AddressPrincipal Civil Engineer
Country: United Kingdom
Position Location: Brighton, UK / Reading, UK / Manchester, UK / Lond
Contract Type: Permanent
Work Pattern: Full Time
Sector: Water
Discipline: Water
Job Ref: 1070
Recruiter Contact: Tim Penlington
Do you want to work for an employee-owned company whose purpose is to improve society by considering social outcomes, and to transform businesses, communities, and opportunities for its employees?
We have an exciting opportunity for a Principal engineer with a strong technical background to join our growing UK design team. You’ll lead the design of innovative, safe and sustainable solutions for provision of clean water, vital to meet the ever-growing demands of development, leakage challenges, population growth and climate change. Working across a diverse portfolio of pipeline and schemes from network reinforcement, strategic resource options, growth and leakage, you’ll be able to understand water projects holistically and work in collaboration with other teams (mechanical, process, structural, environmental) for the successful delivery of multi-disciplinary projects.
You’ll join an innovative and motivated team of engineers, leading the delivery of feasibility, outline and detailed design work, in close partnership with clients and contractors. In this role, you’ll be responsible for:
- Providing guidance and technical leadership across our programmes throughout the project lifecycles, from feasibility studies through to detailed design and construction support
- Leading the delivery of potable water pipelines schemes to budget, programme and quality standards
- Developing engineering solutions to growth challenges, as well as complex trunk main burst repairs, bespoke design solutions for clean water asset repair and maintenance, mains rehabilitation, and development of asset condition assessments in a collaborative approach with the contractor
- Providing technical assurance during the design phase, ensuring quality of outputs and compliance with standards, specifications, and governance requirements
- Involvement and active management of design risk to deliver constructable design solutions
- Supporting continuous improvement of procedures and processes to drive efficiency and innovation, contributing to the application of our digital engineering initiatives
- Directing and developing a team of design staff, mentoring junior colleagues and supporting their professional development
- Engaging regularly with the Client and stakeholders to build and maintain positive collaborative relationships, providing regular updates on progress and status of work within own area of responsibility, as well as identifying and communicating issues that could risk programme, quality or cost
- Working collaboratively across disciplines to ensure the efficient delivery of projects within your portfolio.
We offer career progression in technical, management or commercial/client-facing directions, or a combination thereof depending on what best interests you – you’ll have control of your own career path. This role will present you with a fantastic opportunity to further develop your skills in all areas, with great prospects for career progression as the business continues to grow.
We are seeking an experienced and motivated Principal Engineer with the following attributes:
- Proven ability to lead a portfolio of technical projects, ensuring compliance with relevant quality assurance and technical standards
- Strong technical design capability in the delivery of clean water pipelines and pumping / booster stations
- Ability to coordinate and manage teams and support the development of less experienced staff
- Significant UK water infrastructure experience
- Experience of working in multidisciplinary teams, managing clients and other project stakeholders
- Ability and experience of use of different pipe materials and installation techniques
- Chartered membership of a relevant professional chartered institution, such as ICE or CIWEM, alternatively, significant experience in the delivery of potable water pipelines and networks design projects.
Desirable:
- Willingness to travel - able to travel to other offices and sites, as required
- Understanding of network management, meter and valve installations
- Understanding of pipeline commissioning, and clean water pipeline survey techniques.
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.
The Water Consultancy Division is the centre of excellence within Mott MacDonald for responding to water and wastewater delivery capability challenges, providing support to colleagues across our global business, and offering the best opportunities to get involved in diverse and technically challenging work. Our team continues to grow off the back of our sustained success in both the domestic and international water sector, for major utility companies and on high profile capital schemes.
Do you want to be part of an employee-owned company where our unique independence affords us the opportunity to focus on projects that matter to us – those focusing on delivering social outcomes and enhancing the environment, that harness digital innovation and that challenge our technical excellence? Working for a company like ours, with technical excellence at our core, offers you access to industry recognised experts in a variety of disciplines, to provide support and career development opportunities. At Mott MacDonald, we are a collaborative team, excited to solve complex challenges that have a positive impact on the world, and we are always looking for like-minded people to join us.
Get in touch if you want to know more and are keen to be involved in the development of innovative solutions to solve these very real challenges.
About the business unit
Environmental and social considerations are central to Mott MacDonald’s Purpose and its offerings across all sectors and territories. Our environment and social business provides essential services and innovative solutions which anticipate our clients' needs across all sectors.
Environmental and social considerations are central to Mott MacDonald’s Purpose and its offerings across all sectors and territories. Our environment and social business provides essential services and innovative solutions which anticipate our clients' needs across all sectors.
Mott MacDonald
We’re a global engineering, management, and development consultancy.
Our purpose is to improve society by considering social outcomes in everything we do, relentlessly focusing on excellence and digital innovation, transforming our clients’ businesses, our communities and employee opportunities.
Our purpose is to improve society by considering social outcomes in everything we do, relentlessly focusing on excellence and digital innovation, transforming our clients’ businesses, our communities and employee opportunities.
A fundamental part of this is respecting each person’s differences and striving to meet their needs.
We are proud to be a one of Glassdoor’s top employers to work for in the UK, as well as being recognised as a Top Inclusive Company in the UK.
Our values: Progress, Respect, Integrity, Drive, Excellence.
Equality, diversity, and inclusion
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.
Accessibility
We want you to perform your best at every stage in the recruitment process. If you are disabled or need any support to enable you to apply or attend an interview, please contact us at reasonable.adjustments@mottmac.com and we will talk to you about how we can support you.
Agile working
Happy to talk Flexible Working and how we can support your responsibilities beyond the workplace.
We offer some fantastic benefits including:
Health and wellbeing
- Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues.
- Health cash plan to support you with every day health costs and treatments.
- Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues.
- A variety of wellbeing support is available through our comprehensive wellbeing program, including access for you and your family.
- Ability to flex your salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many of which can be extended to your family too.
Financial wellbeing
- We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.
- Life assurance equal up to 4 x your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6 x 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.
Lifestyle
- A minimum of 33-35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays and dependent on level, with the ability to buy or sell leave through our flexible benefits programme.
- Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years’ service.
- Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts from high-street retailers.
Enhanced family and carers leave
- Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave.
- Our shared parental leave matches maternity leave meaning we pay up to 24 weeks at full pay.
- Up to five additional days leave are provided for those with significant caring responsibilities, two of which are paid.
Learning and development
- Primary annual professional institution subscription.
- A broad range of opportunities to enhance both technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self-development options.
Networks, communities, and social outcomes
- Join a wide range of groups including our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities.
- Make a difference within our communities through our social outcomes.
Apply now, or for more information about our application process, click here.
