Senior Mechanical Design Engineer - Water AMP8

Poutrix; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Arcadis is recruiting a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer to join our MEICA Water team, tackling some of the UK’s most technically challenging AMP8 projects. You will lead and contribute to design and advisory services for water and wastewater assets, ensuring safety and quality throughout the lifecycle.

You will operate within a multi-disciplinary environment, collaborating with process, civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, and ICA teams, while growing client relationships and driving

Qualifications

• Degree in Mechanical Engineering.
• Incorporated or Chartered Engineer status (or approaching) 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.

Responsibilities

• Self-start and work independently or in a team to produce, check, review or approve mechanical design deliverables.
• Lead and/or support design and advisory services for water and wastewater conveyance and treatment assets.
• Ensure safety through design leadership and actions.
• Deliver technically within a multi-disciplinary team, in a mechanical design lead role when assigned.
• Identify and develop innovative, optimized technical solutions for client needs.
• Coordinate with process, civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, and ICA teams.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Job description

Role description

Arcadis is currently recruiting for a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer to join our MEICA Water team as we look ahead to tackling some of the UK's most technically challenging projects & AMP8 programmes.

Role accountabilities

• Ability to self‑start and work both independently and as a team member carrying out production, checking, review or approval of mechanical design deliverables.
• Supporting and / or 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 within a multi-disciplinary team environment, in a mechanical 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.
• Co‑ordinate work with multi‑disciplinary teams (e.g., process, civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, and ICA).
• Establish and grow relationships with clients and capital alliance partners on project technical, commercial and progress matters.
• Ensuring projects meet required technical, legislative, quality, safety and environmental standards and objectives.
• 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.
• Incorporated or Chartered Engineer status (or approaching) 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.

Benefits

We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills‑based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You’ll do meaningful work, helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark on your career, colleagues, clients, your life and the world around you.

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.