Senior Consultant Digital – Mott MacDonald
Location: Bristol, Croydon, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, London, Manchester, Newcastle; UK
Recruiter contact: Alice Roostan
We are a global engineering, management, and development consultancy with over 20,000 employees in more than 50 countries and 140+ offices. Our work spans sectors including built environment, defence, energy, water, environmental, transportation, and health and care. We empower people to drive performance and make a positive societal impact.
Overview of the Role
We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Digital Consultant to join our Asset, Information and Data Advisory team, working on major UK infrastructure projects such as the New Hospitals Programme, Sizewell C, and the Anglian Water Reservoirs Programme. This role involves developing digital twin and smart city strategies and collaborating with stakeholders across the business.
Key Responsibilities and Duties
* Support and develop digital twin strategies and roadmaps aligned with client and international standards.
* Support smart city vision and strategy definition, smart service identification, and user‑centric design through personas, user journeys, and use cases, ensuring alignment with city‑wide objectives.
* Engage stakeholders through workshops and collaborative sessions to define, prioritise, and document digital twin and smart city use cases, validate concepts, and refine priorities.
* Provide guidance on data management, including collection, analytics, visualisation, quality, security, privacy, and ethical use.
* Support and develop information management frameworks aligned with ISO 19650 series.
* Develop high‑level visualisations, diagrams, and digital solution architectures to illustrate strategies and integration points across systems.
* Provide insights on ICT infrastructure and operational requirements to ensure scalability, interoperability, and resilience of digital and smart city solutions.
Candidate Specification
Essential
* Experience in working with clients to develop digital strategies, initiatives and roadmaps; familiarity with the Gemini Principles, Data Value Chain, federated digital twins, and international standards (ISO 30173, 30186 for digital twins; ISO 37101, 37106, 37120, 37122, 37123 for smart cities).
* Understanding of data management practices (data governance, integration, security, privacy, and ethics).
* Excellent communication and consulting skills with the ability to translate complex technical concepts into actionable strategies.
Desirable
* Proven experience in developing and delivering digital twin or smart city strategies.
* Background in engineering, data science, information management, smart cities, or digital transformation.
* Experience applying systems thinking to model real‑world systems and inform digital twin and/or smart city solution design.
* Demonstrated ability to identify and define smart services that enhance urban living, sustainability, and operational efficiency.
* Experience with concept visualisation tools, including 3D models and diagrams, to communicate strategies effectively.
* Knowledge of ICT infrastructure and digital solution architecture within a smart city context.
* Familiarity with digital twin platforms, modelling tools, or smart city platforms.
* Experience working on large‑scale urban development projects or national digital twin/smart city programmes.
* Track record of contributing to thought leadership, publications, or innovative projects in the digital twin/smart city domain.
UK Immigration
Mott MacDonald Ltd. is not currently offering sponsorship to candidates under the Skilled Worker visa route in the UK. We welcome applications from candidates who are eligible for alternative immigration routes that do not require sponsorship.
Agile Working
We offer a hybrid working policy that embraces well‑being, flexibility, and trust, allowing you and your manager to choose how you work most effectively.
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
We put equality, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our business, promoting fair employment practices and ensuring equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone can contribute.
Accessibility
If you are disabled or need support to enable you to apply or attend an interview, please contact us at reasonable.adjustments@mottmac.com and we will discuss how we can support you.
Benefits
Health and Wellbeing
* Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues.
* Health cash plan to support everyday health costs and treatments.
* Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues.
* Wellness support available through our comprehensive wellbeing programme, including support for you and your family.
* Ability to flex salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many of which can be extended to your family.
Financial Wellbeing
* We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.
* Life assurance equal up to 4× your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6× your salary.
* Our income protection scheme provides a financial benefit and return‑to‑work support for long‑term illness or injury.
* Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing.
* Annual bonus schemes share the financial success of the business with all employees.
Lifestyle
* A minimum of 33‑35 days holiday each year, including public holidays; increased to 35 days after 5 years’ service. Ability to buy or sell leave through flexible benefits programme.
* 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.
* Shared parental leave matches maternity leave, paying up to 24 weeks at full pay.
* Up to five additional days leave provided for significant caring responsibilities, two of which are paid.
Learning and Development
* Primary annual professional institution subscription.
* Opportunities to enhance technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self‑development options.
Networks, Communities, and Social Outcomes
* Join a wide range of groups including Advanced Employee Networks that support LGBTQ+, gender, race, 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.
Contract Type: Permanent
Work Pattern: Full Time
Market: Various
Discipline: Digital design
Job Ref: 11744
Recruiter Contact: Emma Cantley
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