Lead Principal Design Engineer - Water & Wastewater (UK)

Gearing Recruitment Solutions Ltd; Peterborough; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Gearing Recruitment Solutions Ltd, on behalf of a long-established UK water sector client, seeks Principal Design Engineers across Electrical, Mechanical, Process and Civil disciplines. Flexible UK-wide location with on-site requirement of approximately 3 days per month.

You will provide technical leadership across projects from concept through to handover, coordinating with multidisciplinary teams, clients, contractors and stakeholders to deliver safe, compliant, and cost-effective engineering

Qualifications

• Relevant engineering degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Chemical/Process, Civil or related discipline.
• Significant experience delivering engineering design within the UK water and wastewater sector.
• Strong technical knowledge within your specialist discipline.
• Experience working on water treatment, wastewater treatment or related infrastructure projects.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary engineering design projects.
• Strong understanding of interfaces between civil, mechanical, electrical, process and ICA engineering.
• Experience producing and reviewing engineering calculations, designs, drawings, specifications and technical documentation.
• Strong technical judgement and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.
• Commitment to health, safety, quality and engineering excellence.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and delivery of complex Electrical, Mechanical, Process or Civil Engineering solutions across water and wastewater projects.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Produce, review and approve discipline-specific designs, calculations, drawings, specifications and technical documentation.
• Develop practical and cost-effective engineering solutions that meet client, regulatory and operational requirements.
• Coordinate effectively across civil, mechanical, electrical, process and ICA engineering disciplines.
• Provide technical input from concept and feasibility through detailed design, construction and commissioning.
• Undertake technical reviews and provide engineering assurance across projects.
• Identify and manage technical risks and resolve complex engineering challenges.
• Support project strategies, bids and delivery methodologies.
• Work closely with clients, contractors, suppliers and internal teams.
• Mentor and support engineers, helping develop technical capability across the business.

Skills

Communication

Stakeholder management

Technical leadership

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Engineering design leadership

Education

Engineering degree (Electrical/Mechanical/Chemical/Process/Civil)

Job description

Gearing Recruitment Solutions Ltd, on behalf of a long-established UK water sector client, seeks Principal Design Engineers across Electrical, Mechanical, Process and Civil disciplines. Flexible UK-wide location with on-site requirement of approximately 3 days per month.

You will provide technical leadership across projects from concept through to handover, coordinating with multidisciplinary teams, clients, contractors and stakeholders to deliver safe, compliant, and cost-effective engineering