Location/s: London, Cambridge, Croydon, Brighton, Southampton, Reading, Cardiff, Bristol, Birmingham, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Manchester, Leeds, Newcastle, Inverness; UK
Recruiter contact: Laura Kennedy
Overview of the role
This role will focus on managing multidisciplinary water sector projects across the full project lifecycle, supporting delivery for major UK water company clients during AMP8. The successful candidate will play a key role in delivering projects across areas such as water and wastewater treatment, storm overflows, and wider infrastructure programmes.
Key project areas include:
* Water treatment
* Water distribution and storage
* Storm overflow
* SuDS
* Wastewater drainage and recycling
* Desalination
Essential responsibilities include:
* Leading the delivery of projects to time, cost, and quality, ensuring compliance with business management systems
* Managing multidisciplinary teams, coordinating technical specialists across design and delivery stages
* Acting as a key client interface, building strong and trusted relationships
* Identifying, managing, and mitigating project risks and opportunities
* Overseeing commercial and contractual aspects including forecasting, programme control, and reporting
* Supporting team development, providing guidance and mentoring to junior staff
Candidate specification
Essential
* Degree-qualified in engineering or a related discipline
* Demonstrable project management experience delivering infrastructure projects in the water sector
* Experience managing multidisciplinary teams across project lifecycle stages
* Strong client-facing and stakeholder management skills
* Ability to manage programme, cost, and water and wastewater engineering risks to achieve successful project outcomes
* Proven ability to work independently and contribute to project success while guiding others
Desirable
* Chartered Engineer or working towards chartership
* APM PMQ / MAPM or equivalent
* Experience in AMP frameworks or UK water utilities programmes
* Knowledge of CDM regulations and design management
* Experience contributing to bids and proposals
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.
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.
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.
Benefits
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.
* Annual bonus schemes reflecting shared success.
Employee Ownership
* No external investors; a culture of shared success.
* Employees have a stake and a voice in the business, with direct connection to performance bonuses.
* Senior roles have a direct pathway towards ownership from day one.
Health and wellbeing
* Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues.
* Health cash plan.
* Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts.
* Wide range of wellbeing support.
* Ability to flex your salary to opt into a range of health benefits.
Lifestyle
* Minimum of 33-35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays.
* Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years of service.
* Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts.
Enhanced family and carers leave
* 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave.
* Two weeks paid paternity/partner leave.
* Up to five additional days leave 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.
Networks, communities, and social outcomes
* Wide range of groups supporting LGBTQ+, gender, race, ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities.
* Opportunities to make a difference within local communities.
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