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. Our multidisciplinary teams provide advisory services, feasibility studies, and detailed design to ensure safe water supplies, prevent urban flooding, and protect river and coastal environments.
Overview Of The Role
We seek a motivated professional to support the water sector in becoming more efficient, resilient to climate change, and on the path to Net Zero. You will work within multidisciplinary teams, learn on the job, and deliver projects that make a difference.
The Asset Management and Infrastructure Planning Team is one of five sub‑sectors within our Water Consultancy Division. We operate in the UK and internationally, focusing on:
* Water resource investment planning
* Wastewater and bioresources investment planning
* Strategic asset management and business planning
* Technical assurance of operational performance and business cases
* Carbon and net‑zero appraisal and strategic planning
* Integrated systems management
* Data analytics and decision‑support tools
* Contract appraisal (NEC, PPP)
We are looking for professionals with at least five years of asset management experience in the water sector, aiming for a long‑term career and professional membership of the Institute of Asset Management.
Key Responsibilities And Duties
* Assist the technical delivery of asset management advisory projects, interacting frequently with clients.
* Contribute to the development of project outputs, including investment business cases and reports.
* Support business development activities, including client engagement and project proposal preparation.
* Facilitate asset management capability assessments and identify improvement areas.
* Support project and budget management, team coordination, and compliance with PM procedures.
* Undertake identified training to support technical excellence.
* Perform data analysis to support project delivery.
Candidate Specification
You Will Have Experience In The Following
* Asset planning or asset strategy
* Risk assessment and management
* Investment appraisal or cost‑benefit analysis
* Investment planning or programme optimisation
* Resilience assessment and planning
* Developing decision‑support tools
* Performance monitoring and reporting
* Some experience or knowledge of ISO 55000 or another ISO standard
Essential
* Degree qualified in an environmental or related subject
* Chartered status (ICE, CIWEM or similar) or demonstrable progress towards chartership
* Industry experience in asset management, ideally in a water company or consultancy
* Critical thinking and analytical skills
* Strong interpersonal, communication and writing skills
o Ability to review complex documents, summarise and present key issues clearly
* Project management, client liaison and consulting skills
* Willingness to undertake assignments across the UK and short international visits
Desired
* Certificate or Diploma in Asset Management from the Institute of Asset Management
* Assurance/audit experience, including ISO auditing
* Commercial awareness and project proposal preparation
* Organisational change management
* Chartership with a relevant environmental or asset management institution
* Willingness to embrace training in decarbonisation, climate resilience, systems thinking, nature‑based solutions and circular economy
* Broader awareness of environmental and social disciplines
UK Immigration
Mott MacDonald Ltd. is not currently offering sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa route. Candidates may apply if eligible for alternative immigration routes that do not require sponsorship.
Equality, diversity, and inclusion
We put equality, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression and are committed to an inclusive environment where everyone can contribute.
Accessibility
We support applicants with disabilities or those needing assistance throughout the recruitment process. Contact reasonable.adjustments@mottmac.com for support.
Agile working
We support flexible working arrangements and discuss how we can accommodate responsibilities beyond the workplace.
We Offer Some Fantastic Benefits Including
Health and wellbeing
* Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues
* Health cash plan for day‑to‑day health costs and treatments
* Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues
* Various wellbeing supports through a comprehensive programme, including family support
* Flexibility to adjust salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, extendable to family
Financial wellbeing
* Employer match on pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%
* Life assurance equal up to 4× basic salary, with a potential increase to 6×
* Income protection scheme providing 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 sharing the business’s financial success with all colleagues
Lifestyle
* Minimum 33‑35 days holiday per year, inclusive of public holidays; ability to buy or sell leave through flexible benefits
* Holiday entitlement increases to a minimum 35 days after 5 years of service
* Various employee saving schemes and retailer 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
* Broad range of opportunities to enhance both technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self‑development options
Networks, communities, and social outcomes
* Wide range of employee networks supporting LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities
* Opportunities to make a difference within communities through social outcomes
Location(s)
London, Reading, Leeds, Bristol, Brighton, Cambridge, Cardiff, Manchester
Contract Type
Permanent
Work Pattern
Full Time
Market
Water
Discipline
Water
Job Ref
13179
Recruiter Contact
Emma Cantley
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