Project Lead (Treatment Plants)

Mott MacDonald is a global engineering, management, and development consultancy committed to delivering impactful work that shapes the future.

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Whether you want to pursue excellence in your specialism or broaden your experience with flexible roles across our business, you’ll be connected to a community of global experts championing you to be your best. Join us and shape your story with Mott MacDonald, where everyone has the opportunity to be brilliant.

You will be involved in design and build projects, preparing outline and detailed civil /Mechanical engineering designs, technical and commercial specifications, drawings, and schedules, and working closely with our client and contractor partners.

You will be responsible for the following:

• Working as part of a “project triangle” alongside a Site Manager and Quantity Surveyor to ensure that technical, constructability and commercial aspects of project delivery are considered throughout. 
• Leading the design of treatment or infrastructure projects from the initial outline to detailed design, through construction, commissioning, and handover 
• Coordinating the project team including civil, electrical, mechanical and process designers, BIM modelers and technical specialists and ensure designs are completed on programme, within budget, and to the quality defined by each framework and industry specifications 
• Undertake design in own discipline and mentor less experienced colleagues where appropriate 
• Building positive relationships with the clients’ project, operational and technical assurance teams and promote a "one-team" approach  

Candidate Specification:

• A degree in civil engineering /Mechanical Engineering
• Experience in engineering design, in roles of increasing responsibility and project complexity.
• Chartered engineer (ICE), or working towards achieving professional qualifications
• UK, South East Asia, or Middle East water/wastewater sector experience in treatment (non-infra) projects
• Proactive approach, and able to adapt to changing scenarios
• Proven client liaison skills
• Experience of working on complex multidisciplinary projects
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• A strong technical focus, able to innovate and lead by example
• Excellent knowledge of current international codes and regulations
• IT and standard industry software skills, including knowledge of BIM
• Ability to communicate confidently and professionally in English with all levels of staff and clients (written and verbal)

Software: 

• Some experience in either of Revit, Plant 3D, Navisworks 
• AutoCAD, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint and PDF document management
• Bentley ProjectWise, BIM 360

Flexible working
At Mott MacDonald, we support our staff to create work-life balance which works for them and welcome candidates looking for career flexibility. We are open to discussing flexible working at interview stage.

Our benefits package is designed to enhance your experience:

• Agile working
• Critical illness and compassionate leave
• Paternity Leave
• Group term life insurance, and Group medical insurance coverage
• Career mobility options
• Short and Long-term global employment opportunities
• Global collaboration and knowledge sharing