Senior Mechanical (MEICA) Engineer

Kier Group; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Kier Group in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer (MEICA) to join Kier Design on a nationwide basis. The role focuses on mechanical design for water infrastructure, with leadership of junior staff and collaboration across disciplines. Salary starts at £50,000 per year, with flexible hours and BPSS requirements.

Qualifications

• Chartered Engineer with membership of an appropriate Professional Body (IET or IMechE).
• Fully competent with extensive experience within the water, wastewater or process related industries, including hydraulic design and pumping systems.
• Experienced in problem solving and decision making with detailed knowledge of Safety, Health & Environment requirements.
• Able to understand information and data, identifying patterns, trends and relationships to make effective decisions.
• Able to work under pressure and pass the BPSS (Baseline Personnel Security Standard) requirements.

Responsibilities

• Producing detailed mechanical designs for pumping stations, treatment works, and network assets for both potable water and wastewater applications.
• Overseeing junior team members, supporting their development, welfare and delivery of work within projects.
• Ensuring designs comply with UK water industry standards (WIMES), British Standards, Water Regulations, CDM 2015 and client specifications.
• Working collaboratively with civil, electrical and process engineers to ensure integrated, efficient asset design.
• Supporting HAZOP, HAZCOM, and constructability reviews whilst undertaking site visits, surveys, inspections and attending meetings on Kier's behalf.

Skills

Chartered Engineer

Job description

We're looking for a Senior Mechanical Engineer (MEICA) to join our Kier Design team based in Nationwide within the water sector. Kier Design, a 750 plus strong design consultancy team, recognised as a Top 30 employer on Glassdoor.

Location: Nationwide
Hours: 40 hours per week - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us.
Salary: starting from £50,000 per year

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role

Are you…

• A Chartered Engineer with membership of an appropriate Professional Body (IET or IMechE)
• Fully competent with extensive experience within the water, wastewater or process related industries, including hydraulic design and pumping systems
• Experienced in problem solving and decision making with detailed knowledge of Safety, Health & Environment requirements
• Able to understand information and data, identifying patterns, trends and relationships to make effective decisions
• Able to work under pressure and pass the BPSS (Baseline Personnel Security Standard) requirements

What will you be responsible for?

As a Senior Mechanical Engineer (MEICA), you'll be working within the MEICA team, supporting them in delivering mechanical design excellence across water and wastewater infrastructure projects. You'll be working on integrated design and build projects, providing mechanical engineering expertise and supporting the development of junior team members. This role offers the chance to make a real impact, working collaboratively with clients and multidisciplinary teams to deliver innovative solutions that benefit communities and the environment.

Your day to day will include:

• Producing detailed mechanical designs for pumping stations, treatment works, and network assets for both potable water and wastewater applications
• Overseeing junior team members, supporting their development, welfare and delivery of work within projects
• Ensuring designs comply with UK water industry standards (WIMES), British Standards, Water Regulations, CDM 2015 and client specifications
• Working collaboratively with civil, electrical and process engineers to ensure integrated, efficient asset design
• Supporting HAZOP, HAZCOM, and constructability reviews whilst undertaking site visits, surveys, inspections and attending meetings on Kier's behalf

Rewards and benefits

We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here. As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.