Principal Wet Utilities Engineer

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About the role:

We are seeking a qualified and motivated Senior Wet Utilities Engineer to join our growing infrastructure team in Riyadh. In this role, you will lead the design and delivery of water, wastewater, irrigation, and stormwater infrastructure projects across Saudi Arabia, working closely with multidisciplinary teams, clients, developers, and regulatory authorities. You will contribute throughout the project lifecycle, from master planning and hydraulic modelling to detailed design and approvals, helping deliver sustainable, innovative, and high-quality utility solutions that support major urban and infrastructure developments.

Key responsibilities and duties are listed below

- Prepare reports and design documentation for water, wastewater, irrigation and storm water infrastructure projects

- Supervise hydraulic modelling for water, wastewater, irrigation and storm water and hydraulic calculations

- Ensure quality and timely delivery of Wet utility associated deliverables in accordance with the project time schedule

- Ensure that the Wet Utility designs are in accordance with the appropriate design standards and Contract requirements

- Liaise with other disciplines to coordinate the wet utility design and ensure a complete a holistic design is delivered to the client

- Ensure best practice is incorporated into design submissions

- Look for continuous improvement initiatives to improve productivity, including being up to date with technology for innovative delivery methods

- Conduct a technical review on progress and provide design updates to the project design managers, project managers and where required clients

- Check deliverables produced by others for Wet Utilities to ensure quality requirements are met

- Liaise and meet with developers, clients or stakeholders to gain the required approvals and present proposals for acceptance

- Coordinate aspects of projects submittal and deliverables, reviews and approvals against contract requirements. Report and advise on deviations from the same

- Where required assist in providing design inputs into other discipline reports.

- Outline cost and quantity estimation for wet services

- Support continuous improvement and digital ways of working, sharing knowledge and lessons learned.

- Demonstrate safe, ethical and inclusive behaviours aligned to Mott MacDonald value

Candidate Specification:

- Minimum Bachelors’ Degree in Civil Engineering;

- Professional qualified (CEng or similar) with membership in a professional institution, such as ICE (Institution of Civil Engineers),

- Post graduate and significant experience, preferably in a design consultancy undertaking design work

- Experience working across the design life cycle, from master planning to detailed design

- Strong experience in design of pressurised and gravity systems using Civil3D

- Strong experience Hydraulic modelling of pressurised and gravity systems

- Ability to manage a design and approval process interfacing with the project team, clients and stakeholders

- Able to manage multiple teams with diverse backgrounds in geographically and culturally diverse teams

- Experience of design and approval of infrastructure projects in KSA

- Sound knowledge of local authority requirements, guidelines and standards within Saudi Arabia

- Continuously looking for innovations and improvements to manage workload and accomplish deliverables across individuals, teams and projects

- Adopting an adaptive mindset and using strategic and critical thinking to approach problems in a new way

- Ability to deal efficiently with priorities and manage time appropriately

- Experience in ProjectWise, Infraworks, Navisworks, Openutilities etc is preferable

- A dedicated team player with strong interpersonal and communication skills, both oral and written

- Ability to effectively communicate at all levels including external stakeholders

- Adopting a proactive approach towards complex tasks and overall delivery

- Willingness to travel for short term assignments would be preferred.

Your benefits and rewards

Our benefits vary by country and are subject to eligibility and local policy:

- Rewards and bonuses: we are owned by our people (no external investors) and through our employee ownership model success is shared through annual bonus opportunities and longer-term participation as your career grows (subject to local plan, eligibility and business performance)

- Medical insurance and life insurance as per local plan (standard and enhanced coverage may vary by country and policy).

- Annual leave in line with local policy (competitive within the market).

- Maternity leave above and beyond local provisions and paternity leave provisions where applicable

- Professional membership/ institution subscription support

- Learning and career development through project variety, technical networks and structured development opportunities.

- An inclusive culture: we’re committed to equality, diversity and inclusion, and creating a workplace where everyone feels valued and supported.