Overview

Join to apply for the Water Quality Modeller role at Mott MacDonald.

Location/s: Brighton, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, London, Manchester, Sheffield, UK

Recruiter contact: Pranjali Ahuja

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 industries to deliver impactful projects and create opportunities for collaboration, learning, and growth. We are an employee-owned business that aims to empower everyone to feel valued and encouraged to be brilliant.

We welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds and skillsets who are interested in working within our Water Consultancy Division, which is a centre of excellence for responding to water and wastewater challenges.

Overview Of The Role

As a Water Quality Modeller, you will be part of a team of water resources, wastewater networks, river impact assessments and flood risk specialists. You will work with engineers, environmentalists and asset planners to develop catchment models and integrated drainage and river network models, using bespoke and industry standard water quality modelling packages. There are opportunities to get involved in systems modelling, hydrological modelling, hydrodynamic modelling and computational fluid dynamics across teams.

Your input will help project teams address storm overflows, water transfers, catchment contaminant contributions, and future discharge compliance in the context of climate change and population growth. You will contribute to solutions that benefit local communities and the environment.

Key Responsibilities And Duties

• Providing support and analytical skills to large datasets to identify explanatory factors and relationships for water quality assessment
• Supporting the team in delivering complex modelling projects by applying attention to detail and numerical skills
• Working with a project team to deliver accurate and timely outputs
• Presenting project outcomes internally and externally

There is an emphasis on river and catchment modelling to assess water quality compliance and mitigation, with work across coastal water quality investigations and nature-based solutions.

Candidate specification

We are looking for someone with a proven track record in the field and a passion for learning and innovating in this fast-moving discipline. You will need to have:

• Relevant degree-level qualifications (e.g. geography, mathematics, environmental sciences, civil engineering, or related disciplines)
• Knowledge of modelling processes e.g., hydrology, hydrodynamics, sediments and water quality processes
• Some understanding of water industry regulation related to water quality
• Experience with one or more industry standard software such as InfoWorks ICM, SIMCAT-SAGIS and/or MIKE11
• Experience with coding/statistical techniques is an advantage
• Willingness to innovate
• Excellent communication and written skills

UK Immigration

Mott MacDonald Ltd. is not currently offering sponsorship to candidates under the Skilled Worker visa route in the UK. We welcome applications from candidates eligible for alternative immigration routes that do not require sponsorship.

Agile working

We offer a hybrid working policy to support flexibility and well-being.

Equality, diversity, and inclusion

We promote equal opportunities for all and strive for an inclusive environment where everyone can contribute.

Accessibility

If you need support to apply or attend an interview, please contact reasonable.adjustments@mottmac.com.

Benefits

Health and wellbeing, financial wellbeing, lifestyle, enhanced family and carers leave, learning and development, and access to networks and social outcomes. Benefits include private medical insurance, health plans, pension matching, life assurance, income protection, holiday entitlement, and more as part of our flexible benefits program.

Application

Apply now for this role. Location(s) include Cambridge, Brighton, Leeds, Glasgow, Edinburgh, London, Sheffield, Bristol, Manchester. Contract Type: Permanent. Work Pattern: Full Time. Market: Water. Discipline: Planning and modelling. Job Ref: 9275. Recruiter Contact: Pranjali Ahuja.