Senior Associate Civil Engineer

Senior Associate Civil Engineer - Northern England

Leeds, United Kingdom / Manchester, United Kingdom / Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

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.

About the business division
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 multi-disciplinary teams provide a variety of services throughout the full project life cycle, from advisory services and feasibility studies to outline and detailed design.

Together, we deliver best-in-class solutions to our clients while offering diverse and technically stimulating opportunities to our people.

Following recent framework successes, we are expanding our multidisciplinary Water Division and have exciting opportunities for Senior Associate Civil Engineers to join our teams in Manchester, Leeds, or Liverpool.

Our work spans a broad and diverse portfolio of water‑related design projects, including:

• Water treatment
• Wastewater recycling
• Industrial process water
• Hydropower
• Flood defence and resilience

We support every stage of the project lifecycle — from feasibility and optioneering through detailed design, construction support, commissioning, and final handover.

As part of our team, you will contribute specialist technical expertise to colleagues across our global business, giving you the chance to work on varied, high‑profile, and technically challenging assignments. Our clients include most UK water utility companies, as well as governmental organisations and private‑sector partners in the UK and internationally.

Key responsibilities and duties include:

• Working across several different UK water authorities, with a main focus on United Utilities as a key client
• Working as part of multi-disciplinary design teams in project delivery
• Review of design submissions to ensure compliance with contract requirements
• Undertaking studies, concept, preliminary and detailed design
• Interfacing and liaising with clients and other stakeholders
• Mentoring and contributing to the development of other staff
• Providing leadership and mentoring to other civil engineers, you will be responsible for checking and reviewing design documents and providing technical direction to projects
• Using your experience and expertise you will ensure that designs are fit for purpose and meet current legislation and standards
• You will lead the integration of the civil design with that of other disciplines
• You will work in close partnership with clients and contractors, building strong relationships that will enhance the company’s reputation and help secure further work
• Civil Engineering degree or other relevant degree
• Chartered (ICE or equivalent)
• Experience of leading engineering design and/or multi-disciplinary design teams on water or wastewater projects
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Understanding of the importance of prioritising health, safety, and environmental issues
• Proactive approach, with an ability to…