Mott MacDonald is a wholly independent, employee-owned company with 13,000 staff working in all sectors from transport, energy, buildings, water and the environment to health and education, industry and communications. Mott MacDonald's US$1.5 billion business spans 140 countries with 13,000 staff The business is continually winning commercial and Industry awards, including being ‘International Consultancy of the year’ (NCE/ACE) and being placed 8th in the UK’s Sunday Times ‘20 Best Big Companies to Work For’ survey.
Mott MacDonald is a major player in the UK Light Rapid Transit market with close involvement in Nottingham Express Transit (NET), Manchester Metrolink, West Midlands Metro, Blackpool Tram, Cross River Tram and Croydon Tramlink, and similarly with the development of bus rapid transit schemes in Luton, Leigh, Leeds and Bath. Worldwide Mott MacDonald is involved in various LRT schemes in N. America, Europe the Middle East, including Vancouver, Seattle, St Petersburg and Antwerp. Mott MacDonald has a total Light Rapid Transit capability including comms, power supply, infrastructure, rolling stock, operations and procurement.
Job description
A specialist group within the Transportation division in the Leeds office has been established for rapid transit projects such as light rail, trams, trolley buses and BRT schemes. Due to increasing workload we are looking to recruit a chartered or nearly chartered transportation team leader to work on rapid transit projects. We now require a graduate to support further expansion of our busy and successful team.
The role will provide a range of challenging and dynamic projects where you will have the ability to receive and develop a brief and contribute to the development of the design and construction process.
The work will be primarily office based, but there may be an opportunity to supervise the construction of works.
Key elements of the role include:
• Involvement in a project or a small portfolio of projects of various sizes from conception through to completion
• Plan, design and implement LRT/highways/railways projects
• Preparation of documents, reports and health and safety risk assessments
• Having an appreciation of the roles of fellow professionals on multidisciplinary projects (Architect, Quantity Surveyor etc) and interfacing and coordinating with them appropriately
• Maintaining a comprehensive knowledge and appreciation of current technical engineering codes and practices and taking a ‘hands on’ role in technical matters both at project and divisional level
• Interpreting commercial and/or contractual aspects of correspondence with or between fellow professionals
Candidate specification
Essential qualifications, experience, competencies and skills:
• Degree qualified in a Civil Engineering or transport related subject
• Post graduate experience in highways or transportation
• Experience of working within multi-disciplinary teams
• Project administration experience
• The ability to communicate effectively and professionally with all levels of staff and clients (both written and orally)
Desirable qualifications, experience, competencies and skills:
• Previous Light Rapid Transit experience
• Experience of AutoCAD, Bentley MX
• Experience of LINSIG, TRANSYT, and ARCADY
• A working knowledge of the Design Manual for Roads and Bridges DMRB |
