Senior Civil Engineer (Utilities)

Location/s: Altrincham, Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Colwyn Bay, Croydon, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Newcastle, Norwich, Sheffield, Southampton; UK
Recruiter contact: Madeleine Knight

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 business unit 
We help conceive, drive, and implement transport solutions for cities, regions, and asset owners/operators around the globe. From preparing the business case and advising on related issues - such as revenue, procurement, and environmental legislation - to delivering the completed infrastructure and helping maintain it. Our planning, engineering, environmental and management skills cover the whole project cycle. We play a major role in developing and delivering the Global Transport Sector Strategy. 

Overview of the role
Are you a dynamic, experienced civil or utilities engineer working in the infrastructure sector who wants to join an employee-owned company that is passionate about creating the best outcomes for our clients and communities?

We are looking for a Senior Civil Engineer to lead our utilities capability with a track record of contributing to the successful delivery of complex multi-disciplinary infrastructure and highways projects from scheme development through to Design and Build. We are a forward-looking organisation, and you will help our drive to enhance safety, innovate, standardise and automate delivery across projects with our practice and excellence networks. You will play a significant role in delivering great projects for our clients that align to our purpose of creating positive social outcomes through delivery excellence.

Mott MacDonald’s Transport and Mobility Solutions Division delivers services across the entire project lifecycle to clients such as National Highways, Transport Scotland, Welsh Government and Local Authorities and Contractors. Whether we are planning, designing and implementing new roads, or maintaining, managing, improving and operating existing highway networks, we deliver innovation, cost certainty and added value through collaborative working with clients and a culture of continuous improvement.

As Senior Civil Engineer you will lead, develop and deliver the Division’s capability within the utilities field across a wide range of infrastructure projects, mainly within the highways sector. In this role you will be responsible for:

• Managing utility design/diversion as part of highway & public transport infrastructure
• Promoting and ensuring adherence to our health and safety policy and procedures
• Maintaining a general knowledge of technical engineering codes and in particular NRSWA, HAUC and NJUG
• Compliance in accordance with the various utility companies’ standard requirements
• Managing discrete design packages and multi-disciplinary design teams and client facing activities
• Identifying bespoke engineering solutions to reduce the scope of utility diversions, driving efficiencies and cost savings
• Providing Utility Peer review for major infrastructure schemes
• Providing support to build up a network of clients and undertake business development activities
• Showing technical leadership and providing technical expertise and advice
• Assisting in the training and development of team members
• Controlling task programme and budgets
• Presenting technical advice to clients and stakeholders
• Providing input into bids/tenders where utilities present a major risk to project delivery
• Mentoring early career staff

Candidate specification
Essential:

• Degree in Civil Engineering or alternative qualification (HNC / HND) in a relevant subject
• Professional membership in the highways sector e.g. Institution of Civil Engineers, MCIHT etc
• Experience applying CDM requirements in the role of Designer and thorough understanding of health, safety, wellbeing and EDI matters and proven ability to positively influence behaviours
• In depth knowledge of NRSWA with the ability to manage delivery of utility diversions from C2 to C9 process
• Experience with identifying, managing and resolving multi-disciplinary interfaces on major projects, from assessing feasibility, through to concept and detailed design and into construction
• Working knowledge of AutoCAD and Civils 3DAbility to deliver to demanding schedules and targets

Desirable:

• Demonstrated leadership, effective communication, and organisational skills, with the ability to motivate staff and maintain accurate records; willingness to travel for short assignments in the UK or overseas
• Experience of engineering forms of contract (e.g. NEC3 and 4)
• Experience in the use of Navisworks; Autodesk Infraworks; Bentley Open Roads and ProjectWise
  Experience of UK highway design codes and standards (DMRB, Manual of Contract Documents for Highways Works)

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.

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.

We offer some fantastic benefits including:

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.

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.

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.
• 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.

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