Senior Mechanical Design Engineer - Water Industry

Description

• The production of specifications, reports and technical documentation.
• Prepare mechanical design deliverables including calculations, reports, specifications, datasheets, drawings, schedules, and procurement documentation.
• Pump selection and the design of pumping systems
• Supporting junior staff in their technical and personal development.
• Balance your workload across a wide variety of projects from a range of major long-term frameworks with water companies and contractors across the UK.
• Undertake asset condition surveys and prepare reports and recommendations.
• Complying with the Construction, Design & Management (CDM) Regulations and designing for safety.
• Managing your work to time, cost, and quality criteria.
• Work closely with other senior and principal engineers and other stakeholders supporting project delivery.
• Help to develop the wider team by acting as a mentor and guide to less experienced members, checking their work and providing technical governance and oversight.
• Contribute to the production of process and instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs).
• Provide support to allow the project team to comply with the duties of Designer under CDM, including through the production of design risk assessments.
• Ensure quality assurance systems and procedures are followed, and that high standards are maintained.
• Act as a project manager, package manager or design team leader as required.
• You will be able to provide engineering inputs and design outputs in collaboration with other disciplines, producing general arrangement drawings, 3D models, 2D plans and sections, and piping & instrumentation diagrams.

Requirements

• The use of P&IDs to create equipment, valve, and pipe schedules.
• A good technical understanding of mechanical engineering principles.
• You will be experienced in liaising with the client to understand fully their needs, interpret their data, and develop a project plan. You will be able to coordinate multidisciplinary teams to ensure that the project as a whole meets its goals.
• You will understand how water and wastewater treatment processes operate and be experienced in assessing existing site infrastructure to develop and deliver the mechanical design.
• Interpret and understand technical drawings and supervise their production, ideally through AutoCAD and/or Inventor experience.
• To be successful in this role, you will have strong communication skills and be able to deliver technical presentations to clients and other design engineers as well as inputting into collaborative design discussions including technical workshops and safety reviews, including HAZOPs and ALMs.
• Chartered engineer or working towards and nearing chartership.
• Knowledge of design tools and software such as AutoCAD or similar design packages would be an advantage but is not essential.
• Significant water industry experience.
• Proficient in:
• A degree-level qualification in mechanical engineering or a closely-allied subject, ideally IMechE- accredited . Postgraduate qualifications are an advantage.
• The ability to travel and visit operational and construction sites as required, to act in a safe manner, and to survey, inspect, and witness test mechanical equipment and installations.
• You will be experienced in producing technical outputs such as technical specifications, schedules, and reports, sizing and designing pumping systems and aeration systems, and be familiar with collaborative planning reviews and designs of solutions.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance