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Mott MacDonald is an employee-owned company offering a wide range of opportunities. Our pursuit of better solutions is built on our unique diversity, with engineering design, technical and management consultancy expertise across 12 core sectors. Progress and improvement are embedded in our culture, contributing to solutions that are more cost-effective, faster, easier and safer to build, sustainable, and that maximise social benefit. We are committed to supporting our customers, nurturing staff, protecting the environment and caring for our communities. By being a responsible corporate citizen, we aim to contribute to the long-term wellbeing of our company and all those we work with. Our ambition is that people should be able to pursue a long and rewarding career with Mott MacDonald. We look for creativity, energy and commitment from our graduates and in return we provide training and support to help you achieve your professional qualifications.
Keith Howells, Chairman
About Mott MacDonald The global management, engineering and development consultancy
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Mott MacDonald is engaged in tackling many of the world’s greatest challenges
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We used BIM for the design, procurement and scheduling of three eye-catching temporary structures for the shooting events at the London Olympic and Paralympic Games.
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HOW WE’RE ADDING VALUE 65% time-saving on construction
Buildings Cost and project management Environment Management consultancy Power Transport Water
Locations: Aberdeen, Altrincham, Birmingham, Brighton, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Croydon, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, London, Newcastle, Norwich, Reading, Sheffield
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ur building design teams cover all types of development including commercial, cultural and sports, retail, leisure, residential, health, education and transport. We work across civil, structural, mechanical, electrical and public health engineering disciplines. We design distinctive buildings that are a source of pride for the users and communities they serve, while keeping a sharp focus on economy, buildability, functionality and sustainability.
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Buildings Cost and project management Environment Management consultancy Power Transport Water
Locations: Altrincham, Birmingham, Croydon, Cumbria, Exeter, Glasgow, London
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ur construction economists specialise in the development and administration of construction contracts and cost management services. Activities include quantity surveying, developing business cases to secure funding, managing technical and commercial risks, and asset management. Our project management teams help clients to deliver projects on any scale, managing suppliers and contractors and taking an unbiased view of the entire process.
Degree disciplines we typically recruit: Quantity surveying, including building surveying Construction management
Project management Other disciplines, including business and geography
We provided quantity surveying services on the Emirates Arena and Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome in Glasgow, UK.
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2000 capacity, 250m long velodrome
Green Apple Environment Best Practice Awards – Green Practices: Silver Award
We provided detailed design of the central Felixstowe coastal defences in Suffolk, UK. We’re supporting the council’s regeneration initiative Felixstowe Futures, which aims to enhance the local environment and local resources, and increase economic vitality.
Buildings Cost and project management Environment Management consultancy Power Transport Water
Locations: Cambridge, Croydon, Glasgow, Leeds, Southampton
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ott MacDonald’s world-leading expertise in environmental services includes ecology, environmental impact assessments, landscape architecture, climate change, conservation and biodiversity enhancement, pollution monitoring and remediation, carbon footprinting, flood protection and waste management. We also help to establish business policy/strategy and environmental management plans, and advise on environmental risk and liabilities.
Degree disciplines we typically recruit: Civil engineering, including environmental and geotechnical engineering Environmental science Geography and geology
Hydrogeology Water management, including hydrology and water resource management
Hong Kong International Airport midfield concourse is a highly complex major project. Mott MacDonald led and co-ordinated the design as part of our work in a joint venture with Arup. The HK$10 billion project will provide 20 new ‘frontal’ aircraft parking stands enabling 10 million passengers a year to embark and disembark aircraft via air bridges.
Construction News Specialist Awards – Private Sector Project Excellence Award Green Apple Built Evironment Awards – Heavy Construction Project: Gold Award
Through innovation and value engineering, we’ve contributed to savings of six months on schedule and £25M on cost on Heathrow Airport’s Terminal 2B, BAA’s biggest airside project.
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Hong Kong Green Building Council Awards – Building Project Under Design: Merit Award
Buildings Cost and project management Environment Management consultancy Power Transport Water
Locations: Altrincham, Cardiff, Glasgow, London
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ur consultants work with public and private sector organisations to improve efficiency, enabling them to save money and achieve more. We help streamline project and programme delivery, equipping organisations with the right strategy, staffing and skills to attain and sustain success. We’re one of the world’s leading advisors in private finance, securing funding for projects and working with lenders to protect their investments.
Degree disciplines we typically recruit: Business or economics Consider other disciplines
Infrastructure Journal Awards – Renewables Deal of the Year
We’re pushing frontiers in solar energy on the Shams 1 power project, Abu Dhabi. The US$600 million, 100MWe installation uses parabolic mirrors to harness the sun’s thermal energy.
We were lenders’ technical advisor for development of Thornton Bank offshore wind farm, Belgium.
Buildings Cost and project management Environment Management consultancy Power Transport Water
Locations: Altrincham, Birmingham, Brighton, Glasgow, York
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e are one of the world’s leading power consultancies, with a global reputation for excellence across fuel supply, generation, transmission and distribution. We have experience in all technologies – wind, solar, hydroelectric, energy from biomass and waste, low carbon technologies, geothermal, nuclear and oil-and gas-fired generation.
Degree disciplines we typically recruit: Electrical engineering
Mechanical engineering
Renewable energy disciplines
Civil and structural engineering
Buildings Cost and project management Environment Management consultancy Power Transport Water
Locations: Altrincham, Birmingham, Bristol, Croydon, Derby, Glasgow, Liverpool, London, Reading, Southampton, York
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ith over 100 years’ experience, Mott MacDonald is one of the world’s leading transport consultancies. We deliver cutting-edge solutions for projects covering all forms of transport from railway systems and infrastructure, metros and light rail to highways, airports, ports and harbours, bridges and tunnels. We cover all stages of development from initial planning to design, implementation, commissioning and ongoing asset management.
Degree disciplines we typically recruit: Civil engineering, including architectural, geotechnical and structural engineering
Electrical engineering
Mechanical engineering, including aerospace
Other disciplines, including systems, fire and ergonomic engineering
Geology and geotechnical disciplines
British Construction Industry Awards – BIM Project Application Award
We have been involved in Victoria Station Upgrade project, London, since its inception and are working as detail designer for construction joint venture Taylor Woodrow-Bam Nuttall.
Light Rail Awards – Consultant of the Year
Mott MacDonald has supported Manchester Metro Link throughout its 21 year history.
We’re providing project management for the highly challenging US$226.6M New Irvington Tunnel and design on the US$392.6M replacement of Calaveras Dam. This will ensure the earthquake resilience of San Francisco Bay area’s water supply.
Buildings Cost and project management Environment Management consultancy Power Transport Water
Locations: Cambridge, Edinburgh, Leeds, Reading, Shifnal
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ur skills and breadth of expertise encompass all aspects of the water cycle including water resources, water supply and wastewater. Our teams of engineers and environmentalists cover flood risk management, urban drainage, coastal management, sludge disposal and catchment planning, providing services from investment planning to design and operational support.
Degree disciplines we typically recruit: Civil engineering, including environmental, geotechnical and structural engineering
Electrical engineering Chemical engineering
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I gained experience working in the potable water team, based in Cambridge, before moving to an onsite placement in Brighton, working on foul water projects. I’m currently based in Reading as part of the developer services team and I’d really like to work abroad in future. The key pull of the graduate development programme at Mott MacDonald is the company ethos. The atmosphere is great for young professionals. Everyone is approachable and willing to help. You can really expand your perspective as there are lots of highly experienced and qualified professionals happy to share their knowledge.
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The atmosphere in Mott MacDonald is inclusive and I’ve found staff to be enthusiastic and approachable.
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Engineering gives you the opportunity to see tangible results from your hard work.
MEng Civil and Structural Engineering, The University of Sheffield
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I chose engineering to problem solve, be practical and get my hands dirty from time to time.
