Data Engineering Graduate Scheme 2022

We’re a global engineering, management and development consultancy. Our purpose is to improve society by considering social outcomes in everything we do, relentlessly focusing on excellence and digital innovation, transforming our clients’ businesses, our communities and employee opportunities. A fundamental part of this is respecting each person’s differences and striving to meet their needs.

The Role

Working as a Graduate Data Engineer for our digital ventures business, you will be working cross-functionally with business domain experts, analytics, and engineering teams to deliver leading-edge solutions to our infrastructure clients. By working together, you will help solve complex problems and develop innovative solutions in the field of physical and digital infrastructure.

Your role will be to support our data team in the UK and across the Globe. This will involve helping with the delivery of client projects but also establishing better tooling and quality assurance systems for continual improvement. This is a great role for people passionate about working with data and data systems, and who love solving problems. In short, we are looking for someone who takes pride in the craft and wants to be part of a team of talented software developers, data scientists and data engineers working to further the growth of our digital twin platform Moata.

As a Graduate Data Engineer you will have a chance to work with and learn from the other members of our team, including software engineers, data scientists, solution architects, and engineers. Within the scope of the projects delivered, you may be responsible for any number of these elements:

• Design and build data pipelines from various cloud data sources to feed the Moata analytical engine
• Partner with Data Engineers, Data architects, domain experts, data scientists and other teams to build foundational data sets and visualisations that are trusted, well understood, aligned with business strategy and enable self-service
• Own and document data pipelines and data lineage
• Support and Maintain analytics tech ecosystem (ETL and BI tools)
• Continuously identify areas of improvement and ensure application of standards and best practices

About this graduate scheme 

A graduate scheme should be more than just job. We know this and so do you. That’s why with our graduate programme, we aim to give you the experience and technical knowledge you need to progress your career.
From the moment you join us, you’ll receive the training you need. You will be assigned a chartered mentor, who will guide you to meet the objectives of your professional training agreement. We’ll support you on your journey to gaining chartered status with your chosen institution.

With our innovative graduate development portal, you will be able to effectively track and plan your personal and professional development online.

You’ll be enrolled onto Accelerate Your Future, a structured three-year development programme which develops the strengths that we know graduates need to be successful at Mott MacDonald. It also gives you the opportunity to network and meet other graduates in your cohort. The programme is a mix of residential events, classroom-based learning, virtual webinars and business challenges. We understand that each person’s career goals vary, therefore we tailor make each individual’s development programme to suit them. With our vast library of e-learning courses available to you, you can choose which direction you want your career to go in.

Benefits

• Biannual salary reviews: we believe that hard work should be rewarded and recognised. Therefore, for the first three years of your career with us, you’ll have biannual salary reviews.
• A competitive salary: in addition to biannual reviews, we will ensure that you’re given a salary that matches the current industry standard.
• Contributory pension up to 7% of your salary: we have the best people on our team, and we like to look out for them. With our support, you’ll have all the advice and options you need to be able to invest in your future.
• A flexible benefits scheme: our company is made up of a range of different people and we understand that different people want different things. That’s why with our flexible plan, you’ll have the ability to manage the range of benefits we have on offer, to suit your specific needs.

Candidate Specification

We are looking for flexible 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 MacDonald.

To apply for this scheme, you will have less than 12 months experience and have a degree or are expected to achieve one of the following degree disciplines:

• Computer Science
• Software Engineering
• Other STEM degrees

In your application you should be able to demonstrate your interest through relevant experience, such as studying relevant modules, or previous work experience.

We are looking for graduates with the following characteristics:

• Knowledge in data engineering/data science
• Knowledge in SQL (PostgreSQL preferred).
• Software development experience in Python.
• Knowledge in cloud solutions including serverless.
• Knowledge with Time series/Azure/Geospatial and data analysis is beneficial.
• Knowledge in Agile.

You will be working on a range of significant projects that shape the communities in which we live. You will build connections with our international expertise and bring this knowledge to our clients and to their projects.

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 have the opportunity to contribute.

If you have a disability and would prefer to apply in a different format or would like us to make reasonable adjustments 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 to help.