Mott Macdonald
A global engineering, management, and development consultancy delivering innovative solutions.
Senior Water Quality Modeller
Deliver complex water quality and hydrodynamic modelling projects for UK and international clients.
Job Highlights
About the Role
Your work will help project teams address cross‑catchment transfers, storm overflows and infrastructure discharges, ensuring compliance under climate change and population growth, preventing sewage pollution and exploring nature‑based solutions. This delivers strategic engineering outcomes and lasting benefits for local communities and the environment worldwide. • Deliver complex water quality modelling projects, collaborating with multidisciplinary experts. • Analyse large datasets to extract patterns and provide insights for environmental and social outcomes. • Contribute technical input to proposals, business development and new work acquisition. • Manage client relationships and oversee project delivery. • Mentor and support junior staff where possible.
Key Responsibilities
- ▸water modelling
- ▸data analysis
- ▸client management
- ▸project delivery
- ▸mentoring
- ▸business development
What You Bring
The company commits to equality, diversity and inclusion, seeking a workforce reflective of the communities it serves, and provides support for disabled candidates throughout the recruitment process. Flexible and agile working arrangements are available, and the firm does not currently sponsor Skilled Worker visas following UK policy changes. • Degree in geography, mathematics, environmental science, civil engineering or related field. • Chartered professional status with a relevant body. • Proven delivery of SOAF, UPM or river modelling projects for UK water companies. • Strong understanding of hydrodynamics, sediments and water quality processes. • Proficiency with InfoWorks, MIKE11 or similar industry software. • Ability to innovate and guide junior colleagues. • Coding and statistical analysis experience. • Experience in source apportionment, catchment modelling or nature‑based solutions.
Requirements
- ▸chartered
- ▸civil engineering
- ▸infoworks
- ▸mike11
- ▸hydrodynamics
- ▸catchment modelling
Benefits
Mott MacDonald offers a career culture that blends heritage, vision and values, encouraging innovative thinking, technical or commercial progression, and employee‑owned flexibility. Employees have control over their career path and technical direction, with opportunities to take on new challenges and greater responsibilities. • Private medical insurance, health cash plan, menopause support and comprehensive wellbeing program. • Pension matching (4.5‑7 %), life assurance up to 4‑6 x salary, income protection and flexible benefits including bonus schemes. • 33‑35 days annual holiday (increasing to 35 after 5 years) with buy‑sell options and employee discounts. • Enhanced family leave: 26 weeks paid maternity/adoption, 2 weeks paternity, shared parental up to 24 weeks full pay, additional caring days. • Professional development via institution membership, mentoring, formal training and self‑development opportunities. • Access to employee networks supporting LGBTQ+, gender, ethnicity, disability and parent/carer communities. • Flexible and agile working arrangements, including part‑time options.
Work Environment
Hybrid