Senior / Design Engineer - Mechanical

Matchtech; Peterborough; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering services provider is seeking a Senior / Design Engineer - Mechanical to join their team in Peterborough with hybrid working options. The role involves providing high-quality Engineering Design services focused on water sector projects. Responsibilities include producing design layouts, ensuring designs meet specifications, and coordinating across disciplines. Candidates should have a degree in Mechanical Engineering and relevant mechanical design experience, with knowledge of water and sewage treatment preferred.

Qualifications

• Extensive practical mechanical design in a similar environment.
• Ability to rationalise designs and produce economic plant layouts.
• Ability to assimilate large amounts of different data.

Responsibilities

• Produce cost-effective design layouts that meet specifications.
• Ensure standard practices are utilised.
• Provide estimates and feedback for proposals department.
• Monitor and review procedures to ensure smooth department operations.
• Co-ordinate designs with all other disciplines.
• Design with consideration for environmental issues and health and safety.

Skills

Mechanical design

Water and sewage treatment knowledge

Technical proposal presentation

Computer literacy

Education

Degree in Mechanical Engineering

Job description

Overview

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.

Responsibilities

• 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