Location
Brighton, Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Croydon, London, Reading, Southampton, UK (Preference for South UK offices: Cambridge, London, Croydon, Reading, Southampton)

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Competitive, dependent on experience

About the Role
Mott MacDonald is a global engineering, management, and development consultancy dedicated to improving society through social outcomes, excellence, and digital innovation. We are proud to be recognised as a top employer and inclusive company in the UK. Our Environment and Sustainability Services (ESS) team, comprising over 100 professionals across 18 UK offices, is expanding and seeking a Senior Associate to provide technical leadership in Water Resource Planning – Environment.

The water sector is central to our heritage, working closely with UK water and sewerage companies. We lead in water resource planning and environmental assessment, supporting Water Resource Management Plans (WRMP), Drought Management Plans (DMP), and Drainage and Wastewater Management Plans (DWMP). This role will lead environmental assessment capabilities, delivering Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA), Habitats Regulations Assessment (HRA), Natural Capital Assessment, and Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) assessments.

You will provide technical leadership, drive innovation and sustainable outcomes, and influence design solutions at project and programme levels. You will engage strategically with clients and stakeholders from public and private sectors through consultations, workshops, inquiries, and industry events. Additionally, you will contribute to fee estimates, proposals, business development, and growing our ESS services.

This is an exciting opportunity to lead environmental technical delivery on major water resource projects within a forward-thinking, inclusive team.

Experience
- Proven experience in strategic water planning including Water Resource Management Plans, Regional Water Resource Plans, Drought Plans, and Drainage and Wastewater Management Plans (essential)
- Experience leading environmental assessments in the water sector or related sectors (desirable)
- Significant expertise in one or more of the following: Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA), Habitats Regulations Assessment (HRA), Natural Capital Assessment (NCA)

About you
- Strong leadership skills with experience managing multi-disciplinary teams to deliver high-quality environmental and sustainability outputs
- Client-facing experience with the ability to build relationships and influence stakeholders to achieve positive outcomes
- Well organised with excellent planning and management skills, capable of producing high-quality deliverables and managing budgets and programmes
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Creative problem solver with a commitment to continual improvement

Qualifications
- Minimum of a Bachelor's degree in a related technical subject (essential)
- Master's degree in a relevant subject (desirable)
- Chartered status with a professional institution such as CIWEM or IEMA, or equivalent (desirable)