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About the Role
We are seeking an experienced Mechanical Engineer with specialist knowledge of gates, water control structures, and hydro-mechanical systems to join our multidisciplinary water engineering team. This role offers a leading technical position on diverse UK and international water projects, collaborating with various engineering specialists across the full project lifecycle.
Responsibilities
- Lead and manage the delivery of mechanical and MEICA designs, ensuring effective integration with civil, structural, electrical, and ICA disciplines.
- Provide specialist technical input into the design of gates, water control structures, hydraulic systems, and associated hydro-mechanical equipment.
- Manage and contribute to the preparation and review of design deliverables, balancing quality, programme, and cost.
- Provide technical leadership, guidance, and mentoring to engineers within the wider team, supporting capability development and knowledge sharing.
- Support projects throughout their lifecycle, including design development, fabrication, installation, commissioning, and testing.
- Support business development activities, including proposal and bid preparation requiring specialist hydro-mechanical expertise.
- Promote safe and sustainable engineering solutions, adhering to CDM requirements and EN 1090 where applicable.
- Maintain awareness of current and emerging technologies and identify opportunities for technical solution improvement.
Requirements
- Strong technical knowledge and demonstrable experience in hydro-mechanical and water control structures (e.g., gates, stoplogs, irrigation barrages, hydro intakes) from feasibility through detailed design and system integration.
- Chartered Engineer status with relevant professional engineering experience.
- Good knowledge of hydraulic systems (HPUs, hydraulic cylinders, pumps, valves), including equipment selection, application, technical issues, and troubleshooting.
- Knowledge of relevant design, fabrication, and safety requirements, including CDM and EN 1090 compliance.
- Strong leadership and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with clients and multidisciplinary teams, provide technical direction, and support engineer development.
Skills
- Mechanical Engineering
- Hydro-mechanical systems
- Water control structures
- Gates
- Hydraulic systems
- MEICA systems
- Design
- Integration
- Technical leadership
- Mentoring
- Business development
- CDM requirements
- EN 1090
- Finite element (FE) analysis
- Moving structures design
Location
- Glasgow
- Edinburgh
- Cambridge
- Reading
- Bristol
- Manchester
- London
- Newcastle
- Cardiff
- Birmingham
- Brighton
- UK
Work Type
- Hybrid working
- Travel to Cambridge approximately once a month
- Travel to project specific sites as needed
Experience Level
- Experienced Mechanical Engineer
- Senior roles
Education Level
- Chartered Engineer status
Benefits
- Pension contributions matching between 4.5% and 7%
- Life assurance equal up to 4x basic salary (option to increase to 6x)
- Income protection scheme with absence and return to work support
- Flexible benefits (increased life assurance, critical illness insurance, payroll saving, will writing)
- Annual bonus schemes
- Private medical insurance
- Health cash plan
- Access to Peppy for menopause support
- Comprehensive wellbeing program with family access
- Ability to flex salary for health benefits (extendable to family)
- Minimum of 33-35 days holiday per year (inclusive of public holidays, dependent on level)
- Ability to buy or sell leave
- 10 days additional paid leave for Armed Forces Reservists and Cadet Force Adult Volunteers
- Holiday entitlement increased to minimum 35 days after 5 years' service
- Employee saving schemes and discounts
- Enhanced family leave policies (26 weeks paid maternity/adoption, 2 weeks paid paternity/partner)
- Shared parental leave (up to 24 weeks at full pay)
- Up to five additional days leave for significant caring responsibilities (two paid)
- Support for military families
- Primary annual professional institution subscription
- Mentoring, formal training, and self-development options for learning and development
- Access to Advanced Employee Networks (LGBTQ+, gender, race/ethnicity, disability, parents/carers)
- Support through Armed Forces Network
- Opportunities to make a difference within communities
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.
- Our people power our performance – we succeed when they do.
- We offer countless opportunities to collaborate, learn, and grow.
- We are a proudly employee-owned business, benefiting clients, communities, and each other.
- We invest in creating the right space for everyone to feel empowered, included, and valued.
- The Water Utilities Division is Mott MacDonald’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, preventing urban flooding, and improving river and coastal environments.
- Our multi-disciplinary teams provide services throughout the full project life cycle, from advisory services and feasibility studies to outline and detailed design.
- We deliver best-in-class solutions to our clients while offering diverse and technically stimulating opportunities to our people.
Equal Opportunity
- We are actively recruiting a diverse workforce that is reflective of the communities we serve.
- We recognise that differences in ability, skills and experience are a strength and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds.
- 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.