Senior Mechanical Engineer, Water Sector

AECOM; Moor Side; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global infrastructure consulting firm in the UK is seeking a Mechanical Engineer to contribute to multi-billion-pound water projects. You will be responsible for producing detailed designs, collaborating with cross-disciplinary teams, and ensuring high technical quality. The ideal candidate holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering and is progressing towards Chartered Engineer status. This role offers competitive benefits and opportunities for professional growth.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Access to leading technology and resources

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Proven ability to deliver engineering designs, reports, drawings, technical specifications, and calculations.
• Hands-on experience in water and wastewater engineering projects.

Responsibilities

• Producing feasibility studies and detailed designs.
• Liaising with multi-disciplinary engineering teams.
• Ensuring technical quality and supporting project budgets.

Skills

Engineering design

Technical specification preparation

Mechanical systems analysis

Education

Degree in Mechanical Engineering

Progress towards IMechE Chartered Engineer status

Job description

Overview

In this role, you'll play a key part in delivering multi-billion-pound capital programmes across the UK water sector, contributing to projects ranging from small rural sites to complex, multi-million-pound infrastructure and non-infrastructure schemes in both water and wastewater. These long-term frameworks extend through AMP8 and AMP9, offering security, variety, and the opportunity to make a real impact in shaping sustainable water solutions. You will contribute to several major frameworks, including:

• Southern Water - £3.7 billion Capital Delivery Programme
• Strategic Delivery Partner (SDP) Frameworks: Supporting Tier 1 Contractors on Lot 1: Non-infrastructure water projects
• Lot 2: Non-infrastructure wastewater projects
• Low Complexity Delivery Route & SDP Lot 3 Infrastructure Frameworks: Partnering exclusively with Tier 1 Contractors to deliver high-quality wastewater infrastructure projects
• South West Water - Engineering Consultancy Services Framework: Lot 3 - Multi-Discipline Engineering Design
• Wessex Water - Capital Delivery Partner Framework: Lot 2 - Design Consultants

As part of a growing multi-disciplinary team with a long-standing presence in the region, you'll be joining a group recognised for excellence, having won the IChemE Global Water Award 2023. You'll have opportunities to develop your technical career not only through involvement in local projects but also by contributing to flagship initiatives across the UK&I and globally. With flexible working from our locations, you'll collaborate across multi-disciplinary teams to deliver innovative and sustainable solutions. As part of AECOM, you'll engage in impactful projects from inception through to delivery, enhancing the environment and supporting communities.

Responsibilities

• Producing feasibility studies, outline design, detailed design and construction support.
• Producing design drawings, mechanical plant selection and specification.
• Liaising and collaborating with our water and other discipline teams including civil, electrical, process and mechanical engineers nationwide.
• Deliver a high calibre of technical quality, contribute to bids, interface with clients and collaborators in design and planning.
• Deliver to agreed budget, programme and quality along with supporting the preparation of project budget & programme.
• Responsible for the design of mechanical installations typically including municipal water and wastewater pumping stations, screens, grit removal plant, penstocks, valves, odour control systems, pipework etc.
• Site visits to carry out site surveys and the support of liaisons with clients, contractors & suppliers.
• Producing plant layouts, technical specifications, Wimes datasheets, valve schedules, equipment schedules, lifting strategies and P&IDs.
• Producing pumping stations designs, headloss calculations and pumping system analysis / pump selection.

Qualifications

• A degree (or equivalent) in Mechanical Engineering.
• Progress towards Chartered Engineer status with a relevant institution, such as IMechE.
• A proven ability to deliver engineering designs, reports, drawings, technical specifications, and calculations with confidence and precision.
• Hands-on experience in delivering innovative solutions for water and/or wastewater engineering projects.

At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world's most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations. There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world. We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us, and you'll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm - access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person's potential, and we'll help you reach yours.