Principal Mechanical Engineer - Water & Wastewater AMP8

Poutrix; Manchester; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Poutrix is looking for a Principal Mechanical Design Engineer to join their innovative team in Manchester. In this role, you will lead multidisciplinary teams on exciting water and wastewater projects, driving technical solutions and fostering client relationships.

The ideal candidate will have a degree in Mechanical Engineering, chartered status, and significant industry experience. At Poutrix, you'll contribute to vital projects while promoting equality and inclusion in the workplace.

Qualifications

• Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field.
• Chartered Engineer status and relevant professional institution membership.
• Experience in technical delivery on engineering projects, ideally in water and wastewater.

Responsibilities

• Drive innovation and excellence in design engineering.
• Lead design and advisory services for water and wastewater projects.
• Mentor team members and provide technical supervision.

Skills

Mechanical design expertise

Leadership

Technical delivery in engineering projects

Collaboration

Education

Degree in Mechanical Engineering

Chartered Engineer status

Tools

Digital design platforms

Job description

Role description

We're hiring for multiple Principal Mechanical Design Engineer roles on exciting upcoming projects and programmes for AMP8, and be part of a team driving innovation and excellence. You'll play a key role as a leader within our multidisciplinary delivery teams, working on a variety of water and wastewater capital projects where you'll have the opportunity to apply your technical expertise to clients regionally as well as across the UK.

Arcadis continues to grow its water sector engineering team following the successful appointment to a number of long‑term design partner agreements across the UK. We are working alongside collaborative delivery partners in the north of England, as well as with design‑and‑build contractors and water utility clients in the south. With several of these frameworks extending well into AMP9, this role offers people the chance to build lasting relationships, develop their careers within a stable pipeline of work, and play a meaningful part in shaping resilient water infrastructure for the future.

Role accountabilities

• Ability to self‑start and work both independently and as a team member carrying out production, checking, review or approval of complex mechanical design deliverables.
• Leading design and advisory services relating to new and existing water and wastewater conveyance and treatment assets.
• Ensuring safety of yourself and others through design leadership and actions.
• Technical delivery of multi‑disciplinary projects, in a Design Lead capacity where assigned, using latest digital design processes and resources.
• Identify and develop innovative and optimised technical solutions based on client needs and drivers.
• Lead and co‑ordinate work with multi‑disciplinary teams (e.g., process, civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, and ICA).
• Establish and grow relationships with clients and delivery partners on project technical, commercial and progress matters.
• Ensuring projects meet required technical, legislative, quality, safety and environmental standards and objectives.
• Mentoring and technical supervising colleagues with their professional development.
• Line management and performance development responsibility for assigned staff.
• Capturing key project and technical knowledge, including innovations.
• Promote MEICA team capability and achievements both internally and externally.

Qualifications & Experience

• Degree in Mechanical Engineering or other directly related degree.
• Chartered Engineer status and membership of a relevant professional institution (e.g., IMechE, IET, CIWEM).
• Significant experience and track record in technical delivery of process plant systems on complex engineering projects, preferably related to water and wastewater industry.
• Experience of working on design and construct projects using digital design platforms.
• Team leader with collaborative behaviours.
• Feasibility to detailed design stage delivery experience.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We believe that by working together diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas. Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of how we improve quality of life and we work closely with our people across six ED&I Workstreams: Age, Disability, Faith, Gender, LGBT+ and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success.