Senior Consultant Assurance
Company: Mott MacDonald
Location/s: Bristol, Reading, Brighton, Leeds, Cambridge, London, Manchester, Cardiff; UK
Recruiter contact: Nicola Coyle
About The Business Division
The Water Utilities Division is Mott MacDonald’s centre of excellence for responding to the UK and Ireland's water and wastewater challenges. The team focuses on safe water supplies, preventing urban flooding, and improving the health of rivers and coastal environments. Our multidisciplinary teams provide services throughout the full project life cycle, from advisory services and feasibility studies to outline and detailed design, delivering best‑in‑class solutions to our clients while offering diverse and technically stimulating opportunities to our people.
Overview Of The Role
The Asset Management and Infrastructure Planning team is one of five sub‑sectors within our Water Utilities Division, employing around 350 people across the UK. We work in the water sector and with other infrastructure providers both in the UK and internationally across the following workstream areas:
* Technical assurance of statutory regulatory submissions such as annual performance reporting, business cases and business plans, long‑term strategic plans, operational performance and deliverables
* Water resource investment planning
* Wastewater and bioresources investment planning
* Strategic asset management and business planning
* Carbon and net‑zero appraisal and strategic planning
* Integrated systems management
* Data analytics and decision support tools
* Contract’s appraisal (NEC, PPP)
As a Senior Professional for Assurance, you will be at the heart of our assurance delivery for clients, contributing to our delivery capability. You will report directly to the Workstream Lead and be an important part of our Assurance Team and the wider asset management practice community.
Candidate Specification
Essential
* Regulatory technical assurance experience linked to the water industry’s AMP cycles
* Academic and professional qualifications with relevant skills and experience
* Background in engineering, accounting/economics, asset management, auditing, and technical assurance of statutory regulatory submissions such as annual performance reporting, business cases and business plans, long‑term strategic plans and deliverables
* Skills in asset management ISO standards and requirements, technical audits, the assessment of regulatory requirements and impacts on service outputs, service metrics, performance commitments and the associated base and enhancement schemes
* Experience of delivering technical assurance work within the constraints of regulatory submission timescales
* Membership of a professional body and/or water regulatory networks
* Capable of presenting assurance findings in a clear and understandable manner through formal and information presentations and assurance reports
* Skills to adapt to changing situations and environments and to respond quickly and proactively to emerging opportunities and risks
* Willingness to undertake assignments throughout the UK, as well as short international visits
UK Immigration
Mott MacDonald Ltd. are not currently offering sponsorship to candidates under the Skilled Worker visa route in the UK. We continue to welcome applications from candidates who are eligible for alternative immigration routes in the UK that do not require sponsorship as a Skilled Worker now or in the future.
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
We are happy to talk openly about flexible working and how we can support your responsibilities beyond the workplace.
Benefits
Health and wellbeing
* Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues.
* Health cash plan to support you with everyday 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× your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6× 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 savings 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, 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.
Contract Type
Permanent
Work Pattern
Full Time
Job Ref
12092
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