Graduate Electrical Engineering Career Path: Water

Job Description

Powering Progress. Engineering Impact. Building a Better Future.

At Mott Mac Donald, we're more than engineers—we're a global community of problem-solvers, united by a shared purpose: to improve society through innovative thinking and sustainable solutions. As an employee-owned company, we have the freedom to focus on what truly matters—our people, our clients, and the communities we serve.

As a Graduate Electrical Engineer in our Water Utility Division, you'll join a multidisciplinary team delivering critical infrastructure that supports clean water, wastewater treatment, flood protection, and environmental resilience. You'll be empowered to grow your technical and project management skills while contributing to projects that make a real difference—locally and globally.

You will be part of a talented team of engineers and technical specialists working across the full project lifecycle—from feasibility to commissioning. Your responsibilities may include:

• Designing with purpose:
  Prepare and review electrical and ICA (EICA) designs for water and wastewater infrastructure, including both infrastructure and non-infrastructure assets.
• Creating technical outputs:
  Develop drawings and documentation such as plant general arrangements, power single line diagrams, cable block diagrams, instrumentation loop diagrams, P&IDs, control system architecture, and I/O schedules.
• Collaborating across disciplines:
  Work closely with clients, contractors, and internal teams to deliver integrated, sustainable solutions.
• Driving innovation:
  Use digital tools and data-driven approaches to enhance design quality and efficiency.
• Growing with support:
  Gain exposure to project and commercial management, supported by mentoring, training, and our Early Careers Professionals Network.

We are looking for committed and motivated graduates with a genuine passion and a desire to make a difference in the world. If this describes you, apply today to launch your career at Mott Mac Donald.

To be eligible for this opportunity, you will have less than 12 months' relevant experience (excluding placements) and have a minimum of a bachelor's degree (obtained no earlier than 2024) or expected to achieve one, in one of the following degree disciplines:

• Electrical Engineering
• Electrical & Electronic Engineering
• Electrical and Mechanical Engineering
• Any other electrical engineering related degree

In your application, you should aim to demonstrate your genuine interest in both the opportunity and in joining Mott Mac Donald. You can do this by highlighting any relevant experience or interests - such as modules you've studied, previous work experience, or any research you've undertaken about our company, values, and projects.

We personally review every completed application form we receive as this part of our selection process is entirely human led – we do not use AI tools at this stage and kindly expect you not to either. We want you to answer each application question with authenticity so we can get to know the real you. Joining us as a graduate is your opportunity to shape your own story.

We are looking for graduates with the following strengths:

• Proactively takes initiative to complete tasks efficiently and independently.
• Communicates effectively and clearly with clients and colleagues.
• Delivers high quality written work with strong attention to detail and clarity.
• Demonstrates a structured and analytical approach to problem solving.

As we want the best people for the role, we support flexible working. Please ask us at interview stage about any flexibility you may need.

Mott Mac Donald Ltd. are not currently offering sponsorship to candidates under the Skilled Worker visa route in the UK. This decision is as a consequence of the changes made to the Skilled Worker route by the UK Government in April 2024.

Our ethos is to develop, train and retain our graduates and therefore we are looking for a long-term relationship with our graduates. For this reason, we cannot accept applications from candidates who would be working under the Graduate visa route or other time-limited visas, (irrespective of visa…