Senior Hydraulics Engineer

Responsibilities

• Leading and delivering hydraulic analysis and design within your area of responsibility, across a range of potable and wastewater projects
• Producing and reviewing engineering calculations, specifications, drawings and reports
• Mentoring more junior colleagues, providing technical guidance and advice
• Engaging with the Client and stakeholders to ensure the efficient delivery of projects, as well as identifying and communicating issues that could impact programme, quality or cost
• Preparing time and budget estimates for proposals
• Working collaboratively across disciplines to ensure the efficient delivery of projects within your portfolio
• Engaging with best practice and taking responsibility for your own professional development, Mott Mac Donald offers a highly innovative and collaborative environment within which to further develop your career. We can offer career opportunities in technical, management or client-facing directions. You will have control of your own career path and great prospects progression as the business continues to grow.

• Demonstrable technical experience of pressurised and open-channel hydraulics applied to the field of civil engineering, including surge analysis, transmission pipelines, and large-scale drainage systems through one or more stages of a project life cycle
• Experience of surge analysis tools such as WANDA or Bentley Hammer
• Experienced in development of hydraulic calculations and hydraulic profiles for water and wastewater treatment works
• Proven ability to lead delivery of technical projects, including controlling budgets within area of responsibility
• Experience of working in multi-disciplinary water pipeline and networks projects with other technical disciplines including environmental specialists, geotechnical, structural, electrical and mechanical engineers
• Strong collaboration and communication skills in both oral presentations and written reports, to colleagues, non‑technical staff and clients
• Chartered membership of a relevant professional chartered institution, such as ICE or CIWEM

• Experience in transmission pipeline design, e.g., route and material selection, hydraulic design, steel pipe wall thickness calculations, thrust restraint solutions, etc.
• Experience in CFD applied to the water industry
• Experience in supervision of physical scale modelling studies
• Good understanding of designers' responsibilities under CDM
• Experience in clean water network modelling using software such as EPANET, Water
  
  GEMS or Infoworks

• Financial wellbeing:
  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 bonus schemes.
• Employee ownership model: no external investors, just us, creating a culture of shared success. Employees have a stake and a voice in our business, giving them a direct connection to our success through our personal and group performance bonuses.
• Health and wellbeing:
  Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues; health cash plan to support everyday health costs and treatments; access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts; variety of wellbeing support available; ability to flex salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many extendable to family.
• A minimum of 33‑35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays; ability to buy or sell leave; holiday entitlement increases to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years' service; variety of employee saving schemes and discounts from high‑street retailers.
• Enhanced family leave: 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, two weeks paid paternity/partner leave; shared parental leave matches maternity leave with up to 24 weeks at full pay; up to five…