Location/s: Edinburgh or Reading, UK
Recruiter contact: Nicola Coyle
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 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.
Overview of the role
We have an exciting opportunity for a Principal or Associate Wastewater Network Modeller to join our national wastewater network modelling team. Following our success in securing multiple AMP8 Frameworks, in addition to our continued support to Scottish Water and the input we provide to international projects we offer a diverse and exciting range of opportunities for you to lead, shape, and drive.
You will be a driven individual experienced in wastewater modelling, and have the desire to evolve within Mott MacDonald, whilst playing a key role in mentoring and leadership of others. You will be able to operate proactively to lead projects and people to deliver successful outcomes. As a Principal or Associate Modeller, you would be responsible for technical leadership, taking on management responsibilities and influencing modelling strategy both within Mott MacDonald and with specific clients.
Typical duties would include:
Where interested and depending on level of experience candidates will have the opportunity to also undertake the following duties:
Project management, including managing resources, budgets and programmes and coordinating with other disciplines
Line Management of colleagues
Mott MacDonald offers a highly innovative and collaborative environment within which to further develop your career. We can offer development in technical, management or client-facing directions. You will have control of your own career path and great prospects for career progression as the business continues to grow.
Candidate specification
Essential:
Desirable:
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
Financial wellbeing
Lifestyle
Enhanced family and carers leave
Learning and development
Networks, communities, and social outcomes
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