Principal Mechanical Design Engineer (Water & Wastewater)

Arcadis

The Role

Overview

Lead mechanical design and delivery for water & wastewater projects, managing teams and client relations.

Key Responsibilities

  • client management
  • technical delivery
  • design leadership
  • team coordination
  • innovation solutions
  • knowledge capture

Tasks

-Establish and grow relationships with clients and delivery partners on project technical, commercial and progress matters -Ensuring projects meet required technical, legislative, quality, safety and environmental standards and objectives. -Line management and performance development responsibility for assigned staff. -Promote MEICA team capability and achievements both internally and externally. -Mentoring and technical supervising colleagues with their professional development. -Identify and develop innovative and optimised technical solutions based on client needs and drivers. -Ensuring safety of yourself and others through design leadership and actions. -Lead and co-ordinate work with multi-disciplinary teams (e.g., process, civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, and ICA) -Technical delivery of multi-disciplinary projects, in a Design Lead capacity where assigned, using latest digital design processes and resources. -Leading design and advisory services relating to new and existing water and wastewater conveyance and treatment assets. -Capturing key project and technical knowledge, including innovations.

Requirements

  • chartered engineer
  • mechanical engineering
  • process plant
  • detailed design
  • digital design
  • team leader

What You Bring

-Ability to self-start and work both independently and as a team member carrying out production, checking, review or approval of complex mechanical design deliverables. -Experience of working on design and construct projects using digital design platforms -Team leader with collaborative behaviours -Significant experience and track record in technical delivery of process plant systems on complex engineering projects, preferably related to water and wastewater industry. -Feasibility to detailed design stage delivery experience -Degree in Mechanical Engineering or other directly related degree -Chartered Engineer status and membership of a relevant professional institution (e.g., IMechE, IET, CIWEM)

The Company

About Arcadis

-Evolved into a global design, engineering and consultancy powerhouse. -Excels in major infrastructure, water management, urban building, transport and industrial manufacturing projects worldwide. -Recent standout assignments include flood defences in New York, the Sydney Metro, and sustainable legacy planning for the Paris Olympics. -Structured around core business areas—Places, Mobility, Resilience and Intelligence—backed by digital centres of excellence. -Notable for blending data-driven tools with traditional consulting to optimise asset lifecycles and smart infrastructure.

Sector Specialisms

Infrastructure

Water

Environment

Buildings

Transport

Utilities