We're looking for a Senior Mechanical Engineer to join our team based in Liverpool/Manchester/Leeds.
Location: Liverpool/Manchester/Leeds - remote working available, with occasional travel to the office required.
Hours: 40 hours per week - with opportunity for agile working
Salary: Starting from £50,000 per annum
Sector: MEP – across variety of industry sectors
We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.
Join our team as a Senior Mechanical Engineer and take the lead on innovative, complex projects across a range of sectors. You'll be instrumental in delivering sustainable, compliant solutions from concept through to construction, working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams to shape the built environment. This is an excellent opportunity for a chartered or near-chartered engineer looking to make a real impact with a trusted, forward-thinking organisation.
Are you…
A Chartered Engineer (or working towards) and member of CIBSE or IET?
A Senior Design Engineer with strong M&E experience?
A Senior Design Engineer looking to take the next step for a Main Contractor with a secured workload in a variety in industry sectors?
Passionate about working for a collaborative, trusted, and delivery‑focused organisation?
Do you…
Hold a Degree in Mechanical Building Services Engineering or related subject
Bring experience of working across both public and private sector projects?
Want to work for a highly regarded Main Contractor, recognised as a Top 30 employer on Glassdoor?
What will you be responsible for?
As a Senior Mechanical Engineer, you'll be working within the MEP team, supporting them in delivering high-quality mechanical design across diverse projects. Your day to day will include:
Leading mechanical design on large, complex multidisciplinary projects from concept to construction
Providing expert technical advice and ensuring sustainable, compliant, and cost-effective solutions
Coordinating with multidisciplinary teams and representing mechanical engineering in design meetings
Driving innovation, implementing BIM, and championing best practice throughout the project lifecycle
Managing design quality, budgets, risks, and communicating progress to senior stakeholders
What are we looking for?
This role of Senior Mechanical Engineer is great for you if:
You hold a degree in Mechanical or Building Services Engineering and are a member of CIBSE or IET
You're a Chartered Engineer or actively working towards chartership
You have proven senior-level experience delivering complex mechanical design solutions
You bring strong technical expertise paired with clear, effective communication skills
You're passionate about collaboration, sustainability, and driving excellence in engineering delivery
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.
Due to the nature of this role, you will also be required to complete a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service Check (applicants with convictions will be treated on a case-by-case basis. We do not discriminate based on an applicant's conviction history or the details of any convictions disclosed to us). Some roles may also be subject to further pre-employment checks.
We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier.