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Full-time
bachelor degree, professional certificate
Employee Pension Contributions, Annual Bonus Schemes, Professional Institution Subscription Costs, Minimum 33 Days Holiday, Flexible Benefits Programme, Life Assurance
Posted 3d ago
~40 hrs/week
Responsibilities
Lead the delivery of multi-disciplinary design for water and wastewater projects, managing teams of electrical, mechanical, civil, and process designers. Ensure the delivery of affordable, low-carbon solutions while maintaining project controls, quality standards, and positive client relationships.
Requirements
Requires an Engineering degree and professional chartership (e.g., ICE, IMechE) or equivalent experience. Candidates must have a background in water or wastewater infrastructure design and knowledge of CDM 2015 Principal Designer duties.
Full job description
Location: London (Fleet Place) / Reading (Clearwater Court)
Mott MacDonald Bentley is a fully integrated design and build business combining the design expertise of Mott MacDonald with the contracting experience of JN Bentley to deliver award winning projects. With an annual turnover surpassing £500 million, Mott Macdonald Bentley cements its position as a leader within the industry. The sustained, robust business performance creates an ideal environment for career growth.
As a Design Lead, you will contribute to projects that significantly impact our environment and communities. Working primarily in the UK water market, MMB provides the feasibility, design, construction, and commissioning services needed to keep water flowing and wastewater treated. You’ll work on projects that make a real difference to our environment and our communities by enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of water and wastewater treatment systems.
MMB has extended its contract with Thames Water for an additional five years. As the largest water and wastewater provider in the UK, Thames Water serves 15 million customers throughout London and the Thames Valley. This extension will carry the current workload beyond the end of AMP8 in March 2030. We are delivering work in the Thames Valley region (extending from Cirencester in the west to the M25 and from Basingstoke in the South to Banbury in the North). This sees us undertake a varied programme of sizable projects in wastewater treatment, clean water production and Infrastructure (Water and Wastewater networks).
The role of a Design Lead includes:
Leading the delivery of multi-disciplinary design for your projects / programme
Developing and leading your team comprised of electrical, mechanical, civil, and process designers
Leading the development of affordable and low carbon solutions, including managing opportunities and risks.
Delivering detailed designs to meet construction needs and client acceptance including managing cost and programme.
Challenging the engineering solutions and delivery effectiveness of your team to ensure we always offer the client the best value solutions.
Providing direction and oversight of project controls and ensuring your team understands and complies with quality, programme, and cost requirements.
Maintaining positive client relationships at project level
What you’ll need:
Degree in Engineering
Chartered or incorporated member of professional institution e.g ICE, IMechE, etc, or equivalent experience
Experience in Water or Wastewater infrastructure design
Knowledge of the Designer or Principal Designer duties under CDM 2015.
What’s in it for you:
Financial wellbeing
MMB match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.
As an independently owned business we share the financial success of the business with all our colleagues including our annual bonus schemes.
Payment of annual professional institution subscription costs
Health and wellbeing
A minimum of 33 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays, with the ability to buy, sell or carry over annual leave through our flexible benefits programme.
Access to Life Assurance / Private Medical Insurance / Critical Illness Insurance and Health Screening options
We are happy to talk openly about flexible working and how we can support your responsibilities beyond the workplace.
Join a wide range of groups including our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities.
Enhanced family and carers leave
Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave plus the option for shared parental leave.
Up to 2 paid additional days leave are provided for those with significant caring responsibilities
Learning and development
MMB are committed to empowering our people to grow professionally and thrive in their careers. We offer structured development schemes that support your journey toward professional chartership. From day one, employees are fast-tracked towards chartership reviews and benefit from mentorship, hands-on experience, and tailored training opportunities
Mott MacDonald Bentley 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.
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Other information
This is a Mott MacDonald Bentley role, employed by Mott MacDonald. Mott MacDonald Bentley is a joint venture business, established in 1999 between civil engineering contractor JN Bentley and global management consultancy, Mott MacDonald.
