Associate Civil Engineer

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.

Overview of the role

As a result of our growth drive, we are looking to expand and strengthen our team in Spain to become a central hub for delivering engineering design services, and we are seeking an Associate Civil Engineer with experience in infra and non-infra to lead our technical teams. This a fantastic professional opportunity for a driven individual, with a strong water and wastewater infrastructure experience, and the ability to manage multidisciplinary teams of technical specialists in response to AMP8 challenges.

Typical duties and responsibilities will include:

• Provide technical guidance across our programmes of potable water and wastewater pipelines and treatment works
• Direct, develop and supervise a team of design staff, providing technical and commercial guidance to support their development and to respond to the needs of the programme
• Guide the delivery of pipelines, sewers and treatment programmes to budget, programme and quality standards, working collaboratively across disciplines to efficient delivery
• Produce and review engineering calculations, specifications, drawings and reports, proactively managing design risk to deliver constructable solutions
• Deliver projects in close partnership with clients and contractors
• Represent the company in meetings, building strong relationships with our clients that will enhance our reputation and help secure further work
• Contribute to commercial success through forecasting and risk management, and the production of bids and proposals
• Working with resource leads to coordinate project resources and to grow and develop our capability through recruitment and training
• Business development including providing specialist support to our Account Leaders and Practices and guiding on proposals and tenders in the water and wastewater fields
• Question the client’s technical standards and the acceptance of waivers and deviations, relevant to their discipline

At Mott Mac Donald you will have control of your own career path and great prospects for career progression as the business continues to grow. We can offer development in technical, management or client-facing directions.

Required skills and experience:

• Chartered Status (CEng) with a recognised Professional Institution
• Proven ability to lead a portfolio of technical projects, ensuring compliance with relevant quality assurance and technical standards and supporting the development of less experienced staff
• Demonstrable experience in pipeline, sewers and treatment civil design
• Strong communication skills with experience in effective collaboration across internal multi-disciplinary teams with other technical disciplines including environmental specialists, geotechnical, structural, electrical and mechanical engineers
• A drive to be abreast of professional development and knowledge of current and emerging technical solutions
• Able to travel to other offices and sites, as required
• Track record in building teams and capability of junior staff
• Experience in preparing successfully bids and in undertaking client engagement
• Project Management experience is not essential but previous experience or a desire to develop these skills would…