Mechanical Engineer

Mott MacDonald

Position location: Manchester / Liverpool
Recruiter contact: Alice Roostan

We’re 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.

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 role

Mott MacDonald is a market leader in the UK water sector, being a key supplier to major water companies and delivering a wide variety of engineering and advisory projects in support to the challenges faced by the sector. Our Water Consultancy Division has ambitious growth plans in line with AMP8 investment needs and we are proud of our strong reputation in the industry which is allowing us to expand our business. Having been appointed to a large UK water consultancy framework in 2024, we are looking for a Mechanical Engineer to support the delivery of our water and wastewater programmes. This a fantastic professional opportunity to work on a wide range of water related projects in the UK. As part of our multi-disciplinary team, you will be able to make a difference by designing water and wastewater treatment plant upgrades and deliver efficient engineering solutions for our clients and communities.

Key elements of the role will include:

• Provide technical mechanical expertise across our programmes of water and wastewater engineering.
• Perform feasibility, outline, and detailed mechanical design. 
• Work closely with other disciplines, contributing to deliverables including, for example, technical reports, drawings, models, plant and equipment specifications, schedules, design risk assessments, and cost and program estimates.
• Develop and nurture sound relationships with our clients.

The role is expected to develop and evolve in line with the framework requirements and the candidates’ own skills and development areas. 

We are looking for someone who is keen to make a difference in the sector, take wide responsibilities and progress professionally.
 

Essential:

• Degree in mechanical engineering. 
• Chartered status (CEng), or working towards chartered status, with a recognised professional institution.
• Experience of working as a mechanical engineer in a process industry.
• Strong communication skills with experience in effective collaboration across internal multi-disciplinary teams with other technical disciplines.
• Excellent technical report writing skills using concise English.
• Self-motivated and effective team player.
• A drive to be abreast of professional development and knowledge of current and emerging technical solutions.
• Flexibility to travel regularly to sites or other offices.

Desirable:

• A background knowledge and understanding of water and wastewater treatment equipment including pumping systems. 
• Experience in multidisciplinary outline, feasibility and detailed design within the UK water sector. 
• Proven project management experience.

 
If you meet most of these requirements, we would like to hear from you. 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

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