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Mott MacDonald · Bristol, England, United Kingdom
Location/s:
Bristol, Cambridge, London, Birmingham, Inverness, Glasgow, Reading, Brighton, Edinburgh & Croydon; UK
Recruiter contact:
Aoife Cullen
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 incredible 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 division
The Water Consultancy Division is Mott MacDonald’s centre of excellence for responding to water and wastewater challenges, offering fantastic opportunities to get involved in diverse and technically challenging work. The work we do is at the forefront of ensuring safe water supplies for future generations and protecting our environment. Our multi-disciplinary teams provide a variety of services throughout the full project life cycle, from advisory services and feasibility studies, through outline and detailed design, to construction support and site supervision on.
After recent major water project successes, we have growing opportunities for technical project managers with an engineering or technical background across our UK offices within our multidisciplinary Water Consultancy Division.
Water treatment
Water distribution and storage
Storm overflow
Desalination
Irrigation
Hydropower
Flood risk
River and catchment management
SuDS
We cover all phases of the project lifecycle from feasibility studies, outline design and consenting, through to detailed design, construction support, and commissioning to handover. We provide specialist technical expertise across our global business, offering fantastic opportunities to get involved in diverse and technically challenging work. Our clients include UK water companies, major contractors, governmental organisations and private companies in the UK and overseas. You will have the opportunity to work in partnership with clients and contractors, building strong relationships.
You will manage multi-disciplinary water projects across the full project lifecycle
Lead the delivery of projects to time, cost, and quality, ensuring compliance with business management systems
Manage multidisciplinary teams, coordinating technical specialists across design and delivery stages
Act as a key client interface, building strong and trusted relationships
Identify, manage, and mitigate project risks and opportunities
Oversee commercial and contractual aspects including forecasting, programme control, and reporting
Support team development, providing guidance and mentoring to junior staff
You will grow and develop your career within a dedicated project delivery team at the centre of our water major projects capability in the UK.
Candidate specification
Degree-qualified in engineering or a related discipline
Chartered Engineer and membership of a relevant institution (e.g. ICE, IMechE)
Demonstrable project management experience delivering infrastructure projects, ideally in the water sector
Ability to manage programme, cost, and engineering risks to achieve successful project outcomes
Proven ability to work independently and contribute to project success while guiding others
Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships with clients, stakeholders and colleagues
Understanding of the importance of prioritising health, safety, and environmental issues
Strong IT and digital capability
Knowledge CDM regulations and design management
Project scheduling expertise, including working knowledge of MS Project or P6
Bid management
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.
Agile working
At Mott MacDonald, we believe it makes business sense for you and your manager to choose how you can work most effectively to meet your client, team, and personal commitments. We offer a hybrid working policy that embraces your well-being, flexibility, and trust.
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.
AI Usage
At Mott MacDonald, we see the value AI can bring, but we take a people-first approach to hiring. While AI tools can help candidates prepare and build confidence, every application and hiring decision is reviewed by our recruitment and hiring teams. We encourage the responsible use of AI while ensuring we get to know the real person behind the application.
Accessibility
We want you to feel supported and able to perform at your best throughout our recruitment process. If there is anything we can do to make applying or interviewing with us more accessible, please contact us at
and we'll be happy to discuss how we can help.
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.
As an independently owned business we share the financial success of the business with all our colleagues in various ways including annual bonus schemes.
Employee Ownership
Our employee ownership model means no external investors, just us, creating a culture of shared success.
Our employees have a stake and a voice in our business, giving them a direct connection to our success through our personal and group performance bonuses.
As your career grows, so does your stake, recognising your long-term impact and contribution.
Your voice matters, with the opportunity to connect directly with senior leadership through formal channels to help shape our future.
For our senior roles you will have a direct pathway towards ownership from day one.
Health and wellbeing
Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues.
Health cash plan to support you with every day 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.
Lifestyle
A minimum of 33-35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays and dependent on level, with the ability to buy or sell leave through our flexible benefits programme.
10 days additional paid leave for Armed Forces Reservists and Cadet Force Adult Volunteers.
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.
We offer policies and dedicated support to help military families balance service life with career and wellbeing.
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.
We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and Gold Award holders in the MOD Employer Recognition Scheme, supported by our dedicated internal Armed Forces Network.
Make a difference within our communities through our social outcomes.
Details
| Company | Mott MacDonald |
| Location | Bristol, England, United Kingdom |
| Type | FULL TIME |
| Niche | tech |