Senior Mechanical Engineer

TN United Kingdom; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled engineer to lead water and wastewater projects. This role offers the opportunity to provide technical leadership and guidance while working within a multidisciplinary team. You'll be responsible for ensuring project delivery aligns with safety and quality standards, managing resources effectively, and mentoring junior staff. The position requires a strong technical background, excellent communication skills, and the ability to navigate complex stakeholder relationships. Join a forward-thinking company where your contributions will drive innovation and continuous improvement in the water sector.

Qualifications

• Proven technical background in water/wastewater projects in the UK.
• Professional membership in a relevant institution is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical guidance and leadership to project teams.
• Ensure compliance with safety, quality, and environmental procedures.

Skills

Technical Leadership

Stakeholder Management

Communication Skills

Problem Solving

Project Management

Education

MEng/BEng/BSc in Engineering

HNC in Engineering or Environmental Science

Tools

MS Office

Job description

To work within a team (or act as a leader of a team on moderately complex projects) to provide technical leadership and guidance in the delivery of water and / or wastewater projects. The role requires technical management in the production of data and design deliverables to ensure accurate and efficient project delivery.

Accountabilities

Safety & Environment:

• Responsible for own health and safety and designing within current industry guidelines and business requirement.
• Responsible for ensuring CDM designer duties are discharged through any elements under your control.
• Develop and maintain project related Health and Safety strategies including risk assessments, ensure team comply with PPE requirements as necessary.
• Direct design team follows procedures to ensure safety, sustainability and compliance is not compromised.

15%

Technical:

Support the Principal Engineer / Project Design Manager in leading a delivery team for a range of water and / or wastewater projects. Key accountabilities include:

• Technical guidance / leadership to the project team.
• Liaison, report preparation checker or approver if necessary.
• Support of financial management of projects to ensure cost effective delivery.
• Provide guidance to and manage the work of Assistant / Graduate Engineers and Technicians working on the same projects.
• Stakeholder management to ensure “buy in” and understanding of project / tasks.
• Produce design plans estimating time to carry out specific tasks in discussion with Project Design Lead and Project Manager.

Responsible for the gathering, production and assimilation of information to assist in preparing designs.

• Accurate report preparation.
• Responsible for undertaking quality assurance checks including datasheets, calculations, drawings, etc.
• Resolution of complex design problems.
• Work may require travel in the UK to office and / or sites.
• Undertake own continuing professional development under guidance from line managers.

60%

• Challenging company standards and existing ways of working to promote continuous improvement.
• Research and seek industry best practice to provide innovative standardisation, including promotion of digital design concepts.

5%

People:

• Provide instructions to team members.
• Resource management responsibilities for project team including control of staff resources to ensure project delivery.
• Work within a multidisciplinary project team.
• Provide coaching and mentoring to junior staff as appropriate.

5%

• Prepare financial data to assist others in making business decisions.
• Ensure lowest whole life cost solutions are delivered to outperform the project design budget.
• Ability to analyse/assimilate financial information to make business decisions & business cases.
• Negotiating and influencing with senior internal and external stakeholders.

5%

Programme:

• Deliver required work to required timescales.
• Ensure design programme is achievable, provide early warning of delays and ensure designs are delivered on time.

5%

Customer:

• Follow procedures to ensure designs are aligned with regulator and customer expectations to ensure outcomes and promises are kept.

5%

• Full driving licence.
• Competent in MS Office.
• Good communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to work on own initiative on technical matters.
• Understands others’ roles within the team, the role and objectives of the team in the business and can explain these clearly. Co-operates with other areas in the wider interests of the business.
• Identifies causes and effects by thinking through different options to prioritise issues. Uses common sense or previous experience to deal with new problems or situations which may arise.
• Seeks and uses ideas from team members to improve work. Works co-operatively with other teams/areas to achieve business aims.
• Participates in teams and groups and co-operates with others. Listens effectively. Interested to hear the views of others.
• Demonstrates confidence in own ability. Makes timely decisions in a self-assured way and justifies them if necessary. Makes sure others are very clear about own stance or position.
• Implements plans and holds self fully accountable for delivering short-term business requirements by prioritising effectively.
• Recognises the need and value for training and development, for both self and others.
• Presents ideas and views at face value. Assumes ideas should stand on their own merit.
• Seeks to improve performance by setting specific, measurable goals.

Knowledge

Qualifications

Technical:

• Proven and demonstrable technical background in delivering water and / or wastewater projects within the UK Water Industry (or comparable country / industry) to time, budget and in compliance with quality safety and environmental procedures.
• Detailed understanding of the engineering theory and principles relevant to their particular discipline.
• Sound working knowledge of water industry and solution development and design. Understand the why not just the principles.
• MEng/BEng/BSc or HNC in an Engineering, Environmental or numerate science related subject.
• Achieved professional membership of a relevant institution or significantly progressed towards this.
• Expertise in at least one area relevant to water or wastewater design.