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 the UK and Ireland’s water and wastewater challenges. The work we do is at the forefront of ensuring safe water supplies for future generations, preventing urban flooding, and improving the health of our rivers and coastal environments.
Our multi‑disciplinary teams provide a variety of services throughout the full project life cycle, from advisory services and feasibility studies to outline and detailed design. Together, we deliver best‑in‑class solutions to our clients while offering diverse and technically stimulating opportunities to our people.
Overview Of The Role
The Asset Management and Infrastructure Planning team is one of five sub‑sectors within our Water Utilities Division, which employs around 350 people across the UK.
We support water companies and other infrastructure providers in the UK and internationally across the following workstreams:
- Operational Advisory – providing technical and strategic support to water company operational teams
- Water resource investment planning
- Wastewater and bioresources investment planning
- Strategic asset management and business planning
- Integrated systems management
- Carbon and net zero appraisal and strategic planning
- Data analytics and decision support tools
- Technical assurance of statutory regulatory submissions such as annual performance reporting, business cases and business plans, long‑term strategic plans, operational performance and deliverables
- Contract’s appraisal (NEC, PPP)
Following recent successes in securing framework appointments, we are expanding our Operational Advisory team.
As an Operational Advisory Specialist, you will support water company clients in achieving their operational objectives across water and wastewater services. You will help develop strategic and tactical plans, support implementation, and lead change and performance‑improvement initiatives. You will also contribute to efficiency programmes and the development of innovative digital solutions.
This is an opportunity to play a key role in helping water companies meet their performance commitments, drawing on your understanding of operational and asset interventions to support a wide range of activities.
Candidate specification
Essential
- Working knowledge of water and/or wastewater operations
- Demonstrable track record of delivering change and performance improvement within an operational or asset management environment
- Strong critical thinking, problem‑solving, and analytical skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present complex technical analysis to non‑technical audiences (e.g., report writing and presentations)
- Strong team‑working skills, with the ability to motivate others to deliver high‑quality outputs
- Ability to influence outcomes and collaborate effectively with a wide range of stakeholders
- Understanding of the regulatory environment in which UK water companies operate
- Experience in developing and delivering regulatory submissions and associated outputs
Desirable
- Relevant engineering or other technical qualifications
- Institute of Asset Management (IAM) Certificate or Diploma in Asset Management
- Chartership (or working towards) with a relevant professional institution (e.g., environmental, engineering, or asset management)
- Experience in project delivery, client engagement, and/or consultancy
- Continuous improvement qualification and/or experience (e.g., Lean, Six Sigma) and/or project management accreditation
- Commercial awareness, including experience supporting proposal development and fee estimates
UK Immigration
Mott MacDonald Ltd. are not currently offering sponsorship to candidates under the Skilled Worker visa route in the UK. This decision is as a consequence of the changes made to the Skilled Worker route by the UK Government in April 2024. We continue to welcome applications from candidates who are eligible for alternative immigration routes in the UK, that do not require sponsorship as a Skilled Worker now or in future.
Agile working
At Mott MacDonald, we believe it makes business sense for you and your manager to choose how you can work most effectively to meet your client, team, and personal commitments. We offer a hybrid working policy that embraces your well‑being, flexibility, and trust.
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.
Benefits
Financial wellbeing
- We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.
- Life assurance equal up to 4 × your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6 × your salary.
- Our income protection scheme provides a financial benefit, as well as absence and return to work support due to long‑term illness or injury.
- Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing.
- As an independently owned business we share the financial success of the business with all our colleagues in various ways including annual bonus schemes.
Employee Ownership
- Our employee ownership model means no external investors, just us, creating a culture of shared success.
- Our employees have a stake and a voice in our business, giving them a direct connection to our success through our personal and group performance bonuses.
- As your career grows, so does your stake, recognising your long‑term impact and contribution.
- Your voice matters, with the opportunity to connect directly with senior leadership through formal channels to help shape our future.
- For our senior roles you will have a direct pathway towards ownership from day one.
Health and wellbeing
- Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues.
- Health cash plan to support you with every day health costs and treatments.
- Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues.
- A variety of wellbeing support is available through our comprehensive wellbeing program, including access for you and your family.
- Ability to flex your salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many of which can be extended to your family too.
Lifestyle
- A minimum of 33‑35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays and dependent on level, with the ability to buy or sell leave through our flexible benefits programme.
- Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years’ service.
- Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts from high‑street retailers.
Enhanced family and carers leave
- Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave.
- Our shared parental leave matches maternity leave meaning we pay up to 24 weeks at full pay.
- Up to five additional days leave are provided for those with significant caring responsibilities, two of which are paid.
Learning and development
- Primary annual professional institution subscription.
- A broad range of opportunities to enhance both technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self‑development options.
Networks, communities, and social outcomes
- Join a wide range of groups including our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities.
- Make a difference within our communities through our social outcomes.
Apply now, or for more information about our application process, click here.
Location(s): Reading, GB; Brighton, GB; Cambridge, GB; Croydon, GB; London, GB; Southampton, GB
Contract Type: Permanent
Work Pattern: Full Time
Market: Water
Discipline: Water
Job Ref: 14020
Recruiter Contact: Emma Cantley
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