MECHANICAL PROJECT ENGINEER Location: South East England Contract Type: Permanent or Freelance / Contract Salary/Rate: Competitive salary or day rate (DOE) GRS are seeking a skilled Mechanical Project Engineer to work on high-value MEICA water projects across the South East. You'll join a Tier 1 contractor delivering key infrastructure upgrades for UK water authorities under major capital delivery programmes (e.g. AMP8). Responsibilities: * Manage mechanical installation works across water treatment and pumping station projects * Coordinate designs, site works, fabrication drawings, and subcontractors * Ensure mechanical scopes are delivered on time, to spec, and within budget * Interface with electrical and ICA teams to ensure integrated MEICA delivery * Attend site inspections, FATs, commissioning, and handover activities Requirements: * Mechanical engineering background with experience in water or wastewater environments * Strong knowledge of pumps, valves, pipework systems, skids, and associated equipment * Comfortable working on-site and coordinating between design and delivery teams * Experience with NEC contracts and Tier 1 project delivery preferred * SMSTS/CSCS and water hygiene desirable Benefits: * Tier 1 contractor exposure and long-term project continuity * Option of freelance contract (outside IR35 considered) OR permanent with progression * Work across a variety of clean and wastewater infrastructure schemes GRS (Gearing Recruitment Solutions) operates across sectors including water treatment, wastewater, AMP projects, and energy distribution. Relevant industries: clean water, sludge treatment, pumping stations, chemical dosing, sewage, food processing, breweries, pharmaceutical, process engineering, power networks, HV/LV installations, renewables, solar, wind farms, energy storage systems, oil and gas, and petrochemicals