Senior Mechanical Engineer (Energy Transition)
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Job Description
What if you could shape a career as unique as you?
At WSP, you can always find opportunities to grow and do what matters to you. Make the most of our global reach to discover new challenges and chances to work with diverse, talented individuals who will help you expand your horizons.
Job Description
What if you could shape a career as unique as you?
At WSP, you can always find opportunities to grow and do what matters to you. Make the most of our global reach to discover new challenges and chances to work with diverse, talented individuals who will help you expand your horizons.
A Little More About Your Role
At WSP, there’s nothing we love more than pushing boundaries. Harnessing innovation and sharing insights across our diverse, international team to create a tomorrow’s world that's cleaner, greener and safer. Join us and you’ll be part of an organisation that takes pride in its people and purpose: creating long-lasting solutions to meet the needs of generations to come.
At WSP, you’ll find yourself challenged in more fascinating and far-reaching ways than ever before. You’ll explore new and inspiring opportunities to make the most of your expertise, broaden your professional horizons and create exciting new possibilities for people, organisations and society in general.
We are seeking to recruit a Senior Mechanical Engineer to join our Energy Transition Team, helping to contribute towards its continuing success. Working as part of a large engineering group the role requires the candidate to lead the development of mechanical designs on a wide range of transmission projects, including natural gas at below and above 7 bar, hydrogen, carbon dioxide, LNG terminals, and biogas. There is also an opportunity to work on projects within the wider energy portfolio, including conventional power plants, energy-from-waste plants, industrial facilities and carbon capture schemes.
The UK Energy Transition team provides services to our clients and their projects from initial inception through development and construction to operation and decommissioning. An approach that sees us support our clients over the entire lifecycle of a project.
Our team’s expertise covers all thermal generation and conversion technologies and includes novel, first-of-a-kind concepts and other low or zero-carbon technologies such as future fuels and carbon capture, utilisation and storage. Working together with private developers, power utilities, government bodies, banks, lending agencies, contractors and OEMs, we safely deliver projects whilst meeting and exceeding client expectations.
The candidate should be experienced in the delivery of concept, FEED and detail design work and be familiar with working for an OEM, Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) Contractor or a similar organisation.
Location is flexible across our UK office network.
A Typical Week Would Include
* Working with the project team to develop cost-effective, efficient and innovative solutions to complex problems to create practical designs based on these solutions.
* Working on projects in a variety of stages of maturity, including feasibility studies, Concept Designs, FEED Studies, Value Engineering and Detailed Design. There will be opportunities for site work during project development, construction and commissioning.
* Preparation of Pipeline deliverables and Above Ground Installations such as wall thickness calculations, piping specifications.
* Undertaking Pipeline routing and population studies.
* Working closely with other engineering disciplines in development of designs.
* Supporting development of layouts and 3D models.
* Developing proposals and bids for the piping and layout discipline and contributing to multi-disciplinary proposals.
What We Will Be Looking For You To Demonstrate
* A Degree in a relevant Engineering subject;
* Chartered Engineer or working towards IEng/Ceng and a member of relevant Engineering Institute;
* Work experience within the gas industry.
* The ability and desire to assume a lead role in the development of pipeline and AGI engineering deliverables.
* Knowledge of national and international codes and standards used within the industry covering design and manufacturing requirements of plant equipment and piping.
* Experience of carrying out pipeline and AGI design.
* Experience of working in a multi discipline team on plant 3D models.
* Proven understanding of the design process and ability to demonstrate working knowledge of brief / scope documents, design concepts as well as experienced in producing calculations.
* Experience of operational and integrity issue troubleshooting and problem solving.
* Be familiar with the Autodesk suite of products, specifically; AutoCAD, AutoCAD Plant 3D, Navisworks and BIM360;
* Must be proficient in the use MS Office suite of products to create technical reports, specifications; schedules and calculations. And;
* Experience of working with clients and contractors with a diverse range of objectives in achieving a technical solution.
Don’t quite meet all the criteria? Apply, and we can see how your experience aligns to this role and other opportunities within the team.
Imagine a better future for you and a better future for us all.
Work on landmark projects around the world and embrace opportunities to make an even bigger impact in the communities you care about. What if you could do the best work of your life and create a legacy for yourself?
With us, you can. Apply today.
About Us
We are one of the world’s leading engineering and professional services firms. Our 69,300 passionate people are united by the common purpose of creating positive, long-lasting impacts on the communities we serve through a culture of innovation, integrity, and inclusion. With over 9,000 professionals across the UK and Ireland, we are dedicated to our local communities and propelled by international brainpower.
WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?
Work-life balance
At WSP, we understand that work is just one aspect of your life. It’s important to make time for you, your family, friends, interests and your community.
Our hybrid working policy offers the flexibility to work from home two days a week, while also providing opportunities to collaborate in our modern offices across the UK.
Inclusivity & Diversity
We welcome applicants with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We enable rewarding careers by encouraging people to bring their whole and authentic selves to work so that our work represents the fullest spectrum of society. We celebrate integrity and treat people with respect, supporting each other and embracing diversity to create a culture of inclusion and belonging at WSP. We have our employee resource groups bring together employees and allies with different backgrounds to promote a culture of inclusivity.
Health & Wellbeing
We are committed to supporting our people, giving you the tools to make improvements to your health and wellbeing through our Thrive programme.
Med24 offers you and your family unlimited telephone access to an NHS doctor, available 24/7, with options for face-to-face video consultations. We also provide reasonable workplace adjustments for those in need. Additionally, you can benefit from the Gymflex scheme, which offers up to 40% off annual gym memberships through our WSP flexible benefits program, as well as a comprehensive menopause support package.
Flex your time
To enhance work-life balance, WSP offers the “WSP My Hour,” allowing you to take one hour each day for personal activities, with the flexibility to make up the time earlier or later that day.
We also provide part-time and flexible working arrangements, the option to purchase additional leave, and the ability to use your bank holiday entitlement to suit you.
Your development
We understand the importance of development and training to you. That’s why we foster a supportive environment that invests in your growth, whether through training, mentoring, or Chartership.
#WeAreWSP
Here at WSP we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity. As a Disability Confident leader, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria, please let us know if you require any workplace adjustments in support of your application.
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