Mechanical Engineer

London Stock Exchange Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services firm in Greater London seeks a driven individual to lead and deliver multidisciplinary projects across product lifecycles. The role requires strong commercial awareness, strategic thinking, and the ability to manage stakeholder relationships effectively. Candidates should have experience in early-stage project delivery and initiating business change. The position offers a hybrid working model and various benefits including a pension scheme and free travel on the TfL network.

Benefits

Final salary

Pension scheme

Free travel on the TfL network

Reimbursement for National Rail travel

30 days annual leave

Hybrid working approach

Private healthcare discounted scheme

Tax-efficient cycle-to-work programme

Discounted Eurostar travel

Qualifications

• Experience managing multi-disciplinary teams and solving technical challenges.
• Ability to build relationships with diverse stakeholders.
• Experience in project delivery, problem definition, and business change implementation.

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver multidisciplinary projects across product lifecycles.
• Understand stakeholder needs and establish feasibility.
• Facilitate continuous improvement and embed change.

Skills

Commercial awareness

Strategic thinking

Evaluating options under uncertainty

Understanding challenges of new assets

Knowledge in professional/technical disciplines

Project management skills

Risk management principles

Job description

Overview

Support the implementation of change and realisation of benefits by leading and delivering multidisciplinary projects across product lifecycles, from ideation and business case through to operate and maintain phases. This includes understanding stakeholder needs, mitigating risks, establishing feasibility, developing prototype solutions, and setting technical requirements for delivering well‑defined business outcomes.

What We Are Looking For

Our team is curious, willing to question assumptions, and driven to create positive change. We manage large numbers of stakeholders and utilise these relationships. Our people are logical, pulling information and expertise together to produce innovative solutions, bringing a problem‑solving mindset to all stages of projects. They coordinate multi‑disciplinary teams, facilitate continuous improvement, take ownership of projects and deliverables, and embed change.

Skills

• Commercial awareness, understanding of business cases, whole‑life costing fundamentals and procurement strategies to deliver optimal outcomes. (Essential)
• Ability to think strategically – making connections across the organisation, communicating with, and developing connections and stakeholders to scope, structure and deliver projects to agreed cost, time and resources. (Essential)
• Ability to identify and evaluate options where there is uncertainty, aligned to business objectives, TfL’s corporate goals/vision and the Mayor’s Transport Strategy (or equivalent contexts).
• Deep understanding of the challenges of introducing new assets, technology or changes in business practice into complex, safety‑critical business environments and the necessary trade‑off between cost, time and quality. (Essential)
• Detailed knowledge of one or several of the professional/technical disciplines deployed in transport and how they can be brought together appropriately in projects and programmes to solve client problems. (Essential)
• Strong understanding of the delivery of projects at an early stage, including thorough knowledge of one or more of the following specialisms: Business case development, whole‑life costing, securing sources of funding.
• Good understanding of project management skills needed to manage tasks, document, and embed change.
• Good understanding of the principles of risk management and value engineering.

Knowledge

See the skills section for detailed knowledge requirements.

Experience

• Experience managing small multi‑disciplinary teams or applying engineering practices to resolve low to medium complexity technical challenges.
• Experience of building relationships with and influencing a wide range of stakeholders at all levels within and outside the organisation.
• Experience of early‑stage project delivery, problem definition, concept development, option identification, engineering analysis techniques and business case development. (Essential)
• Experience of initiating and delivering business change, measuring and realising benefit. (Essential)

Application Process

Please apply using your CV and answering the screening questions. PDF format preferred and do not include any photographs or images. Please note, due to the holiday period you may not receive feedback on your application until the New Year.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. We aim to represent the city we serve to become a more innovative and efficient organisation. We are a disability‑confident employer who guarantees an interview to any disabled candidate who meets all essential criteria.

Benefits

• Final salary
• Pension scheme
• Free travel on the TfL network
• Reimbursement of 75% of the cost of a standard‑class ticket for National Rail travel from home or 75% reimbursement on a 28‑day flexi ticket
• 30 days annual leave plus public and bank holidays
• Hybrid working approach where business and role requirements allow
• Private healthcare discounted scheme (optional)
• Tax‑efficient cycle‑to‑work programme
• Retail, health, leisure and travel offers
• Discounted Eurostar travel