- Proficiency level English (C1 level).

Mott MacDonald Bentley are recruiting for a Project Design Manager to join our office in Madrid, Barcelona or Seville and support our work with the @one Alliance as part of a remote design and build team.

As part of Anglian Water’s @one Alliance, we are on a mission to create a sustainable and resilient future for water. With an ambitious £2.3 billion capital investment in AMP8, we are revolutionising infrastructure, sustainability, and digital transformation to protect the environment and support growing communities.

What you’ll be doing

As a Project Design Manager, you’ll take technical ownership of major infrastructure projects from initial feasibility through to detailed design and handover. You’ll coordinate design delivery across multi-disciplinary teams, ensuring designs are practical, sustainable, and aligned with cost, time, and quality expectations. These projects make a real difference to the community.

You’ll act as a key point of contact across the project lifecycle, working closely with project leaders, engineers,



construction teams, and external stakeholders to ensure seamless delivery. It’s a hands‑on, highly collaborative role that puts you at the centre of some of the most important infrastructure work happening in the region.

Your key responsibilities will include:
- Leading the design process on major capital projects, from early concept through to detailed technical development and design assurance.
- Ensuring design outputs are fully integrated, meeting the operational, commercial, and environmental objectives of the wider project.
- Acting as Principal Designer under CDM regulations, managing design risk and ensuring that safety is considered at every stage.
- Driving digital design excellence, supporting the use of BIM and 3D modelling to improve coordination, data integration, and project outcomes.
- Challenging and improving technical standards, encouraging innovation and the use of repeatable,

📌 Principal Civil Engineer (Sevilla)
🏢 Mott MacDonald Bentley | MMB
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