Principal Mechanical Engineer (Water)

Apexcontractingwa; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking a Principal Mechanical Engineer to join their Water Engineering team in Birmingham. This role involves leading the design and delivery of mechanical engineering solutions for critical infrastructure projects, particularly in the water sector. You will collaborate with a talented team, mentor junior engineers, and ensure high-quality technical output. With a commitment to inclusivity and professional development, this position offers a chance to make a meaningful impact while enjoying a supportive work environment that values work-life balance. Join this dynamic team and help shape the future of engineering!

Benefits

Flexible Working Hours

Health and Wellbeing Programs

Professional Development Opportunities

Inclusive Work Environment

Qualifications

• Experience in mechanical engineering design for infrastructure projects.
• Understanding of water treatment processes and equipment.

Responsibilities

• Lead mechanical engineering design and delivery for various projects.
• Prepare and review mechanical design deliverables and specifications.

Skills

Mechanical Engineering

Technical Design

Project Management

Client Communication

Coaching and Mentoring

Problem Solving

Education

IMechE Accredited Degree

Professional Registration (CEng or IEng)

Tools

MS Office

Job description

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A Little More About Your Role

As the demand for our expertise continues to grow, an opportunity has arisen for a Principal Mechanical Engineer to join our Water Engineering teams located in Birmingham, Manchester, Newcastle or Glasgow. The Principal Mechanical Engineer will be an integral member of the Water Engineering team and work independently and within a team environment to design, review and deliver technical solutions for various types of facilities and capital projects. This role will support the engineering and design delivery on a wide range of projects primarily producing and/or checking detailed mechanical engineering deliverables.

Key Responsibilities Include

• Mechanical engineering technical design and delivery, and its leadership
• Participation in proposals, scoping of work, identifying key tasks, packages and developing resourcing/time estimates
• Preparation, as an individual or lead engineer responsible for a team, of mechanical design deliverables including calculations, reports, specifications, datasheets, drawings, schedules and procurement documentation.
• Technical assurance preview, review and checking of technical deliverables produced by others.
• Providing technical guidance, coaching and technical supervision of junior staff including IMechE MPDS mentor role.
• Working collaboratively with other disciplines on multi-disciplinary projects delivering work to time, cost and quality expectations.
• Proactively ensuring HSSE and Quality Assurance systems and procedures are followed.
• Encouraging and actively promoting skills and innovation within the team, externally to clients and industry contacts
• Supporting efforts to develop the digital transformation methodology in the delivery and management of projects
• Management of mechanical elements to meet time, cost and quality criteria on larger multi-disciplinary design projects or work packages that include a degree of programming and resource planning

Your Team

You will join an established UK team of experienced mechanical engineers comprising grades from technician to Associate Director. Whatever level of experience you bring, we are here to support and motivate you to deliver high quality designs for our clients and, in doing so, develop you to your potential.

Qualifications

What we will be looking for you to demonstrate

• An IMechE accredited degree
• Professional registration as CEng or IEng

Skills And Experience

• Significant experience in delivering, and leading the delivery of mechanical engineering design aspects of infrastructure projects (preferably within the water industry).
• Scoping of work, identifying key tasks, packages and developing resourcing/time estimates to support the development of proposals.
• Leading, and delivering, the preparation and/or review of mechanical design package deliverables such as technical specifications, calculations, reports, datasheets, schedules, and procurement documentation.
• Good technical understanding of mechanical principles and familiarity with the design of waste water and water treatment processes equipment and pumping systems.
• Good understanding of technical excellence, and of providing effective technical leadership and review of the work of others.
• Experience in coaching and mentoring junior team members and supporting the development of technical skills.
• The ability to work accurately and flexibly, integrating your work with other discipline areas whilst managing your own /your teams work to tight programme and budget constraints.
• The ability to communicate clearly; both verbally and in the production of high-quality written documentation using MS Office applications.
• A confident Client-facing manner. Adopting a diligent, confident, collaborative and highly motivated approach when working as part of a Clients team, together with WSP colleagues, or independently.
• Be able to travel and visit operational works and construction sites as required, to act in a safe manner, and to asset survey, inspect, and witness test mechanical equipment and installations.
• A commitment to team goals, embrace collaboration at all levels in the business and embrace safety as a non-negotiable priority.

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Whats In It For You

Work-life balance?

WSP recognises that work is only one part of your life and making time for other things is important whether thats for your families, friends, or yourself. Our hybrid working policy allows the flexibility to work from the comfort of your own home as well as collaborating in our contemporary offices across the UK.

Inclusivity & Diversity?

We want our people to achieve rewarding careers, bringing their whole selves to work. We celebrate integrity and treat people with respect, supporting each other and embracing diversity to create a culture of inclusion and belonging at WSP.

Health & Wellbeing?

We are committed to supporting our people, giving you the tools to make improvements to your health and wellbeing through our Thrive programme.

Your development?

We appreciate that development and training is important to you and thats why we have a supportive environment that invests in your development, whether thats chartership, training or mentoring.

APPLY NOW AND BE THE FUTURE OF WSP!

Here at WSP we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity. As a Disability Confident leader, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria, please let us know if you require any workplace adjustments in support of your application.