Design Lead
Listed on 2026-06-26
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Engineering
Environmental Engineer, Civil Engineering, Water Engineer
Mott Mac Donald Bentley is a fully integrated design and build business combining the design expertise of Mott Mac Donald with the contracting experience of JN Bentley to deliver award winning projects. With an annual turnover surpassing £600 million, Mott Macdonald Bentley cements its position as a leader within the industry. The sustained, robust business performance creates an ideal environment for career growth.
As part of our appointment to Scottish Water's new Enterprise, we will deliver projects at sites across Scotland. Works will include major upgrades to treatment assets, new and enhanced networks, and resilience schemes that will benefit communities across the country.
25+ years in the water sector
Over successive regulatory periods, MMB has delivered a wide range of complex water and wastewater projects that directly support SR27 priorities, including:
- Enhancing resilience and service reliabilit ythrough treatment works upgrades, network improvements and resilience schemes
- Supporting net zero and climate adaptation via low carbon design, nature based solutions and environmental compliance projects
- Enabling sustainable growth by delivering infrastructure that supports new development and protects existing communities
- Driving efficiency and affordability through integrated delivery, innovation and collaborative planning
- Maintaining a strong focus on customers, communities and safety across everything we do
As a Design Lead you will contribute to projects that significantly impact our environment and communities. Working primarily in the UK water market, MMB provides the feasibility, design, construction, and commissioning services needed to keep water flowing and wastewater treated. You'll work on projects that make a real difference to our environment and our communities by enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of water and wastewater treatment systems.
Therole of a Design Lead includes:
- Leading the delivery of multi-disciplinary design for your projects / programme
- Developing and leading your team comprised of electrical, mechanical, civil, and process designers
- Leading the development of affordable and low carbon solutions, including managing opportunities and risks
- Delivering detailed designs to meet construction needs and client acceptance including managing cost and programme
- Challenging the engineering solutions and delivery effectiveness of your team to ensure we always offer the client the best value solutions
- Providing direction and oversight of project controls and ensuring your team understands and complies with quality, programme, and cost requirements
- Maintaining positive client relationships at project level
- Degree in Engineering
- Chartered or incorporated member of professional institution e.g ICE, IMechE, etc, or equivalent experience
- Outline and detailed design experience of water or wastewater projects and knowledge of the Designer or Principal Designer duties under CDM 2015.
- Strong technical knowledge in own discipline and an appreciation of other disciplines
- Able to travel to sites across your operational region
- A proactive and pragmatic approach
Financial wellbeing
- MMB match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.
- As an independently owned business we share the financial success of the business with all our colleagues including our annual bonus schemes.
- Payment of annual professional institution subscription costs
- A minimum of 33 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays, with the ability to buy, sell or carry over annual leave through our flexible benefits programme.
- Access to Life Assurance / Private Medical Insurance / Critical Illness Insurance and Health Screening options
- We are happy to talk openly about flexible working and how we can support your responsibilities beyond the workplace.
- Join a wide range of groups including our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities.
- Enhanced family and carers leave
- Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid…
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