Principal Engineer - Water Services

Summary:

• Principal Engineer – Water Services
• Permanent role based at any of our airport locations – Manchester, East Midlands or Stansted
• Be a Subject Matter Expert for the core and safety critical Water services assets

Why MAG?

At MAG we provide the airport facilities and travel services that people need to connect with the world. As the largest UK owned airport operator, we serve over 60 million passengers a year from Manchester, London Stansted, and East Midlands Airports. With over 270 destinations across the globe, our businesses not only bring people together but also support the prosperity of the regions in which we operate.

Sustainability is one of our core values, and it shapes everything we do. We're committed to protecting the environment and supporting our local communities.  Our programmes include airport and airline decarbonisation, comprehensive education, skills and employment support and community engagement initiatives including volunteering opportunities.

At MAG, we recognise creating a first-class journey for our customers starts by creating a first-class career journey for our colleagues and we are committed to building inclusive environments in which our people can thrive.

You’ll also have access to some great benefits including:

• Bonus scheme
• 11% company contribution pension
• Car allowance
• Private medical scheme
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Free parking
• Subsidised public transport
• Huge range of company discounts
• 2 volunteering days per year
• Free Virtual GP service, available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
• Care Concierge service

The role:

As MAG’s expert on essential water systems, including surface water, drinking water, wastewater, and fire hydrant systems, you'll develop and manage a detailed Asset Technical Standard and provide technical design assurance ensuring projects align with those standards.

Moreover, you'll aid in creating a 25-year strategy and investment outline for our airports that ensures our assets correspond with fundamental business objectives like commercial expansion, client service, operational efficiency, health and safety, environmental compliance, as well as the dependability and readiness of assets.

Collaborating with the Asset Maintenance development teams, you will assess the state and the expected future performance of the asset portfolio and help devise asset strategies and renewal initiatives that consider asset condition, lifetime costs, and risks.

While working in partnership with the Operational and Asset divisions, you will help establish the risk tolerance and objectives for asset condition and expense. You will also contribute to developing an elite asset management practice for MAG and provide input on leading industry approaches to asset management.

What will make you successful in the role?

If you have a degree in a relevant technical discipline, or equivalent experience, and preferably chartered engineer status, you could be the ideal candidate for this role. You should have at least five years of experience in water services projects and be skilled in developing strategies that consider various factors and information sources.

You should also have excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, and be able to influence and negotiate on strategy and investment plans with internal customers and stakeholders at different levels of the organisation.

Equal Opportunities & Reasonable Adjustments

At MAG we believe in the importance of diversity & inclusion for all. We are committed to creating a workforce that is reflective of our society. As such we welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds.

We’re also committed to well-being with a focus on mental health and supporting colleagues from underrepresented groups through our Colleague Resource Groups.

As a Disability Confident employer we are committed to creating an environment where candidates and employees can perform at their optimum. Please let us know if we can provide you with any reasonable adjustments to aid your application or interview process.

You can contact the team by emailing HR.Recruitment@MAGAirports.com

Our Colleague Resource Groups include: Women’s Network, Embrace - Race & Ethnicity Group, Fly With Pride (LGBTQIA+), Mental Health, Parent & Carers, Disabilities including neurodiversity