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I was lucky enough to work on the structural design of Heathrow Terminal 2B, a £500M building that will eventually serve 20M passengers a year. As the project moved into the construction phase, I was able to take a role as part of Mott MacDonald’s construction support team based on site. This gave me the chance to see my designs being built and to experience the unique challenges of constructing such a complex structure.
The biggest challenge that I have faced was working on a project to upgrade the protection systems on a number of national grid overhead lines in Wales. This involved travelling to each site and surveying existing equipment, determining appropriate replacement protection relays and producing a suite of specification documents, all to a tight deadline.
ott MacDonald has successfully delivered some of the largest and most complex engineering projects in the world. The opportunity to be part of that was very exciting.
The role involved a lot more responsibility than I was expecting so early in my career. Although this was great experience, the complexity of the project and the speed of construction meant that, at times, the pressure was very high. However, the hard work has been worth it and the building is going to be very impressive when it opens.
wanted to work on a range of projects and challenges and consultancy offered this. I knew that Mott MacDonald’s graduate scheme was accredited by the IET and that I would receive first class support whilst working towards chartership.
I have also developed a financial model for the operation, maintenance and decommissioning of a proposed offshore network, composed of offshore platforms and high voltage subsea cables. This is an exciting project that pioneers a new way of efficiently connecting offshore wind power installations. My role involved understanding the proposed system, gathering specialist input from experts and developing a dynamic model that allows the client to analyse the costs of running and maintaining the system over its lifetime.
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e recognise that continuing your professional development is vital, not only for contributing towards Mott MacDonald’s future success but also for fulfilling your own aspirations. With no fixed length of scheme we realise that each of our graduates will have different ambitions as well as a diverse range of needs. Therefore, our training programme is designed to give you the support you need to drive your own career forward.
It’s down to you to balance work and training. So what should you expect from us? ►► The opportunity to join a multidisciplinary team involved in an array of projects at different phases, giving you vital on-the-job experience ►► Competency framework to work towards either an institution accredited scheme to gain chartered status or other professionally recognised qualification. Our accredited schemes include ICE, IStructE, IET, IMechE, CIBSE, RICS, CIHT, CIWEM and IOC ►► Mott MacDonald Academy offers four years of structured training delivered through intensive interactive modules and self-directed learning ►► Professional mentor to offer you advice on your development
►► A buddy who will introduce you to your team and office life ►► Access to our innovative graduate tool, UpGRADe, which allows you to record and manage your personal and professional development, work with your mentor to monitor progress and network with Mott MacDonald graduates worldwide ►► Online learning – over 200 courses available, all geared to enhance your development and covering topics such as IT packages, presentation skills and commercial awareness ►► Invitation to ‘launch your career’ weekend which is a great opportunity to learn about the company, network with other graduates and even meet members of our Board
Your development
COMPETITIVE SALARY
►► Competitive salary which is determined by your qualifications and the office where you will be based in the UK
SPORTS AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
►► Biannual salary reviews for your first three years with us
200 COURSES ONLINE LEARNING
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And that’s not all. We also offer:
►► Contributory pension scheme with the company matching up to 7% of your salary ►► 22 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, increasing with length of service ►► Flexible benefits scheme including buying and selling annual leave, season ticket loan, cycle to work scheme, additional critical illness cover, life assurace and private healthcare ►► Sports and social activities including annual sports day
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e understand the importance of giving you an insight into our exciting industry to help you understand how you apply what you’re learning into practice. As a result, we offer paid summer internships (6-12 weeks) and industrial placements (6-12 months) across most of our business sectors.
How involved you get is down to you but the more questions you ask, the better your experience with us will be. During your placement you will work with experienced teams, giving you the chance to test your technical skills and get a taste of what it’s like to be part of a global consultancy.
We place a lot of emphasis on giving you a realistic view of our world so you can decide if it’s the industry you want to work in. We look to recruit those students who have impressed us during their placements onto our graduate scheme, so remember this could be the start of your career with Mott MacDonald.
