Founded over 150 years ago MWH has grown to become a global leader in power, water and wastewater. There are now more than 7,000 employees working across the globe on some of the biggest projects around. Over the decades the company has expanded its core competencies from water and wastewater into a wide range of environmental and business services. 

MWH is the largest engineering consultancy firm within the UK water industry (New Civil Engineer Consultants File 2008). Thanks to its reputation and the skills of its teams the company has been able to win some of the biggest contracts in the sector. Examples of success include projects such as Almond Valley and Seafield PFI where MWH is undertaking a 30-year project to improve the costal waters in the Firth and Forth by improving four major wastewater treatment plants, and the refurbishment of the Thirlmere Aqueduct.

MWH’s UK business continues to grow and the company has recently opened new offices in Solihull and Crawley. MWH is continually seeking talented people to join them from various engineering disciplines including Civil, Structural, Geotechnical, Electrical, Process, and Mechanical. A variety of opportunities exist across the UK, including:  

Wastewater Network Modellers - various locations
Senior Civil Engineer - Bradford 
Civil Engineer (Aqueducts) - Warrington 
Project Controls Manager - Whitehaven, Cumbria 

For a full list of current vacancies please click HERE. 

As an accomplished consultant within the water industry, MWH is now expanding its expertise and skills into new sectors. As part of this growth and diversification, MWH has developed three additional business units; Project Services, Natural & Built Environment and MWH Business Solutions. These other areas within the business focus on project management, environmental consultancy and business consultancy.

Project Services

Building on their success at the APM awards over the past two years, MWH Project Services has been launched to harness the company’s project and programme management expertise to the benefit of its rapidly growing client base. The creation of this new business unit allows MWH to deliver world-class projects, portfolios, programme and commercial services.

Created in January 2008, MWH Project Services has grown rapidly and the company is working with a number of esteemed clients across a variety of sectors including Nuclear, Power, Health and Transport. MWH Project Services is a trusted leader in project management, with project managers based across many of the MWH UK offices and client sites.  

Project Managers (transport) - Warrington 
Head of Transport - Warrington 
Project Managers (various disciplines) - East Kilbride and Edinburgh

MWH Business Solutions

MWH Business Solutions is focused on assisting MWH clients to optimise their performance through their people, business processes and technologies. Whether implementing a new IT application in one department, or enabling an enterprise wide Capital and Operational Improvement Programme, MWH Business Solutions seeks to help clients do more with less.

MWH Business Solutions comprises of four interlinking teams: Strategic Investment Planning; Technology Implementation; Management Consulting and Programme Management Service and Tools. Working closely with the client, Business Solutions uses the expertise within the four divisions to provide clients with a comprehensive service and solution. Initially created to assist MWH clients within the water industry, MWH Business Solutions now provides its services to various clients across many industry sectors. In addition to growing successfully within the UK, Business Solutions has now expanded across other geographical areas, including the Middle East. 

Senior Consultant / Client Manager - various locations
Senior Management Consultant and Project Manager - various locations

Natural & Built Environment

The Natural & Built Environment team is one of the main driving forces for change as MWH aims to 'Build a Better World'. The Natural & Built Environment team is based across various MWH UK offices and consists of a multi–disciplinary team including environmental scientists, ecologists, environmental impact assessors, hydrogelogists / hydrologists and sustainability consultants. The team works on a various projects within waste management, land quality, environmental impact assessment & planning, sustainability, water resource & flood risk and compliance & permitting.  

Principal Hydrogeologist / Principal Land Quality Engineer - Belfast 
Principal Hydrogeologist / Principal Land Quality Engineer - Edinburgh 

Working with MWH

MWH is a dynamic place to work offering a range of excellent projects, benefits and opportunities - no matter what stage you are at in your career.

The company recognises and rewards the right skills and experience, and offers benefits to attract and retain the best in their fields. The benefits and rewards of joining MWH go beyond the competitive financial package. Join MWH and you will be joining an organisation that knows where it is heading, values its people, and is genuinely committed to its global purpose of building a better world.

Career Development

MWH knows that its continuing success and development depends on yours. So it goes all the way when it comes to giving you the support you need to be the very best. Of course you'll be working with some of the biggest and most respected names in the business, benefiting from their experience and there's structured on-the-job mentoring along with regular training, seminars and conferences.  

MWH has an open culture too. MWH provides an atmosphere for teamwork and collaboration that will welcome your ideas and an environment that nurtures your potential. In MWH, every employee is treated with respect and dignity. The company is committed to knowledge sharing and uses an array of tools and methods to both facilitate and encourage this.

As a global firm, MWH also has excellent opportunities for international work - either as a member of project teams or through secondment or transfer to one of its network of offices. In addition to travel opportunities, one of the benefits of a diverse client base and work portfolio is allowing individuals to select career paths that include technology, project management, business management, business development, client service management and business support.

Rewards & Recognition

At MWH reward & recognition is not just confined to salary. For permanent employees a competitive package, which includes private health care, contributory pension scheme and generous annual leave entitlement, is on offer.

The company’s managers have the discretion to award permanent staff with spot bonuses and the annual ‘PRIDE of MWH Awards’ are presented to employees across the EMEAI (Europe, Middle East, Africa and India) region in recognition of actions and behaviours that support the company values and achievement of its visionary goals. 

MWH actively promotes a positive work/life balance and offers part time working, flexible start and finish times and the option of working from home (where appropriate).

