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Principal Mechanical Design Engineer

United Living Group

The Role

Overview

Lead mechanical design, delivery and coordination for water industry projects.

Key Responsibilities

  • pdm system
  • drawing control
  • best practices

Tasks

-Working within and implementing a PDM system for drawing control and best practices.

Requirements

  • chartered engineer
  • cscs
  • bachelor's degree
  • autocad
  • solidworks
  • health & safety

What You Bring

-Excellent project management / organisational skills with ability to multitask and prioritise independently. -Positive “can do” attitude with flexible approach to work -CSCS card preferable -Prototyping experience and a passion for trying new ideas. -Attention to First principles in design phase and consistently inquisitive to reduce complexity / cost and assembly time. -Ideally Chartered Engineer status and membership of professional institution such as IET, InstMC or CIWEM -Batchelors degree in Mechanical engineering / related field or equivalent preferable -Field / practical experience - Comfortable onsite, diligent in recording key measurements/findings, in a clear and concise communicable manner. -Excellent CDM and health and safety knowledge and application -Excellent degree of computer literacy – Microsoft Suite etc -Proactive in the face of challenges and comfortable taking the lead in conflict/problem resolution. -Strong written and verbal communication skills -Content in developing junior members of the team and taking a pastoral role in their development, focusing on good practice and engineering rigor. -Driving licence preferable (full, clean) -Significant experience is desired in the technical delivery of process plant systems on complex water industry engineering projects -Excellent personal presentation -CAD expertise and experience preferable – AUTOCAD/SolidWorks/Inventor/Revit

The Company

About United Living Group

-It rapidly evolved into a national infrastructure and housing powerhouse. -Backed by Apollo Global Management since 2023. -Its four pillars—Property Services, Infrastructure Services, New Homes, Connected—deliver projects from social housing retrofits to telecoms roll‑out. -Typical projects include net‑zero home retrofits, water network builds, gas pipeline diversions, and build‑to‑rent schemes. -In Infrastructure, it handles gas, water, and telecoms upgrades; in Property, it tackles building safety, planned maintenance, and regeneration. -Unusually, it owns a telecoms arm deploying mobile and fixed‑line networks, acquired via Great British Communications and 5G rollout expansions. -Its history spans heritage heating installers to modern utility and property group, merging utilities expertise with construction heritage.

Sector Specialisms

Infrastructure

Buildings

Residential

Utilities

Water

Energy

Land & Funding

Telecoms

Marine

Property Maintenance