Mott MacDonald Bentley offers fully integrated design and build services to its clients, combining the contracting expertise of JN Bentley and the design specialisms of Mott MacDonald.
This role is employed by Mott MacDonald but will involve working across the joint venture business, both with Mott MacDonald and JN Bentley colleagues.
About Mott MacDonald Mott MacDonald is a global engineering, management and development consultancy.
Our purpose is to improve society by considering social outcomes in everything we do, relentlessly focusing on excellence and digital innovation, transforming our clients’ businesses, our communities and employee opportunities.
A fundamental part of this is respecting each person’s differences and striving to meet their needs. Our values: progress, respect, integrity, drive, excellence.
We believe that because we care about what we do, we do things better. We know that our people are our most valuable asset, so we are dedicated to investing in them, through our comprehensive training and development schemes, exposure to the wider design and build business and endless opportunities.
We are committed to creating a workplace where our people are safe, have a voice, can reach their full potential, and everyone shares in the rewards.
You’ll have the opportunity to contribute to projects that benefit our communities – from helping to secure water supplies for future generations to protecting homes and businesses from flood risk – our projects make a real difference.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion A Mott MacDonald Bentley we welcome applications from all sectors of the community. We are dedicated to building a diverse workplace where everyone feels included, has the opportunity to thrive, and is treated with respect.
Even if you don’t meet every requirement for this role but are excited about the opportunity, we encourage you to apply. Find out more about our approach to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion here: https://www.mottmacbentley.co.uk/people.
We are committed to ensuring that our recruitment practices are barrier-free and as inclusive as possible. This includes making adjustments during the job application process and throughout your future career with us. Please call 01756 691572 or email [email protected] to discuss any such adjustments that we can make. You can read more about our Equal Opportunities Policy here: Equality, diversity and inclusion - Mott MacDonald
Agile working We are committed to providing a flexible and agile working environment that supports both our employees and the needs of the business.
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Employee-owned, engineering, management and development consultancy.
Industry
Civil Engineering
Company size
10,001+ employees
Founded
1989
Headquarters
London, England
LinkedIn followers
931,899
We are an engineering, management and development consultancy and one of the largest wholly employee-owned firms of our kind.
We plan, design, deliver and maintain the transport, energy, water, defence and security, and buildings infrastructure that is integral to people's daily lives.
Our core strength is using our expertise to overcome complex challenges to deliver benefits for our clients and the communities they serve.
Offices: 10 Fleet Place, London, England EC4M 7, GB · Mott MacDonald House, 8-10 Sydenham Road, Croydon, London CR0 2EE, GB · Avenida Treze de Maio 13 Grupo 1508, Rio de Janeiro, Centro 20.031-901, BR · 1 Grange Rd, Singapore, Singapore 239693, SG · Logix Techno Park Tower C, Plot 5, Sector 127, 5/6th Floor, Noida, Uttar Pradesh 201301, IN
Employee-owned, engineering, management and development consultancy.
Industry
Civil Engineering
Company size
10,001+ employees
Founded
1989
Headquarters
London, England
LinkedIn followers
931,899
We are an engineering, management and development consultancy and one of the largest wholly employee-owned firms of our kind.
We plan, design, deliver and maintain the transport, energy, water, defence and security, and buildings infrastructure that is integral to people's daily lives.
Our core strength is using our expertise to overcome complex challenges to deliver benefits for our clients and the communities they serve.
Offices: 10 Fleet Place, London, England EC4M 7, GB · Mott MacDonald House, 8-10 Sydenham Road, Croydon, London CR0 2EE, GB · Avenida Treze de Maio 13 Grupo 1508, Rio de Janeiro, Centro 20.031-901, BR · 1 Grange Rd, Singapore, Singapore 239693, SG · Logix Techno Park Tower C, Plot 5, Sector 127, 5/6th Floor, Noida, Uttar Pradesh 201301, IN