Senior/Principal Mechanical Engineer

Overview

In this role, you will lead mechanical design delivery within a multi-disciplinary team focused on water sector projects. You’ll work on pumping, water and wastewater treatment designs, coordinating engineers to meet high-quality standards for landmark UK infrastructure programmes. You’ll engage with clients and cross-functional teams to manage scope, time, and budgets, while mentoring junior engineers and contributing to bid support. This is a chance to drive transformational water projects and advance your career in a collaborative, client-focused environment.

Pay / Benefits

• hybrid working

Responsibilities

• Coordinate or manage a mechanical design delivery team on complex multi-disciplinary projects
• Produce and review technical deliverables (design reports, drawings, calculations, scopes of work)
• Provide technical input for mechanical aspects of projects and support project management to meet milestones and budgets
• Collaborate with clients, operations, project, and service teams
• Mentor less experienced colleagues and grow local mechanical engineering capabilities
• Work independently with minimal technical guidance and provide guidance to juniors
• Support bids with technical input and contribute to integrated design solutions
• Adhere to QA standards including check and review of own and others’ work

Key requirements

• Degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent
• Chartered or Incorporated Mechanical Engineer
• Experience coordinating or managing a mechanical design delivery team in a design consultancy
• Broad perspective to identify innovative design solutions
• Strong knowledge of mechanical equipment (pumps, blowers, screens, chemical dosing) and UK design standards
• Experience with CDM and DSEAR
• Ability to work independently with minimal guidance
• Proficiency in applicable analytical software
• Experience in the Water Sector
• Strong communication skills and proactive, collaborative mindset

• collaboration
• mentoring
• proactive approach
• pumps
• blowers
• screens

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