Our summer internships are normally during June to September and although we have offices across the UK, due to the length of our placements we encourage you to apply to locations where you will be able to arrange suitable accommodation. Many of our industrial students relocate and we are able to provide advice about finding suitable accommodation in the area.
Details about how to apply and the process involved can be found in the application section.
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OFFICES ACROSS THE UK
Inverness Aberdeen
Glasgow Edinburgh
Newcastle
York Liverpool Altrincham Chester
Industrial placements 6-12 months
Sheffield Derby
Shifnal
Birmingham Cardiff
Bristol Reading
Exeter
We look to recruit students who have impressed us onto our graduate scheme
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Norwich Cambridge
London Croydon Brighton
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ONLINE APPLICATION FORM
All of our schemes and other opportunities are advertised on our careers site: www.careers. mottmac.com/graduate
Our recruitment process opens on 1 October 2014 and continues through until the following March. Your application form will be used to match your skills to our needs.
Once you have decided you want to work for us, apply early as we fill our roles quickly. As the roles on our schemes are not fixed, closing dates sometimes change.
Application process
SHORT LISTED FOR INTERVIEW
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Format might include: – Interview – Written exercise – Presentation – Ability testing
Remember, interviews are a two-way process and your chance to establish if you would like to join us.
CV CIRCULATED BASED ON CRITERIA
If your application meets our entry criteria it will be circulated to the teams in the sectors and locations you want to work. If you are short listed for a role we will contact you to discuss the position and interview details. Interviews are
held in the office where the role is based, giving you an excellent opportunity to meet members of that team. Finally, it’s not just what you say that counts. Plan your journey, know who you’re going to meet, dress in business wear and
take a moment if you need it. All that’s left to do is keep an eye on our application page to keep up to date with positions and application process developments.
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How many graduates and students do you recruit each year? In 2014 we will recruit between 150 to 200 graduates on to our training scheme and 100 students for summer internships or industrial trainee placements.
When does your graduate scheme start? We do not have fixed start dates but most graduates start working for us between July and September. If a role requires a particular start date we will discuss this with you before the interview.
Do you only recruit the degree disciplines mentioned? The ones mentioned are the disciplines we have the most opportunities for. We sometimes have specific requirements for other disciplines – these opportunities will be advertised on our careers site.
Do you need industry experience to apply for the graduate scheme? No, although some experience is an advantage as it means you understand the work environment and have made an informed decision to work in our industry. If you are not due to graduate this year, we suggest you apply for one of our placements to gain experience.
As our requirements change each year, you can contact our team to discuss if there will be an opportunity that matches your skills. Please do not simply email your CV – you will be asked to apply for a specific vacancy being advertised. But you can submit your CV via our portal if there is not a role that matches what you are looking for.
What are your entry requirements for the graduate scheme? You should have achieved, or be predicted to achieve, a 2:1 or above in a relevant degree.
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Can you help engineering graduates with a BEng become chartered? Graduates with a BEng degree are supported and encouraged to gain an IEng qualification and then proceed to CEng. This can be done through the technical report route for your respective engineering institution. Alternatively, you can apply for funding to complete a postgraduate qualification. Do you have opportunities outside of the UK? Graduates we recruit for our UK training scheme will be based here, however, there are some opportunities for graduates to work overseas on projects. These opportunities depend on the sector you choose to work in and whether the current projects require the skills of a graduate.
SOME GRADUATES WORK ON OVERSEAS PROJECTS
Can graduates apply for summer internship or industrial placements? No, these placements are specifically for students. We sometimes require graduates on a temporary basis and these positions will be advertised on our careers site.
Graduate positions in other countries are advertised on our global careers site or you can contact our local offices – details can be found on our website. Remember to check whether you are eligible to work in the country you are applying for. Do you offer financial sponsorship to students? We are committed to supporting the students who will become the graduates of the future and that is why all of our placements are paid. We are involved in various schemes, such as the QUEST scholarship, but we do not currently offer financial sponsorship outside of these schemes.
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