker visa route at this time. We welcome applications from candidates who are eligible for alternative immigration routes that do not require sponsorship.

• We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.
• Life assurance up to 4× basic salary, with an option to increase to 6×.
• Income protection scheme and support for long‑term illness or injury.
• Flexible benefits including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing.
• Annual bonus scheme linked to performance.

• No external investors; shared success culture.
• Stake and voice in the business through performance bonuses.
• Direct pathway to ownership for senior roles from day one.
• Savings and bonuses are shared with all colleagues.

• Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues.
• Health cash plan for everyday health costs.
• Support for menopause through Peppy.
• Comprehensive wellbeing program available to employees and their families.
• Salary flexibility to opt into additional health benefits.

• Minimum 33‑35 days holiday per year, inclusive of public holidays.
• Holiday entitlement increases to 35 days after 5 years of service.
• Employee saving schemes and retail discounts available.

• 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave; 2 weeks paid paternity/partner leave.
• Shared parental leave matching maternity leave up to 24 weeks.
• Up to five additional days for significant caring responsibilities (2 paid).

• Primary annual professional institution subscription.
• Opportunities to enhance technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training and self‑development.

• Employee Networks supporting LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, parents and carers communities.
• Opportunity to contribute to social outcomes within local communities.

Permanent, Full Time.

Open to qualified civil engineers in water and wastewater.