Senior Coastal Scientist

Location

Southampton, United Kingdom / Croydon, United Kingdom / Liverpool, United Kingdom / Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom / Bristol, United Kingdom

Recruiter contact:
Ainsley Anstess

Country

United Kingdom

Contract type

Permanent

Work pattern

Full Time

Market

Transport

Structural, Maritime, Consultancy, Civil

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.

We help conceive, drive, and implement transport solutions for cities, regions, and asset owners/operators around the globe. From preparing the business case and advising on related issues - such as revenue, procurement, and environmental legislation - to delivering the completed infrastructure and helping maintain it. Our planning, engineering, environmental and management skills cover the whole project cycle. We play a major role in developing and delivering the Global Transport Sector Strategy.

As a key member of the Ports, Coastal and Offshore (PCO) team, you will influence the success of our projects by contributing to outcomes which exceed our clients’ expectations. We are seeking an experienced and motivated Senior Coastal Engineer to lead and support projects focussed on coastal resilience, climate adaptation and maritime infrastructure. This includes economic and feasibility/ options assessments, coastal process, metocean and hydrodynamic investigations, to asset management and detailed design and construction documentation.

Sectors include UK and international coastal zone management, coast protection, maritime infrastructure and offshore/marine renewables (and cables).

The ideal candidate will play a key role in supporting the leadership and future direction of the coastal team, providing mentorship to more junior members of the team and supporting business development and bidding as well as providing technical leadership and project management of deliverables.

• A Master's degree in Civil Engineering or related technical equivalent.
• Experience working in Coastal Engineering in a Consultancy environment
• Demonstrated project leadership.
• Strong written communication skills and are comfortable writing reports and delivering presentations.
• Able to demonstrate your experience delivering coastal engineering projects using innovative and digitally driven techniques.
• Experience in business development, including client liaison and bid preparation.
• Chartered with a relevant professional institution such as ICE/ IStruct
  
  E/ CIWEM (or equivalent working experience)
• Due to the nature of our work, you may be required to travel overseas for project assignments when required.
• With your project management skills and experience you are comfortable networking and collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams for project delivery and enjoy building relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

Mott Mac Donald is one of the global leaders advising a broad range of clients in the planning, design and construction of coastal and offshore infrastructure across an array of size and type. This extends to all stages in the project cycle, from developing innovative coastal erosion business cases and feasibility studies to structural defences and…