Senior Consultant Assurance

Location/s:Bristol, Reading, Brighton, Leeds, Cambridge, London, Manchester, Cardiff; UK

Recruiter contact: Nicola Coyle

Mott MacDonald

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 Division

The Water Utilities Division is Mott MacDonald’s centre of excellence for responding to the UK and Ireland's water and wastewater challenges. The work we do is at the forefront of ensuring safe water supplies for future generations, preventing urban flooding, and improving the health of our rivers and coastal environments. Our multi-disciplinary teams provide a variety of services throughout the full project life cycle, from advisory services and feasibility studies to outline and detailed design. Together, we deliver best-in-class solutions to our clients while offering diverse and technically stimulating opportunities to our people.

Overview Of The Role

The Asset Management and Infrastructure Planning team is one of five sub-sectors within our Water Utilities Division, which employs around 350 people across the UK.

We Work In The Water Sector And With Other Infrastructure Providers Both In The UK And Internationally In The Following Workstream Areas

• Technical assurance of statutory regulatory submissions such as annual performance reporting, business cases and business plans, long term strategic plans, operational performance and deliverables

Water resource investment planning

Wastewater and bioresources investment planning

Strategic asset management and business planning

Carbon and net zero appraisal and strategic planning

Integrated systems management

Data analytics and decision support tools

Contract’s appraisal (NEC, PPP)

We have an exciting opportunity in our Technical Assurance workstream for a senior role. As a Senior Professional for Assurance, you will be at the heart of our assurance delivery for Clients, with contributions to our delivery capability. Reporting directly to the Workstream Lead, you will be an important part of our Assurance Team and the wider asset management practice community.

Candidate Specification

Essential

• Regulatory technical assurance experience linked to the water industry's AMP cycles
• Academic and professional qualifications, with relevant skills and experience
• Background of engineering, accounting/economics, asset management, auditing and technical assurance of statutory regulatory submissions such as annual performance reporting, business cases and business plans, long term strategic plans and deliverables

Skills in asset management ISO standards and requirements, technical audits, the assessment of regulatory requirements and impacts on service outputs, service metrics, performance commitments and the associated base and enhancement schemes

Experience of delivering technical assurance work with the constraints of regulatory submission timescales

Membership of a professional body and/or water regulatory networks

Capable of presenting assurance findings in a clear and understandable manner through formal and information presentations and assurance reports

Skills to adapt to changing situations and environments and to respond quickly and proactively to emerging opportunities and risks

Willingness to undertake assignments throughout the UK, as well as short international visits

 

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.

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.

Agile working

We are happy to talk openly about flexible working and how we can support your responsibilities beyond the workplace.

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.

Enhanced family and carers leave

• 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.
  
  

Learning and development

• 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.
  
  

Networks, communities, and social outcomes

• Join a wide range of groups including our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities.
• Make a difference within our communities through our social outcomes.
  
  

Apply now, or for more information about our application process, click here.

Location(s):

Brighton, GB Leeds, GB Cambridge, GB London, GB Cardiff, GB Reading, GB Bristol, GB Manchester, GB

Contract Type:

Permanent

Work Pattern: Full Time

Market: Various

Discipline: Water

Job Ref: 12092

Recruiter Contact: Nicola Coyle