Civil Engineer

Location/s: Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness, Belfast, UK

Relocation supported: Not supported, but internal applications are welcome.

Recruiter contact: Laura Kennedy

Hiring manager contact: Jacques Barnard

The Water Utilities Division is Mott Mac Donald’s centre of excellence for responding to the UK and Ireland's water and wastewater challenges. The work we do is at the forefront of ensuring safe water supplies for future generations, preventing urban flooding, and improving the health of our rivers and coastal environments. Our multidisciplinary teams provide a variety of services throughout the full project life cycle, from advisory services and feasibility studies to outline and detailed design.

We work on a vast range of design projects covering, for example:

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

Our clients include most UK water utility companies and many governmental organisations and private companies in the UK and overseas. We cover all phases of the project lifecycle from feasibility studies through detailed design, construction support, and commissioning to handover, providing diverse and technically challenging work and supporting professional development.

To help us meet the growing needs of our clients, we have several positions for experienced civil engineers in water and wastewater who will thrive:

• Working across multiple UK and Ireland water companies
• Being part of multidisciplinary design teams in project delivery
• Delivering excellence everyday
• Preparing design submissions to ensure compliance with contract requirements
• Undertaking studies, concept, preliminary and detailed design
• Collaborating with clients and other stakeholders

Essential:

• 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

Desirable:

• Working towards Chartership
• Strong digital capability
• Project management experience or a desire to develop these skills

Mott Mac Donald Ltd. are not currently offering sponsorship to candidates under the Skilled Worker visa route in the UK. This decision follows the changes made to the Skilled Worker route by the UK Government in April 2024. We continue to welcome applications from candidates who are eligible for alternative immigration routes in the UK that do not require sponsorship as a Skilled Worker now or in future.

We believe it makes business sense for you and your manager to choose how you can work most effectively to meet your client, team and personal commitments. We offer a hybrid working policy that embraces your well‑being, flexibility and trust.

We put equality, diversity and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they can contribute.

We want you to perform your best at every stage in the recruitment process. If you are disabled or need any support to enable you to apply or attend an interview, please contact us at reaso and we will talk to you about how we can support you.

We offer some fantastic benefits including:

• We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.
• Life assurance equal up to 4x your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6x 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…