Overview
Location/s: Southampton, Birmingham or Sheffield; UK
Recruiter contact: Pamela Wray-Slack
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 global industries, delivering work that defines our future and makes a societal impact in the communities we serve. Our people power our performance – we succeed when they do. With opportunities to collaborate, learn, and grow, the possibilities for excellence are diverse as every individual. 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.
About The Business Unit
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.
Overview Of The Role
Following continued growth and success in winning major projects across the UK and overseas, we are looking for a Pavement Engineer to join our technical advisory team. The role can be based in one of our Birmingham, Southampton, or Sheffield offices. This is an opportunity to develop and grow our vibrant airfield and highways pavement team and contribute to achieving a high performing shared enterprise with our partners. You will work with go digital platforms as an integral part of the wider design teams located around the UK.
As a Pavement Engineer, you will work with the team to meet the needs of our clients across a wide range of projects. You will promote health, safety and well-being policies and ensure these are incorporated in any design, and ensure design outputs meet our quality obligations and requirements set out in our Business Management System (BMS).
Key Responsibilities
* Delivery of airfield pavement design to UK and international design standards
* Delivery of highway pavement design to UK and international design standards
* Assessment and prioritisation of pavement intervention works
* Optimisation of maintenance and renewal works/schemes for clients
* Condition assessment and root cause analysis of pavement defects/failures
* Supporting technical parts of the business to fully take account of operation and maintenance
* Provision of advice on carbon reduction in pavement design and maintenance
* Supporting members of the team with their technical and professional development
* Implementing digital technology to increase delivery efficiency or enhance project outcomes
* Supporting the development of bids to increase the pipeline of work
Candidate specification
The successful candidate will be proactive, enthusiastic and eager to play a part in a growing team.
Essential Academic, Professional Qualifications And Experience
* Expertise in pavement design, materials and pavement testing
* Civil Engineering degree or equivalent
* Security Clearance (SC) and/or willingness to obtain SC
Essential Competencies / Skills
* High standard of verbal and written communications
* Attention to detail and good proofing skills
* Strong interpersonal / people skills
* Ability to work in a fluid and fast environment
* Ability to work collaboratively with a wide range of people
Desirable Academic, Qualifications, Experience, Competencies And Skills
* Experience working on civil and/or military airfield pavement engineering projects and familiarity with airfield pavement standards and specifications, such as DMG27, FAA and ICAO
* Knowledge of specialist pavement design software such as FAARFIELD or CIRCLY
* Experience on highways and/or other pavement structures (e.g. heavy duty port pavements, industrial pavements etc.)
* Experience using asset management systems (AMS) or pavement management systems (PMS)
* Working towards Chartered Engineer status
Please be advised that offers for this role are conditional upon obtaining the appropriate level of Security Clearance.
UK Immigration
Mott MacDonald Ltd. are not currently offering sponsorship to candidates under the Skilled Worker visa route in the UK. This decision is a consequence of changes to the Skilled Worker route by the UK Government in April 2024. We welcome applications from candidates eligible for alternative immigration routes in the UK that do not require sponsorship as a Skilled Worker now or in future.
Agile working
We offer a hybrid working policy that supports flexibility, well-being, and trust, and we encourage choosing how you work to meet client, team, and personal commitments.
Equality, diversity, and inclusion
We place equality, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our business, promoting 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
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.
Benefits
We offer a range of benefits including health, financial wellbeing, lifestyle, enhanced family and carers leave, learning and development, and networks and communities. Details include:
* Health and wellbeing: Private medical insurance, health cash plan, access to Peppy for menopause support, wellbeing program, and flexible benefits
* Financial wellbeing: Pension contributions match, life assurance, income protection, flexible benefits, and annual bonus schemes
* Lifestyle: Generous holiday allowance, saving schemes, and discounts
* Enhanced family and carers leave: Maternity, adoption, paternity/partner leave, shared parental leave, and caring responsibilities leave
* Learning and development: Professional subscription and opportunities for mentoring, training, and self-development
* Networks and communities: Employee networks supporting LGBTQ+, gender, race/ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers
Location(s): Southampton, GB; Birmingham, GB; Sheffield, GB
Contract Type: Permanent
Work Pattern: Full Time
Market: Transport
Discipline: Highways
Job Ref: 13098
Recruiter Contact: Pamela Wray-Slack
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