Location
Locations: Brighton, United Kingdom; Cambridge, United Kingdom; Croydon, United Kingdom; London, United Kingdom; Reading, United Kingdom; Southampton, United Kingdom
Country: United Kingdom
Contract type: Permanent
Work pattern: Full Time
Market: Water
Discipline: Water
Job ref: 9167
Recruiter contact: Nicola Coyle
Overview
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 exciting work that is defining our future and making an important societal impact in the communities we serve. Our people power our performance – we succeed when they do. With countless opportunities to collaborate, learn, and grow, the possibilities for excellence are as varied as every individual.
Whether you want to grow as a subject matter expert or broaden your experience with roles across our international community, you’re surrounded by global specialists who want to combine their expertise and champion you to be your best. 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 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 work we do is at the forefront of ensuring safe water supplies for future generations, preventing urban flooding, and improving the health of our rivers and coastal environments. Our multi-disciplinary teams provide a variety of services throughout the full project life cycle, from advisory services and feasibility studies to outline and detailed design. Together, we deliver best-in-class solutions to our clients while offering diverse and technically stimulating opportunities to our people.
Role overview
We are seeking experienced electrical, instrumentation, control and automation (EICA) engineers for our multidisciplinary Water Division. You will work on a wide range of design projects across areas such as:
* Water treatment
* Water distribution
* Wastewater recycling
* Industrial process water
* Desalination
* Irrigation
* Hydropower
* Flood defence
We cover all phases of the project lifecycle from feasibility through detailed design, construction support, and commissioning to handover. You will provide specialist technical support to colleagues across our global business and have opportunities to engage in diverse, technically challenging work. Our clients include most UK water utility companies, and many other governmental and private organisations in the UK and overseas.
Responsibilities
Providing leadership and mentoring to other electrical engineers, you will:
* Check and review design documents and provide technical direction to projects
* Ensure designs are fit for purpose and meet current legislation and standards
* Lead the integration of electrical & ICA design with other disciplines
* Build strong relationships with clients and contractors to enhance the company’s reputation and secure further work
Candidate specification
You will be knowledgeable about a wide range of EICA tasks, typically including:
* Electrical power distribution design
* Control system design
* Specifying local renewable and back-up generation systems
* Developing plant layouts
* Cabling and installation design
* Instrumentation selection
* Lightning protection assessment
* Writing system control strategies
* Factory and site acceptance tests of equipment
Essential:
* Qualified to HND level or higher in electrical, electronic or control engineering or a related discipline
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
* Understanding of the importance of prioritising health, safety, and environmental issues
* Experience of successfully delivering high quality outputs in accordance with design, quality and safety standards
Desirable:
* Master’s degree in electrical, electronic or control engineering or a related discipline
* Chartered status with the Institution of Engineering and Technology or an equivalent body
* Experience of working in the water and/or wastewater industry
* Good understanding of pipeline hydraulics
* Good understanding of water and wastewater treatment processes
UK Immigration
Mott MacDonald Ltd. are not currently offering sponsorship to candidates under the Skilled Worker visa route in the UK. This decision is as a consequence of the changes made to the Skilled Worker route by the UK Government in April 2024. 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 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
We offer a range of benefits including:
* Health and wellbeing: Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues; health cash plan; access to Peppy for menopause support; wellbeing program; flexible benefits including health-related options for you and family.
* Financial wellbeing: Pension contribution matching (4.5%–7%), life assurance up to 4x basic salary (option to 6x), income protection, flexible benefits, annual bonus schemes.
* Lifestyle: 33–35 days holiday (increase with years of service), holiday buy/sell, employee saving schemes and retail discounts.
* Enhanced family and carers leave: 26 weeks maternity/adoption leave, 2 weeks paternity/partner leave, shared parental leave up to 24 weeks at full pay, additional caring leave.
* Learning and development: Annual professional institution subscription, mentoring, formal training, self-development options.
* Networks and social outcomes: Employee networks including LGBTQ+, diversity groups, and community involvement.
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