Senior Consultant Assurance NEW

Job description

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.
• Ability to flex your salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many of which can be extended to your family too.

Financial wellbeing

• We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.
• Life assurance equal up to 4 x your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6 x your salary.
• Our income protection scheme provides a financial benefit, as well as absence and return to work support due to long-term illness or injury.
• Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing.
• As an independently owned business we share the financial success of the business with all our colleagues in various ways including annual bonus schemes.

Lifestyle

• A minimum of 33-35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays and dependent on level, with the ability to buy or sell leave through our flexible benefits programme.
• Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years’ service.
• Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts from high-street retailers.

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.