Principal Engineer - Dams and Rivers

Location/s: Glasgow, Edinburgh, Leeds, Cambridge, London, Reading, Bristol, Brighton & Manchester, UK
Recruiter contact: Laura Easdon

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 incredible global industries, delivering exciting work that is defining our future and making an important societal impact in the communities we serve. Our people power our performance – we succeed when they do. With countless opportunities to collaborate, learn, and grow, the possibilities for excellence are as varied as every individual.

Whether you want to grow as a subject matter expert or broaden your experience with roles across our international community, you’re surrounded by global specialists who want to combine their expertise and champion you to be your best. As a proudly employee‑owned business, we benefit our clients, our communities, and each other, investing in creating the right space for everyone to feel empowered, included, and valued.

Whatever your ambition, Mott Mac Donald is where people come to be brilliant.

The Water Consultancy Division is Mott Mac Donald’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.

Ready for your next challenge? We're a company that actively fuels the creativity of our people. We create the right foundations to bring brain and soul together and we understand that careers take many forms. We've had enormous success in the AMP8 frameworks, and we know that variety is key to job satisfaction. We use our success to help our people learn through new challenges.

So take the next step in your career, with a company focused on supporting the development of our people through defined technical career pathways and supporting creativity with global and local mentors. You have the skills, now use them at Mott Mac Donald, a company that values a different perspective. If water's the new gold - shift your career and help address our planet's needs.

We are seeking an experienced and enthusiastic Civil Engineer to join our Dams and Reservoirs team.

Mott Mac Donald is a market leader in the UK water sector, being a key supplier to major water companies and delivering a wide variety of engineering and advisory projects in support to the challenges faced by the sector.

Our Dams and Reservoirs team has ambitious growth plans in three key areas:

• Meeting upcoming investment needs through our existing and new frameworks with major UK water companies, reservoir owners and the Environment Agency
• Development of Strategic Resource Options to address future water supply challenges
• Delivery of landmark hydropower projects in the UK and internationally

We are proud of our strong reputation in the industry which is allowing us to expand our business.

You will join a multidisciplinary team of engineers and technical specialists, preparing feasibility studies, calculations and outline/detailed civil engineering designs; producing technical and commercial specifications, drawings and schedules; and carrying out site supervision duties. You will work in close partnership with clients and contractors, building strong relationships that will enhance the company’s reputation and help secure further work.

This role will present you with a fantastic opportunity to develop your technical and project management skills through your project work, with great prospects for career progression as the business continues to grow.

Efficient, innovative answers to the challenges of water storage and management - our engineers are designing smart and sustainable solutions to manage dams, reservoirs, and river…