Principal Ports Engineer - Defence
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Occupation Type
Civil engineers
Occupation Code Skill LevelHigher Skilled
Sponsorship Salary Threshold
£50,400
(£25.85 per hour)
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Description
Location/s:Bristol, Croydon, Liverpool, Newcastle, Southampton; UK
Recruiter contact: Ainsley Anstess
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 Business Unit
Recruiter contact: Ainsley Anstess
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 Business Unit
We help conceive, drive, and implement transport solutions for cities, regions, and asset owners/operators around the globe. From preparing the business case and advising on related issues - such as revenue, procurement, and environmental legislation - to delivering the completed infrastructure and helping maintain it. Our planning, engineering, environmental and management skills cover the whole project cycle. We play a major role in developing and delivering the Global Transport Sector Strategy.
Overview Of The Role
We are looking to appoint a Principal Ports Engineer with Defence experience who will join the Ports Coastal and Offshore (PCO) Team within our Aviation, Maritime and Offshore (AMO) Division.
Mott MacDonald’s teams support a wide range of clients including the UK Ministry of Defence, NATO,and international partners across land, air, maritime, and nuclear domains. Recent projects include the modernisation of submarine facilities at Devonport and Clyde, and support for the AUKUS submarine partnership.
You will use your high standard of technical capability to deliver projects within the maritime sector, and guide and develop other members of the team on technical aspects of projects, particularly with respect to maritime defence sector opportunities.
You will primarily be involved in leading technical infrastructure design projects for dockyards, shipyards and ports, including docks, jetties, dolphins, quay structures, dredging, breakwaters and revetments.
You will collaborate with colleagues in a constructive manner on projects, sharing knowledge freely and work constructively to bring projects to a successful outcome to meet or exceed targeted profit, deadlines and output quality.
You will contribute to bidding and winning work, using your knowledge of clients and your understanding of the technical requirements and risks associated with the prospects.
Candidate specification
Overview Of The Role
We are looking to appoint a Principal Ports Engineer with Defence experience who will join the Ports Coastal and Offshore (PCO) Team within our Aviation, Maritime and Offshore (AMO) Division.
Mott MacDonald’s teams support a wide range of clients including the UK Ministry of Defence, NATO,and international partners across land, air, maritime, and nuclear domains. Recent projects include the modernisation of submarine facilities at Devonport and Clyde, and support for the AUKUS submarine partnership.
You will use your high standard of technical capability to deliver projects within the maritime sector, and guide and develop other members of the team on technical aspects of projects, particularly with respect to maritime defence sector opportunities.
You will primarily be involved in leading technical infrastructure design projects for dockyards, shipyards and ports, including docks, jetties, dolphins, quay structures, dredging, breakwaters and revetments.
You will collaborate with colleagues in a constructive manner on projects, sharing knowledge freely and work constructively to bring projects to a successful outcome to meet or exceed targeted profit, deadlines and output quality.
You will contribute to bidding and winning work, using your knowledge of clients and your understanding of the technical requirements and risks associated with the prospects.
Candidate specification
You Will Also Be Able To Demonstrate The Following
It’s an exciting time for our Ports Coastal and Offshore Team with major project success and workload growth. Mott MacDonald is one of the global leaders advising a broad range of clients in the planning, design and construction of a range of ports, coastal and offshore infrastructure. This extends to all stages in the project cycle, from developing business cases and feasibility studies to design and engineering, and then onto tendering, contract administration, construction supervision, maintenance and decommissioning.
Please be advised that offers for this role are conditional upon obtaining the appropriate level of Security Clearance.
UK Immigration
- A degree in Civil/ Structural Engineering (or equivalent)
- Chartered with a relevant professional institution (or equivalent)
- Experience working in and around multi-disciplinary projects, ideally within Ports, Coastal or Offshore environments
- Familiarity with industry codes & standards
- Strong communication, team working and problem-solving skills
It’s an exciting time for our Ports Coastal and Offshore Team with major project success and workload growth. Mott MacDonald is one of the global leaders advising a broad range of clients in the planning, design and construction of a range of ports, coastal and offshore infrastructure. This extends to all stages in the project cycle, from developing business cases and feasibility studies to design and engineering, and then onto tendering, contract administration, construction supervision, maintenance and decommissioning.
Please be advised that offers for this role are conditional upon obtaining the appropriate level of Security Clearance.
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.
We Offer Some Fantastic Benefits Including
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.
We Offer Some Fantastic Benefits Including
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.
- We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.
- Life assurance equal up to 4 x your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6 x 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.
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 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.
- 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.
- Join a wide range of groups including our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities.
Location(s):
Croydon, GB Southampton, GB Bristol, GB Newcastle Upon Tyne, GB Liverpool, GB
Contract Type: Permanent
Work Pattern: Full Time
Market: Transport
Discipline: Maritime
Job Ref: 12891
Recruiter Contact: Ainsley Anstess