Principal Engineer - Mechanical

Severn Trent Water; Coventry; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading water utility company as a Principal Design Engineer, where you'll be integral in developing innovative solutions for mechanical engineering challenges. Your expertise will drive project delivery, innovation, and environmental considerations within a growing team focused on the future of water services. With robust support for professional development, your role will be pivotal in shaping projects that make a real impact on communities.

Benefits

28 days holiday + bank holidays (ability to buy/sell up to 5 days per year)

Annual bonus scheme (up to £2,250)

Leading pension scheme (up to 15% contribution)

Sharesave scheme for discounted shares

Dedicated training and development

Electric vehicle scheme and retail offers

Family friendly policies

Two paid volunteering days per year

Qualifications

• Engineering experience within an R&D environment.
• Ability to develop new and innovative design solutions.
• Demonstrate reliability of solutions through testing.

Responsibilities

• Lead all technical aspects of design for new infrastructure.
• Drive innovation into project work with cost-efficient solutions.
• Coach and mentor team members to develop their technical capabilities.

Skills

Innovation

Mechanical Engineering

Project Management

Stakeholder Influence

Coaching Skills

Design Standards Knowledge

Education

Degree in Mechanical Engineering

Job description

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Our purpose is taking care of life’s essentials, but we’re also big on making a difference, not just because we should but because we care.

AMP8, our next five-year regulatory period, will see us launch our biggest and most complex investment programme of almost £13bn, of which £6bn will be delivered through our capital programme.

This is more than double the size of the AMP7 capital programme and is an opportunity to drive real change.

Our newPlug and Playapproach will be a collection of common parts that can be connected in different ways and work together (like rigs or tanks). They can be mixed and matched to create a whole range of different products.

Picture this as your ready-made catalogue of standard products. You can simply select the parts you need and then they arrive ready to go all in one.

This new innovative approach will help to combat the challenges of waste and water infrastructure, flooding and water quality. Be a part of something bringing benefits to our communities, health outcomes and environment.

Our Plug & Play methodology will enable us to buildsmarter, faster, safer, greener, and more affordable projects.

It could be the biggest challenge of your career. If you want to do more because you care, we’d love to talk to you.

We are looking for aPrincipal Design Engineerto work within our Plug & Play team, truly delivering for the future.

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW

Do you have experience working withinMechanical Engineering? Are you aPrincipal Design Engineerlooking for a new challenge? Do you like working in a fast paced and challenging environment?

You will be part of a team creating innovative plug and play designs for Mechanical engineering, design & specifications from the concept and optioneering stage through to the outline and detailed design stage co-ordinating multi-discipline design input to support where necessary.

Would you like to build your career in a place where you can grow?

You will deliver projects to programme, within budget, to the correct quality standards. Be part of developing the future design team!

Within this role you will:

Lead on all technical aspects of opportunity assessment, feasibility, concept development and design for a variety of new infrastructure product and delivery process development projects.

You will drive innovation into every programme of work, looking for cost efficient solutions to a range of problems considering the whole life cost, safety and environmental impact of all proposed solutions.

The Principal Design Engineer shall lead on the Quality Assurance process for checking, reviewing, and approving the team’s in-house design deliverables.

The Principal Design Engineer will work with a range of key internal and external stakeholders to ensure the successful delivery of solutions that meet the needs of the Customer, Key Stakeholders, and the regulatory requirements of OFWAT and the Environment Agency.

It is expected that the role holder will be comfortable developing innovative Mechanical engineering designs from first principles and be comfortable challenging established norms whilst robustly proving their solutions are feasible and safe.

The Principal Design Engineer will be expected to carry out all the duties of a principal designer for prototype programmes within the mechanical engineering space. E.g. water tank prototype.

You will play a key role in developing the technical capability of team members through coaching, mentoring and supporting the Design Managers and Business Leads to identify development opportunities for individual designers.

Create functional design specifications including consideration of: mechanical engineering, CDM regulations, health & safety / buildability / commissioning / operations and maintenance / HAZOPS / appropriate legislation & regulations.

You’ll be ensuring that appropriate mechanical advice is provided to the project team so that the standard solution has an effective handshake between Severn Trent Product Team and Site Design Teams to enable proper installation of products on site!

WHAT YOU’LL BRING TO THE ROLE

Of course, it’s important that we attract the right skill sets, and those with the right experience but we value character, positivity and a caring attitude in equal weight.

We want people who show up and roll their sleeves up. Restless spirits who are ready to be part of something bigger, who care, who really care... because when you really care, you’ll go above and beyond. When you really care you don’t just talk about it, you do more.

We will be looking for someone who has:

• Engineering experience within an R&D environment, probably with a background including mechanical engineering.
• Extensive experience of developing new and innovative design solutions to a wide range of engineering problems.
• Be able to demonstrate experience of proving the reliability and effectiveness of new solutions through robust test procedures.
• Proven innovation of design to assist with the development of innovative solutions in the delivery of projects.
• Experience of working to standards, codes and design manuals.
• Strong coaching skills and experience of building capability within a Design team.
• Extensive experience of influencing a disparate set of stakeholders to deliver design objectives.
• Practice of managing a product life cycle
• Degree qualified or equivalent in a mechanical engineering discipline.

We welcome people from all walks of life and celebrate individuality as we know diverse minds, experiences and backgrounds help us to learn and better serve our communities. We employ thousands of people from across our community who really care about what they do. Because that is how we do what we do.

And when it comes to inclusion, we’re making sure we keep up the progress with our wonderful working groups – LGBTQ+, Women in Operations & STEM, Disability and Ethnicity, who help us do just that.

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU

Working here isn’t just a job. You can build a career at Severn Trent. We’ll reward you for it, too. We have a range of benefits that recognise great work, and award-winning training to help you reach your potential. And we’ll also help you play your part in looking after the environment and the communities where we live.

With that in mind, here are just some of our favourite's perks that you’ll get being part of the Seven Trent family:

• 28 days holiday + bank holidays (and the ability to buy/ sell up to 5 days per year)
• Annual bonus scheme (of up to £2,250, which is subject to eligibility)
• Leading pension scheme – we will double your contribution (up to 15% when you contribute 7.5%)
• Sharesave – the chance to buy Severn Trent Plc shares at a discounted rate
• Dedicated training and development with our Academy
• Electric vehicle scheme and retail offers
• Family friendly policies
• Two paid volunteering days per year

WHATS NEXT?

We can’t wait to hear from you.

Before you apply, you’ll need an updated copy of your CV and about five minutes to spare.

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