Community Participation

At MWH great pride is taken in getting involved in community projects, both corporately and individually. MWH is a major sponsor for WaterAid and RedR and they have also contributed some of their expertise to a number of life saving projects, including the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

Recently, 40 staff took part in the Great Manchester Run for WaterAid and MWH staff from across the UK have helped to turn an abandoned area of overgrown wilderness in the grounds of a primary school into an interactive play and learn area for the children. As an accolade to the company’s success, it was awarded the Warrington Business Award for Community and Environment 2008.

To apply for the latest MWH vacancies, please click HERE.

PROFESSIONAL PROFILES:

Christine Houlton – Senior Business Consultant

		I started work… In the Customer Service Department at Barclaycard after leaving school at 16 with O-Levels. Working my way through various departments up to Implementation Planning Manager, I was made redundant after 20 years and moved to a small independent GIS Consultancy. I worked as an Office Manager here wearing a variety of hats, from HR through to Facilities Manager. I joined MWH because… I saw this as an opportunity to grow my career within a large and diverse global organisation, and this has certainly been the case. Six years ago I joined MWH as an Admin Team Leader and, since joining, I progressed into a facilitation role and now work within Business Solutions as a Senior Business Consultant on various projects and workshops.

The variety of my role, and the opportunity to work with such a wide range of clients. Currently I am working on projects involving stakeholder engagement, business process mapping and change management.

The best thing about working for MWH is…

MWH has a fantastic ‘caring’ culture, which is underlined by their HR processes. This includes initiatives such flexible working hours, global knowledge communities and even the smaller things - like our recycling initiatives and fair trade tea and coffee. It is also reflected in the people here – I don’t know how they manage it, but everyone at MWH is friendly and supportive and there is always a great exchange of ideas. 

Projects I am working on at the moment…

Recently I have facilitated workshops for a number of large clients including Northumbrian Water, Scottish Water, National Grid and the NDA. Workshops have been on a number of topics including risk management, team building, value management and project workshops.

Where do you see your career and MWH going in the future?

All I want from my job is to be involved in interesting work that stretches me all the time and I feel that it is testament to MWH, as I have been here for six years. I have constantly been stretched and given new opportunities, and with the current growth the organisation is going through, I see no reason for this to end.

Gary Ryder – Senior Project and Commercial Manager

		I started work… Over 30 years ago, I started work at George Wimpey and Company as a Junior Site Engineer based in their Manchester office. They allowed me day release to study for my ONC and HNC at Wigan Technical College and also provided me with three months full time training at their training school in London. This was a great experience and overall the training provided was first class. I moved after five years to Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council working in their main drainage section where I gained great experience and worked with some very talented engineers - a few of whom I still work with today. Before joining MWH, I worked for North West Water and Bechtel, based in their Design & Construction teams. My most recent role was managing the close down phase of United Utilities £2.5 billion pound asset management programme - which was an enormously exciting and rewarding opportunity.

I transferred from Bechtel to MWH because they were successful in winning the United Utilities AMP3 programme and, from the start, I really enjoyed the whole set up and ethos - so much so I have now been with MWH for eight years.

The best part of my job is…

Working on exciting programmes, delivering complex projects and working with people who come up with great solutions.

The best thing about working for MWH is…

The opportunities that the company can offer to all staff, regardless of career level or specialisation. It is not uncommon for staff to move all over the world, working on great projects and experiencing new cultures and lifestyles.

Projects I am working on at the moment…

Traditionally MWH is recognised for providing design services for water clients, however MWH has provided programme and project management services to clients all around the world for a number of years and 30% of all our work is programme based. Some of those we provide these services are the Nuclear, Health, Defence Transport and Power Sectors.

Where do you see your career and MWH going in the future?

I see MWH going from strength to strength. When I joined, MWH had approximately 4,000 staff now we have nearly 7,000 and I see this number growing despite the shortage of engineers and the credit crunch. On a personal level, I am enjoying my current role helping to develop a new Business Unit but the one thing you can rely on with MWH is there is always a new opportunity just around the corner. 

Nick Gill – Principal Environmental Scientist

		I started work… After finishing my degree in Life Science & Environmental Pollution, and working voluntarily for a small period of time as a Countryside Ranger, I decided to go back to university and study for a post-graduate qualification in Rural Resource (Land Management and Conservation). After graduating I had a number of jobs in all various areas of environmental work including working for UK Waste as a trade waste auditor, working as an Environmental Co-ordinator and a Group Environmental Manager for a growing food manufacturing company and even testing chocolate as a Lab Technician. All these roles allowed me to gain experience in PPC (pollution prevention & control) and new EP (environmental permitting), waste and water and energy efficiency as well as other areas.

Two years ago I joined MWH as a Principal Environmental Scientist. My previous role was working within a small office environment with a team of just 6 people, and I felt there was no real progression there. MWH offered an opportunity to work on different projects for different clients and I saw this as a great opportunity to progress my career.

The best part of my job is…

Developing the people around me, I have the opportunity and the autonomy to grow my own business area in Compliance & Planning and develop new products for clients.

The best thing about working for MWH is…

The people – I spend every day with like-minded people who are passionate about their work.

Projects I am working on at the moment…

Currently I am working on a variety of projects for a wide range of different clients, all with different needs. An example of how diverse things are at the moment is that I am working on PPC permits for many organisations within the water industry, looking at energy efficiency projects for a major government body, and facilitating Due Diligence audits for global industry clients.

Where do you see your career and MWH going in the future…

I envisage growing NBE and increasing our portfolio of services to clients. We are already on the way, but I want to be part of our growth in becoming a dominant force within the environmental consultancy sector.

For a confidential discussion about opportunities with MWH, please call Marnie Blair on 0161 942 4007 or email her at marnie.blair@nes.co.uk or, to view the latest MWH vacancies and apply online, click HERE.