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AECOM; Cardiff; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm is seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer to join their Water Solutions team. This role involves producing designs for municipal water systems and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams across various UK locations, including Cardiff. The ideal candidate will have a degree in Mechanical Engineering and be progressing towards Chartered status, contributing to innovative projects that enhance communities.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package

Flexible hybrid working

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Degree (or equivalent) in Mechanical Engineering required.
• Progress towards Chartered Engineer status with a relevant institution.
• Proven ability in delivering engineering designs and specifications.

Responsibilities

• Produce feasibility studies, outline designs, and construction support.
• Design mechanical installations for water and wastewater.
• Ensure high technical quality and manage project budgets.

Skills

Engineering design

Project management

Collaboration

Problem-solving

Education

Degree in Mechanical Engineering

Job description

Overview

Senior Mechanical Engineer to join the Water Solutions team with flexibility to be based in St Albans, Croydon, Basingstoke, London, Bristol, Cardiff, Exeter, or Plymouth. You will contribute to multi-billion-pound capital programmes across the UK water sector, delivering projects from small rural sites to complex, multi-million-pound infrastructure and non-infrastructure schemes in water and wastewater. The role supports long-term frameworks through AMP8 and AMP9, offering security, variety, and opportunities to shape sustainable water solutions. You will contribute to several major frameworks, including:

• Southern Water - £3.7 billion Capital Delivery Programme
• Strategic Delivery Partner (SDP) Frameworks: supporting Tier 1 Contractors
• Lot 1: Non-infrastructure water projects
• Lot 2: Non-infrastructure wastewater projects
• Low Complexity Delivery Route & SDP Lot 3 Infrastructure Frameworks
• Partnering exclusively with Tier 1 Contractors to deliver wastewater infrastructure projects
• South West Water - Engineering Consultancy Services Framework: Lot 3 - Multi-Discipline Engineering Design
• Wessex Water - Capital Delivery Partner Framework: Lot 2 - Design Consultants

As part of a growing multi-disciplinary team with a long-standing presence in the region, you’ll join a group recognised for excellence and have opportunities to develop your technical career through involvement in local projects and flagship initiatives across the UK&I and globally. With flexible working from our locations, you’ll collaborate across multidisciplinary teams to deliver innovative and sustainable solutions. As part of AECOM, you’ll engage in impactful projects from inception through delivery, enhancing the environment and supporting communities.

Responsibilities

• Producing feasibility studies, outline design, detailed design and construction support.
• Producing design drawings, mechanical plant selection and specification.
• Liaising and collaborating with water and other discipline teams including civil, electrical, process and mechanical engineers nationwide.
• Delivering a high calibre of technical quality, contributing to bids, interfacing with clients and collaborators in design and planning.
• Delivering to agreed budget, programme and quality, including supporting the preparation of project budgets and programmes.
• Design of mechanical installations typically including municipal water and wastewater pumping stations, screens, grit removal plants, penstocks, valves, odour control systems, pipework, etc.
• Carrying out site visits for site surveys and liaising with clients, contractors and suppliers.
• Producing plant layouts, technical specifications, WIMes datasheets, valve schedules, equipment schedules, lifting strategies and P&IDs.
• Producing pumping stations designs, headloss calculations and pumping system analysis / pump selection.

Qualifications

• A degree (or equivalent) in Mechanical Engineering.
• Progress towards Chartered Engineer status with a relevant institution, such as IMechE.
• A proven ability to deliver engineering designs, reports, drawings, technical specifications, and calculations with confidence and precision.
• Hands-on experience in delivering innovative solutions for water and wastewater engineering projects.

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible? Join our team, where we don’t just construct infrastructure but uplift communities and enhance lives. If you’re curious about life at AECOM, follow our Water page on LinkedIn to stay updated on projects and impact. AECOM offers a comprehensive benefits package, flexible hybrid working, career development opportunities and a culture that values equity, diversity and inclusion. AECOM is an equal opportunity employer and a Fortune 500 firm with a global presence.