About the Role
We have an exciting opportunity for a Civil Engineer with a strong technical background in hydraulic analysis and design to join our growing Water Consultancy team. This role offers the opportunity to develop a holistic understanding of water projects and work closely with multidisciplinary teams to deliver innovative and sustainable solutions.
Responsibilities
- Delivering hydraulic analysis and design for a range of clean water and wastewater projects
- Undertaking engineering calculations and developing technical specifications, drawings and reports
- Collaborating with clients, stakeholders and project teams to support the successful delivery of projects
- Identifying and communicating technical, programme, quality and cost risks, together with potential mitigation measures
- Working effectively across multiple disciplines to develop integrated engineering solutions
- Contributing to technical excellence, innovation and continuous improvement within the team
- Taking ownership of your professional development and actively engaging with industry best practice
Requirements
- Experience in pressurised and open-channel hydraulics applied to civil and environmental engineering projects
- Experience undertaking hydraulic calculations and design for water and wastewater treatment facilities
- Experience in the hydraulic design of pressurised and gravity pipeline systems
- Experience working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams, including structural, geotechnical, process, electrical and mechanical engineers
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present technical information clearly to colleagues, clients and other stakeholders
- An understanding of designers' responsibilities under the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (CDM)
- A proactive approach to problem solving and a willingness to develop technical expertise across a broad range of water-sector projects
- Experience using hydraulic profile design software
- Experience in transmission pipeline design, including route selection, pipe material selection, hydraulic design, steel pipe wall thickness design and thrust restraint solutions
- Experience undertaking surge analysis
- Experience in clean water network modelling
- Membership of a relevant professional institution (e.g. ICE or CIWEM) and progression towards Chartered Engineer status
Skills
- Hydraulic analysis
- Hydraulic design
- Engineering calculations
- Technical specifications
- Drawings
- Reports
- Client collaboration
- Stakeholder collaboration
- Project team collaboration
- Risk identification
- Risk communication
- Mitigation measures
- Multidisciplinary collaboration
- Technical excellence
- Innovation
- Continuous improvement
- Professional development
- Industry best practice
- Pressurised hydraulics
- Open-channel hydraulics
- Civil engineering
- Environmental engineering
- Water and wastewater treatment facilities design
- Pipeline system design
- Structural engineering
- Geotechnical engineering
- Process engineering
- Electrical engineering
- Mechanical engineering
- Written communication
- Verbal communication
- Technical information presentation
- Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (CDM)
- Problem solving
- Hydraulic profile design software
- Transmission pipeline design
- Route selection
- Pipe material selection
- Steel pipe wall thickness design
- Thrust restraint solutions
- Surge analysis
- Clean water network modelling
Location
- Cambridge
- Bristol
- Leeds
- Reading
- London
- UK
Work Type
- Hybrid working
Experience Level
- Mid-level
Education Level
- Membership of a relevant professional institution (e.g. ICE or CIWEM)
- Chartered Engineer status
Benefits
- Pension contributions matched between 4.5% and 7%
- Life assurance equal up to 4 x basic salary, with an option to increase to 6 x salary
- Income protection scheme providing financial benefit, absence and return to work support
- Flexible benefits including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing
- Annual bonus schemes
- Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues
- Health cash plan
- Access to Peppy for menopause support
- Comprehensive wellbeing program with family access
- Ability to flex salary for a wide range of health benefits, extendable to family
- Minimum of 33-35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays
- Ability to buy or sell leave
- 10 days additional paid leave for Armed Forces Reservists and Cadet Force Adult Volunteers
- Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years’ service
- Employee saving schemes and discounts
- Enhanced family leave policies
- 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave
- Two weeks paid paternity/partner leave
- Up to 24 weeks paid shared parental leave
- Up to five additional days leave for significant caring responsibilities, two of which are paid
- Support for military families
- Primary annual professional institution subscription
- Broad range of opportunities to enhance technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self-development options
About the Company
- Mott MacDonald 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 MacDonald is where people come to be brilliant.
- The Water Consultancy Division is Mott MacDonald’s centre of excellence for responding to water and wastewater challenges, offering fantastic opportunities to get involved in diverse and technically challenging work.
- The work we do is at the forefront of ensuring safe water supplies for future generations and protecting our environment.
- Our multi-disciplinary teams provide a variety of services throughout the full project life cycle, from advisory services and feasibility studies, through outline and detailed design, to construction support and site supervision.
Equal Opportunity
- We put equality, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all.
- We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they can contribute.
