Senior / Design Engineer - Mechanical

Matchtech; England; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A consulting firm in the engineering sector is seeking a Senior Design Engineer specializing in Mechanical engineering for their water sector projects. This role, based in Peterborough with hybrid working options, focuses on delivering superior quality engineering design services, ensuring safety and compliance. Candidates should hold a degree in Mechanical Engineering and have extensive experience in similar environments. Key responsibilities include producing cost-effective designs and coordinating projects while considering environmental issues.

Qualifications

• Experience in mechanical design within the water sector.
• Understanding of water and sewage treatment principles.
• Ability to create cost-effective design layouts.

Responsibilities

• Produce design layouts that are cost-effective and meet specifications.
• Ensure designs are coordinated with all disciplines.
• Write and update efficient procedures to aid department operations.

Skills

Extensive mechanical design experience

Ability to present technical proposals

Computer literacy

Education

Degree in Mechanical Engineering

Job description

My Client is recruiting for a Senior / Design Engineer - Mechanical in the Water Sector.

Location: Peterborough office with hybrid working available.

You will report directly to the Principal Engineer and your role will be to provide superior quality Engineering Design services to allow the company to minimise risks and maximise profits on turnkey and engineering services contracts. You will co‑ordinate the design and produce design documents and drawings taking due account of health and safety requirements, specifications and standards pertaining to the contract.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Produce design layouts which are cost effective, meet the requirements of the specification and which can be constructed and commissioned effectively.
• Ensure that standard practices are utilised wherever possible.
• Provide estimates and feedback for proposals department.
• Work to procedures and processes to ensure the continuing development of the department.
• Monitor and review the procedures and processes.
• Write, update and monitor efficient procedures to aid the smooth running of the department.
• Ensure co‑ordination of designs with all other disciplines internal and external to Company in order to ensure that the design processes carried out on the contract are co‑ordinated for the benefit of the contract as a whole.
• To work within a culture where satisfying the customer is recognised as the key to achieving other objectives, and that customers include everyone receiving benefit from our processes, whether end users or other departments within the company.
• Ensure designs take account of environmental issues.
• Ensure that design takes full regard of all health and safety requirements.

Experience and Qualifications:

• Degree in Mechanical Engineering and have extensive practical mechanical design in a similar environment
• Experience and Understanding of the principles of water and sewage treatment.
• Ability to rationalise designs and produce economic plant layouts.
• A flexible mind, with the ability to assimilate large amounts of different data at one time.
• Ability to present technical proposals clearly, confidently and convincingly.
• Computer literacy.