Technical Leader Environment and Sustainability - Water Resources Planning

Technical Leader Environment and Sustainability - Water Resources Planning

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Location/s: UK-wide, South East England preferred

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.

Environmental and social considerations are central to Mott Mac Donald’s Purpose and its offerings across all sectors and territories. Our environment and social business provides essential services and innovative solutions which anticipate our clients' needs across all sectors.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Technical Leader in Environment and Sustainability to advance our well‑established and successful water resources planning environmental assessment business.

This role offers the chance to shape industry‑leading approaches to water resource planning and environmental assessment, tackling complex challenges in partnership with top‑tier clients. We are preparing for a dynamic AMP8 period with a wealth of forthcoming opportunities and active projects building on our success in AMP
7. To support our AMP8 delivery we seek a highly motivated individual to provide strategic and technical leadership to ensure the successful delivery of these high‑profile water resource projects to our key clients. We are seeking candidates with substantial experience in environmental assessment for water resources, proven strategic leadership abilities, and strong collaboration skills across multidisciplinary teams. The role can be based at any of our UK offices, with a preference for locations in the South (Cambridge, London, Croydon, Reading, Southampton).

The successful candidate will join our Environmental & Sustainability Services (ESS) team, comprising a growing network of environmental and sustainability professionals across 18 offices nationwide.

As industry leaders in water resource planning and development within the water sector, we deliver innovative, tailored solutions to address our clients’ most complex challenges. Furthermore, we are recognised for developing best practice and pragmatic methods in environmental assessment delivery, with extensive expertise in Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA), Habitats Regulations Assessment (HRA), Natural Capital Assessment, and Biodiversity Net Gain Assessment. This role will play a pivotal part in the successful delivery of these services.

• Driving our strategic direction in environmental assessment for our AMP8 water resource portfolio of projects.
• Providing strategic leadership to environmental and sustainability teams to deliver SEA, HRA, Natural capital and BNG assessments for water planning projects.
• Driving innovation and sustainable outcomes and influencing solutions at a project and programme level.
• Strategic client engagement with a diverse range of clients and stakeholders from both the public and private sector.
• Leading business development and work‑winning activities to deliver and grow our business.

• Experience of strategic leadership, business development and winning work.
• Substantial experience of strategic water planning such as Water Resource…