Mechanical Design Engineer Salary/Day Rate: £45k - £65k depending on experience £350 - £450 per day outside IR35 including agency fee, depending on experience Location: Office or Site Based Ideally full time from our Manchester office (M32 0RS) Hybrid working acceptable for strong candidate, minimum 3 days per week in the office Mechanical Design Engineer Day to Day duties: * Provide design deliverables that satisfy safety and quality requirements. * Produce design calculations and drawings for the water industry * Direct and develop CAD technicians. * Prepare scopes for and check output of subcontract M&E design teams * Liaise with, prepare specifications for and review tender responses from equipment suppliers and manufacturers * Prepare design investigations, reports and specifications. * Design in compliance with relevant technical, professional and group standards. * Ensure project change for design package is fully implemented and recorded. * Estimate hours required for design packages * Present at and attend meetings and design presentations Mechanical Design Engineer Required Qualifications & Experience: * 5 years’ mechanical design experience in the UK water industry * Graduate, HND or significant experience from technician level * Good level IT * Registered with professional body and working towards chartership Preferred Qualifications & Experience * Chartered engineer * Experience in hydraulic design * Experience in UMON schemes * Experience in wastewater and clean water, infra and non-infra * Awareness of construction methods and materials. * Knowledge of engineering drawing practices. Mechanical Design Engineer Key Skills: * Communication * Results Focussed * Strong technical knowledge * Communication * Developer of self and others. * Problem solving * Technical Main Discipline