Location/s: Birmingham, Reading, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness, Leeds, London, Manchester,Sheffield; 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.
Overview of the role
We are engaged on major AMP8 frameworks with most UK water companies and through our global reach we support regulators, asset owners and investors worldwide to manage water resources efficiently while protecting the environment. The current public and political pressure to resolve water quality issues in our watercourses, alongside the emerging climate change impacts, has resulted in a significant increase in demand for these services, and in response to this we are keen to engage talented scientists and modellers to drive innovation, work across disciplines on modelling projects, support the development of our people and strengthen our client offering.
Our water resources team has an exceptionally strong record in providing hydrology and climate science services and expertise to the UK and international water sectors. Our clients are increasingly demanding better predictions of the impact of climate change on the availability of water and the frequency and magnitude of droughts and floods, and we are continually innovating to support them. We have developed advanced rainfall- runoff models, weather generators as well as our own digital tools to deliver operational forecasting services and to analyse and process the latest datasets and climate projections. Our portfolio includes the major UK water companies as well as the Environment Agency and SEPA. We are regularly involved in hydropower projects in the UK and around the world supporting developers and lenders, and we undertake climate change risk assessments and impact assessments at a local, regional or national scale.
As a Senior Associate Hydrologist, your remit will cover a range of technical, management and commercial/client-facing activities. You will be a key member of our water resources team leading a variety of projects for a range of clients. You will be working in a collaborative environment which strives for continuous improvement providing technical leadership, mentoring and support to other members of the team. The role offers an excellent progression route within the business and the opportunity to make a difference in the water sector, delivering long lasting customer, social and environmental benefits.
Key responsibilities and duties include:
Candidate specification
We are looking for a driven individual, with a proven track record in the field and with a passion for learning and innovating in this fast-moving discipline.
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Desirable:
We are actively recruiting a diverse workforce that is reflective of the communities we serve. We recognise that differences in ability, skills and experience are a strength and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds.
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 reasonable.adjustments@mottmac.com and we'll be happy to discuss how we can help.
We offer some fantastic benefits including:
Financial wellbeing
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Health and wellbeing
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Enhanced family and carers leave
Learning and development
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