Senior Associate Electrical and Control Engineer - Scotland

Location/s: Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Inverness; 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 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

Do you want to use your experience to make an impact? At Mott MacDonald we support all leadership potential, creating high-performing teams with a flatter hierarchy that fosters more autonomy and greater employee engagement.  We understand that development never stops.  Our leaders have a vision of who they want to be and a strategy to take them there.  As a company with a fully independent ownership, we're proud to be stewards of our business.  We embed real leadership behaviours and the business priorities they serve, and believe transparency and openness make us agile and adaptable.  So bring your expertise to a company looking for acknowledged and emerging leaders, where your professional journey can take a wide variety of forms.  Driven by you and supported by us.   

Job Description

After recent framework successes, we have a range of roles available for experienced electrical, instrumentation, control and automation (EICA) engineers in our Manchester, Newcastle and Liverpool offices within our multidisciplinary Water Consultancy Division.  We work on a vast range of design projects covering, for example:

•    Water treatment
•    Water distribution
•    Wastewater recycling•    Industrial process water
•    Desalination
•    Irrigation
•    Hydropower
•    Flood defence.
 
We cover all phases of the project lifecycle from feasibility studies through detailed design, construction support, and commissioning to handover.  We provide specialist technical support to colleagues across our global business, offering fantastic opportunities to get involved in diverse and technically challenging work. Our clients include the majority of UK water utility companies, and many other governmental organisations and private companies in the UK and overseas.

Providing leadership and mentoring to other electrical engineers, you will be responsible for checking and reviewing design documents and providing technical direction to projects. 

Using your experience and expertise you will ensure that designs are fit for purpose and meet current legislation and standards.

You will lead the integration of the electrical & ICA design with that of other disciplines.

You will work in close partnership with clients and contractors, building strong relationships that will enhance the company’s reputation and help secure further work.

Mott MacDonald is wholly owned by colleagues who work in our business. Being employee-owned means that we can choose our own direction and focus on what we believe is important for our clients, our people and the communities that we work and live in. We are dedicated to delivering Social Outcomes through the use of digital innovation and excellence in what we do. We are a family of people excited to solve complex challenges that have a positive impact on the world, and we are always looking for like-minded people to join our team.

Candidate Specifications

You will be knowledgeable about a wide range of EICA tasks, typically including:

• Electrical power distribution design
• Control system design
• Specifying local renewable and back-up generation systems
• Developing plant layouts
• Cabling and installation design
• Instrumentation selection
• Lightning protection assessment
• Writing system control strategies
• Factory and site acceptance tests of equipment.

 
Essential:

• Qualified to HND level or higher in electrical, electronic or control engineering or a related discipline.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.
• Understanding of the importance of prioritising health, safety, and environmental issues.
• Experience of successfully delivering high quality outputs in accordance with design, quality and safety standards.  

 
Desirable:

• Master’s degree in electrical, electronic or control engineering or a related discipline.
• Chartered status with the Institution of Engineering and Technology or an equivalent body.
• Experience of working in the water and/or wastewater industry.
• Good understanding of pipeline hydraulics.
• Good understanding of water and wastewater treatment processes.

 
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.

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.

Agile working 

Happy to talk Flexible Working and how we can support your responsibilities beyond the workplace.

We offer some fantastic benefits including:

• Pension matched up to 7%   
• Life insurance 
• An annual professional institution subscription   
• Continuous development opportunities – because we want you to thrive  
• Agile/flexible working – because life isn’t 9-5  
• Enhanced parental leave; shared parental leave policies – for parents and care givers  
• Annual bonus scheme  
• Flexible benefits that suit you, including ability to buy/sell annual leave entitlement, cycle to work & interest free season ticket loans 
• Wellbeing support including access to an independent Employer Assistance Scheme, wellbeing champions and access to learning and support resources 
• Access to our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability and parents/carers communities 
• The opportunity to make a difference; learn more about our social outcomes

Apply now, or for more information about our application process, click here.