Graduate Water Systems & Asset Consultant

Strategic Thinking. Sustainable Solutions. Meaningful Impact.

At Mott Mac Donald, we’re driven by purpose—delivering strategic advisory services that help shape resilient, efficient, and sustainable infrastructure. As a graduate in our Asset Management & Infrastructure Planning sub-sector, you’ll be part of a team that’s helping utilities, regulators, governments, and global organisations make smarter decisions for the future of water and wastewater services.

We’re proud to be employee‑owned, which means our people shape our direction. You’ll be supported by a culture that values innovation, wellbeing, and continuous learning. Whether you’re passionate about performance improvement, investment strategy, or climate resilience, this is your opportunity to make a real difference.

You’ll work alongside experienced consultants and technical specialists on projects that influence infrastructure policy, investment, and performance. Depending on your interests and background, you may be involved in:

Asset Management

• Supporting clients in improving how they plan, deliver, and operate asset portfolios.

• Assessing utility performance and developing strategies to enhance efficiency, resilience, and environmental protection.

• Improving asset data collection and analysis to inform sustainable investment decisions.

Infrastructure Planning & Advisory

• Contributing to feasibility studies, water resource strategies, and business case development.

• Supporting regulatory advisory services and helping clients meet performance targets.

• Advising on carbon reduction, net zero strategies, and systems thinking approaches.

• Engaging in project finance advisory and investment appraisal for major infrastructure programmes.

Candidate Specification

We are looking for committed and motivated graduates with a genuine passion and a desire to make a difference in the world. If this describes you, apply today to launch your career at Mott Mac Donald.

To be eligible for this opportunity, you will havesome relevant experience(excluding placements
) and have a minimum of a bachelor’s degree (obtainedno earlier than 2024) or expected to achieve one, in one of the following degree disciplines:

• Engineering

• Geography or

• an MSc in either asset management, water policy, water resources, water engineering, systems, data science, climate change, or environmental engineering

In your application, you should aim to demonstrate your genuine interest in both the opportunity and in joining Mott Mac Donald. You can do this by highlighting any relevant experience or interests - such as modules you've studied, previous work experience, or any research you've undertaken about our company, values, and projects.

We personally review every completed application form we receive as this part of our selection process is entirely human led, we do not use AI tools at this stage and kindly expect you not to either. We want you to answer each application question with authenticity so we can get to know the real you. Joining us as a graduate is your opportunity to shape your own story

• Proactively takes initiative to complete tasks efficiently and independently.

• Communicates effectively and clearly with clients and colleagues.

• Delivers high quality written work with high attention to detail and clarity.

• Demonstrates a structured and analytical approach to problem solving.

As we want the best people for the role, we support adaptable working. Please ask us at interview stage about any adaptability you may need.

Our ethos is to develop, train and retain our graduates and therefore we are looking for a long‑term relationship with our graduates. For this reason, we cannot accept applications from candidates who would be working under the Graduate visa route or other time‑limited visas, (irrespective of visa duration), due to their temporary nature and the requirement for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route in future.

We continue to welcome applications from candidates who are eligible for alternative immigration routes in the UK.

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