What you’ll be doing
as a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer
1. Complete the design of complex engineering processes in the water and wastewater industry.
2. Support multidisciplinary teams in developing solutions to engineering challenges for operational plants to ensure adherence to stringent design codes.
3. Lead and coordinate multi-disciplinary teams for mechanically biased projects.
4. Undertake equipment failure root cause analysis investigations to establish failure methods and reduce the impact and future occurrence.
5. Provide technical input into project definition briefs.
6. Provide mechanical input into asset surveys and plant condition assessments, feasibility studies, whole-life costing, and preliminary designs.
7. Provide technical sign-off and assurance during technical delivery, including handover.
8. Ensure we are compliant with engineering-based regulatory requirements in their area.
9. Support testing and development of new technologies for implementation in research projects.
10. Provide the technical sign-off (accountability) and assurance that the project's needs will be fulfilled during technical delivery, including handover and commissioning.
11. Support the establishment of a ‘Centre of Excellence’ for engineering.
12. Support the establishment of a cohesive, sustainable engineering structure from graduate to industry experts that leads Thames Water’s engineering requirements into AMP8 and beyond.
Hybrid – Clearwater Court (Reading), you will be required in the office and on-site 2-3 days a week and as the business requires.
36 hours a week, Monday to Friday. Flexible working opportunities.
You must have a driver's licence and access to a vehicle for this role.
What you should bring to the role
The essential criteria you need:
13. Be a recognised senior engineer (Chartered or close to achieving Chartered Status) in Mechanical Engineering with experience in the water industry or a closely related equivalent sector.
14. Be degree qualified or equivalent in mechanical engineering with a relevant awarding body/working towards chartership.
15. Have design engineering experience.
16. Provide background on supporting quantity surveyors/cost estimating teams in the scope development for cost modelling and budgetary proposals.
17. Be knowledgeable in any of the following: pumps/pipe systems, sludge, gas/CHP systems, and water/wastewater treatment process equipment.
18. Understand the regulatory environment to achieve compliance with our engineering regulatory requirements.
What’s in it for you?
19. Competitive salary from £55,000 to £70,000 per annum, depending on experience.
20. 26 days holiday per year, increasing to 30 with the length of service.
21. Access to many benefits to help you take care of your and your family’s health and well-being, and your finances – from annual health MOTs and access to physiotherapy and counselling to Cycle to Work schemes, shopping vouchers and life assurance.
22. Performance-related pay plan directly linked to company performance measures and targets.