Mott Macdonald
A global engineering, management, and development consultancy delivering innovative solutions.
Design Manager - Water
Lead design and delivery of clean water projects for UK water utility framework
Job Highlights
About the Role
• Lead a multi‑disciplinary team to deliver the clean water programme. • Ensure project delivery within agreed timeframes and budgets while maintaining technical excellence. • Act as primary client liaison, building strong relationships with client leadership. • Support business development by contributing to bids, fee proposals and service offers. • Review and sign‑off technical deliverables, calculations and reports.
Key Responsibilities
- ▸team leadership
- ▸project delivery
- ▸client liaison
- ▸business development
- ▸technical review
What You Bring
The role is available in multiple UK locations, including Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Croydon, London, Cambridge, Reading, Brighton, Leeds and Exeter. The successful candidate must hold Chartered Engineer status (CEng) with a recognised professional institution, possess an understanding of conventional and innovative water‑treatment technologies, and have a proven record of engineering technical leadership. Significant experience in developing and delivering feasibility and outline design solutions within the UK water sector is essential, as is the ability to support bids, review technical deliverables and communicate effectively across multidisciplinary teams and with clients. Desirable qualities include team‑building experience, knowledge of sustainability and wastewater investment drivers, and excellent technical report writing skills. Mott MacDonald does not currently sponsor Skilled Worker visas due to recent UK Government changes. Candidates must be eligible for alternative UK immigration routes that do not require sponsorship. • Hold Chartered Engineer status (CEng) with a recognised professional institution. • Demonstrate deep knowledge of conventional and innovative water‑treatment technologies. • Proven record of engineering technical leadership in the UK water sector. • Experience delivering feasibility studies and outline designs for water projects. • Strong communication and collaboration skills across internal and client teams. • Ability to mentor and develop junior staff (desirable). • Understanding of sustainability drivers and wastewater treatment investment trends (desirable). • Excellent technical report writing in concise English (desirable).
Requirements
- ▸chartered engineer
- ▸water treatment
- ▸technical leadership
- ▸feasibility design
- ▸communication
- ▸mentoring
Benefits
The company embraces agile working, offering a hybrid policy that balances client, team and personal commitments while supporting employee well‑being, flexibility and trust. Employees enjoy a comprehensive benefits package, including pension matching (4.5 %–7 %), life assurance up to four times salary, income protection, flexible benefits, employee ownership with performance bonuses, private medical insurance, health cash plans, generous holiday entitlement (33–35 days, rising after five years), enhanced family and caring leave, professional development subscriptions and access to diverse employee networks. • Hybrid/Agile working model offering flexibility and wellbeing focus. • Pension contributions matched between 4.5 % and 7 %. • Life assurance up to 4 × basic salary, with optional increase to 6 ×. • Income protection and flexible benefits including critical illness cover. • Employee ownership providing stake, voice and performance bonuses. • Private medical insurance and health cash plan for UK staff. • 33‑35 days annual holiday (increasing after 5 years) with buy‑sell option. • Enhanced family and caring leave, including 26 weeks paid maternity/adoption. • Dedicated learning and development budget and professional institution subscription. • Access to employee networks supporting LGBTQ+, gender, race, disability and carers.
Work Environment
Hybrid