Mechanical Senior Design Engineer

Overview

Senior design engineer delivering water and wastewater project designs.

Key Responsibilities

• governance
• accreditation
• quality control
• cdm compliance
• cost optimization
• buildability design

Tasks

-Assist in ensuring procedural governance is adhered to. -Developing and supporting staff to encourage them towards accreditation with professional bodies (e.g., ICE, IET, IMechE, IChemE). -Provide technical compliance and quality on design outputs. Default checker for design outputs to ensure technical assurance and quality control. -Assist the Principal Designer Lead in ensuring CDM regulations compliance. -Seek optimal solutions/efficient designs that balance capital and operational cost benefits. -Design for buildability, safe construction, and operation, working alongside project delivery peers.

Requirements

• water design
• 7+ years
• chartered
• engineering degree
• qa/h&s
• commercial awareness

What You Bring

-Excellent knowledge of multi-disciplinary engineering design in water engineering. -Demonstrable experience of + 7 years working within the Municipal Water and Wastewater Industries, working with a number of clients. -Preference for Chartered Member of a recognised professional Engineering body. -Competent in reviewing subcontractors documentation. -Experience of working in accordance with QA and H&S procedures. -Competent in a contracting / consulting environment, with commercial awareness. -Knowledge of current H&S legislation and British Standards. -Educated to Degree level in Engineering or other equivalent qualification.

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Benefits

-Paid for yearly membership to one recognised professional association relevant to your role -Regular Save as You Earn share purchase scheme -Cycle to Work schemes -Private medical scheme options are available for all salaried employees and our employee assistance programme also provides free 24/7 support to those who need it -Comprehensive pension plan -Generous holiday entitlement, increasing with years of service, plus the opportunity to purchase further holidays -A wide range of corporate discounts

About Galliford Try

-a national construction powerhouse with a history tracing back to two century‑old local builders. -now focusing on Building, Infrastructure (including Highways and Environment), and Specialist Services, delivering projects such as schools, hospitals, water barriers, and road networks. -expanded through strategic acquisitions—Morrison Construction in 2006, Miller Construction in 2014, and water and specialist services firms since 2021—to broaden its technical capabilities. -delivers projects in sectors like education, health, defence, justice facilities, major highways, water treatment infrastructure, fire‑safety upgrades, and digital infrastructure. -retains dual brands—Galliford Try in England & Wales and Morrison Construction in Scotland—to maintain regional strength. -has shown strong growth, recovering from COVID, reinstating dividends in 2021, and aiming to exceed £2.2 billion in revenue and achieve a 4% operating margin by 2030.

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