Mott Macdonald
A global engineering, management, and development consultancy delivering innovative solutions.
Senior Process Engineer - Southern England
Senior process engineer delivering water & wastewater design, analysis & project leadership
Job Highlights
About the Role
Key duties involve preparing studies, reports, process calculations and drawings to support other disciplines, conducting root‑cause analyses of water‑treatment plants, supporting business development activities, and mentoring a team of engineers and scientists with potential future line‑management responsibilities. • Prepare studies, reports, process calculations and drawings to support multidisciplinary deliverables. • Conduct water‑treatment plant and process root‑cause analysis reviews. • Provide specialist support for business development, bids and fee proposals. • Mentor and develop engineers and scientists, with potential line‑management responsibilities. • Deliver outline, feasibility and detailed process‑engineering designs for UK/Ireland water projects using appropriate calculation tools.
Key Responsibilities
- ▸process calculations
- ▸root‑cause analysis
- ▸design delivery
- ▸business development
- ▸mentoring
- ▸water design
What You Bring
Candidates must hold a degree in Chemical Engineering or a related field, possess Chartered Engineer status, and have deep expertise in conventional and innovative water‑treatment technologies, along with a proven record of delivering process‑engineering designs and technical leadership in the UK/Ireland water sector. Desirable experience includes building junior teams, understanding sustainability needs and the ability to travel to project sites. • Hold a degree in Chemical Engineering (or related) and Chartered Engineer status (CEng). • Demonstrate deep knowledge of conventional and innovative water‑treatment technologies and low‑carbon solutions. • Exhibit strong technical report writing and client‑facing communication skills. • Desirable: experience building junior teams, understanding sustainability needs, and ability to travel to sites across Ireland and the UK.
Requirements
- ▸chemical eng
- ▸chartered
- ▸water‑treatment
- ▸low‑carbon
- ▸report writing
- ▸technical leadership
Benefits
Mott MacDonald offers agile, hybrid working, emphasizes equality, diversity and inclusion, and provides accessibility support throughout the recruitment process. The employee value proposition includes generous pension matching, life assurance, income protection and flexible benefits; an employee‑ownership model with performance bonuses; private medical insurance and wellbeing programmes; a minimum of 33‑35 days paid holiday with buy‑or‑sell options; enhanced family and carers leave; continuous learning and development opportunities; and vibrant networks supporting diverse employee communities. • Financial wellbeing benefits include pension matching (4.5‑7 %), life assurance up to 4 × salary, income protection and flexible benefits with annual bonus schemes. • Employee‑ownership model provides personal and group performance bonuses and stake‑holding opportunities. • Health and wellbeing offerings include private medical insurance, health cash plan and comprehensive wellbeing programmes for employees and families. • Lifestyle benefits: minimum 33‑35 days annual holiday (increasing after 5 years) with buy‑or‑sell options and employee saving schemes. • Enhanced family and carers leave: 26 weeks paid maternity/adoption, 24 weeks shared parental pay, and additional caring days. • Learning and development through professional institution subscriptions, mentoring, formal training and self‑development options. • Access to employee networks supporting LGBTQ+, gender, ethnicity, disability and parent/carer communities.
Work Environment
Hybrid