Mott MacDonald
Project Design Engineer - Civil
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Project Design Engineer - Civil
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Mott MacDonald Bentley (MMB) is a fully integrated design and build business, combining the design expertise of Mott MacDonald with the contracting experience of JN Bentley, renowned for delivering award-winning projects.
A Game-Changing Opportunity
In November 2023, MMB secured its first-ever framework agreement with South West Water, serving 1.8 million customers across Cornwall, Devon, the Isles of Scilly, and parts of Dorset and Somerset. This multi-million-pound AMP8 contract (2024–2029, with potential extension to 2034) marks our first foray into the South West, where we’ll bring our innovative project delivery reputation to pioneering water and wastewater projects.
We’re already on-site fast-tracking existing work, and new projects will land in 2025. This role will let you drive creative, innovative solutions—hrering how MMB delivers affordable, high-impact infrastructure.
[Project Design Engineer – Civil] is a hybrid Project Management & Design Engineering role, combining leadership through outline to detailed design, site construction, and client handover—all within a multi-disciplinary team.
Why You’ll Thrive Here
✔ Diverse & dynamic work environment: Design-build blend: you’ll overlap design, execution, and client engagement—rare in most firms. ✔ Fast-track your Chartership: supported by mentorship, training, and hands-on experience from day one. ✔ See your work built: your designs will be realised on-site—no paper-pushing. ✔ Multi-skilled collaboration: work alongside Site Managers, Quantity Surveyors, civil/electrical/mechanical designers, BIM modellers, and process specialists. ✔ Agile working: blend office, remote, and site work to suit your balance—all within a South West Water framework, meaning long-term stability and impact.
What does success look like daily? bullet A "project triangle" partner: supporting Site Managers and Quantity Surveyors to align technical, constructability, and commercial needs—for water/wastewater viability—from brief to commissioning. ✔ Deliver on time, on budget, and to quality: lead full-lifecycle design (from feasibility to sign-off) and avoid technical or contractual delays. ✔ Team leadership: coordinate specialists (+), mentor junior team members, and foster a "one-team" culture with South West Water’s project and assurance teams. ✔ Client collaboration: keep stakeholders updated with clarity and purpose—bridging gaps between technical teams and commercial goals.
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Fit for the Role?
Here’s what we’re seeking:
- Accredited degree in Civil Engineering (plus)
- IEng (Incorporated) Member status required (or on tough to achieve)
- Power experience in outline + detailed design of water/wastewater projects
- CDM 2015 compliance knowledge (designer/principal designer duties)
What’s In It for You?
Financial & Professional Support
- Pension: we match contributions 4.5% – 7% (now, great value!)
- Complex bonus schemes: profit-sharing included.
- Full-subsidised professional institution fees.
Health & Work-Life Balance
- Minimum 33 days holiday (+ buy/sell/carryover options).
- Comprehensive cover: Life Assurance, PMII, Critical Illness, plus optional health screening.
- Discuss flexible working options—we’re as inclusive as we are proactive.
Your Growth
- Community initiatives: Equality Networks for LGBTQ+, gender, race/ethnicity, disability, and carers.
- Family-first policies: – 26 weeks paid maternity/adoption, – 2 weeks paid paternity/partner leave (standard) + shared parental leave. – Up to 2 extra paid days for those with significant caring responsibilities.
Career-Striding
“Threshold to Chartership from day one”: robust training + career-stream algorithms (not pseudoscience!). Get mentored + hands-on experience with projects that shadow real-world deployment.
�malt Disclosure
- No Skilled Worker visa sponsorship (per UK govt policy post-April ’24).
- Alternative visa eligibility more than welcome—our team is diverse and inclusive.
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Location
📍 Exeter, England
📅 Contract Type: Permanent, Full-Time 🔗 Market: Water & Wastewater Infrastructure 🏗 Discipline: Civil Design + Build / Engineering
📩 Contact for Applications: [emily.naylor@jnbentley.co.uk] | MMB Job Ref: 11364
About Mott MacDonald Bentley:
A 50+year-joint venture uniting contractor JN Bentley and design leader Mott MacDonald, working hand-in-hand to deliver visionary infrastructure, from future-ready water networks to flood-risk resilience.
Our Purpose
We advise clients on social, business, and tech fronts (invest in digital innovation). Our four pillars? Progress. Respect. Integrity. Drive.
Culture
- Human-centred values: Our team’s ideas, bravery, and empathy define our work. Diversity = asset.
- Participatory leadership: Inclusion+esteem drives outcomes.
- Investment: Will upgrade to 999k skills courses, leadership throws your aspirations years ahead.
Call Our Society Back
MMB doesn’t exist for the sake of existence—it improves services, builds infrastructure, ensures communities thrive. Every motorchair drain replacement or pumping-station up-grade here matters.
Diversity & Inclusion
All backgrounds are welcome.
MMB ensures application freedom, adaptation (e.g., disability access), and career exploration. If you partially fit, still apply—we’ll adjust workflows.
Inclusion Contacts: 01756 691572 | recruitment@jnbentley.co.uk
Equal Opportunities Policy: mottmac.com
Agile Workplace
Culture of flexibility: channel objectives through hybrid site/home/office models (backed by tech).
By Mott MacDonald – employer of 17k+, £2.7bn annual turnovers. Ranked Global Top 5 Engineering firm.*
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