Mott MacDonald Bentley is seeking a Design Lead to join their team in Glasgow or Edinburgh on a full-time basis. In this role, you will lead multi-disciplinary design teams delivering vital water and wastewater infrastructure projects across Scotland while driving low carbon solutions and ensuring value.
Requirements
Degree in Engineering
Chartered or incorporated member of professional institution e.g. ICE, IMechE, etc., or equivalent experience
Outline and detailed design experience of water or wastewater projects
Knowledge of Designer or Principal Designer duties under CDM 2015
Strong technical knowledge in own discipline and an appreciation of other disciplines
Ability to travel to sites across the operational region
A proactive and pragmatic approach
Skills & Responsibilities
Engineering Design: Lead the delivery of multi-disciplinary design for projects and programmes, ensuring high technical standards and value.
Team Leadership: Develop and guide a team of electrical, mechanical, civil, and process designers.
Low Carbon Solutions: Lead the development of affordable and low-carbon solutions while managing risks and opportunities.
Project Controls: Provide direction on project controls and ensure compliance with quality, programme, and cost requirements.
Client Relationships: Maintain positive relationships at the project level to support successful delivery.
Potential transition routes: People from senior engineering or project management roles may bring strong technical coordination and design skills, alongside meeting mandatory engineering degree and chartership requirements.
Job description
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 £600 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 part of our appointment to Scottish Water’s new Enterprise, we will deliver projects at sites across Scotland. Works will include major upgrades to treatment assets, new and enhanced networks, and resilience schemes that will benefit communities across the country.
25+ years in the water sector
Over successive regulatory periods, MMB has delivered a wide range of complex water and wastewater projects that directly support SR27 priorities, including:
Enhancing resilience and service reliability through treatment works upgrades, network improvements and resilience schemes
Supporting net zero and climate adaptation via low carbon design, nature based solutions and environmental compliance projects
Enabling sustainable growth by delivering infrastructure that supports new development and protects existing communities
Driving efficiency and affordability through integrated delivery, innovation and collaborative planning
Maintaining a strong focus on customers, communities and safety across everything we do
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.
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
Competitive salary with annual bonus and matched pension up to 7%
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
Outline and detailed design experience of water or wastewater projects and knowledge of the Designer or Principal Designer duties under CDM 2015.
Strong technical knowledge in own discipline and an appreciation of other disciplines
Able to travel to sites across your operational region
A proactive and pragmatic approach
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.
Other Information
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.
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 recruitment@jnbentley.co.uk 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.
