Engineer

Kier Group plc; Gerrards Cross; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering consultancy in Gerrards Cross is seeking a Mechanical Design Engineer to support compliant designs for the wastewater network. You will be involved in innovative projects, including the Severn Trent Water AMP8 Framework. Ideal candidates should have a degree in Mechanical or Civil Engineering and a strong understanding of water network design. The role offers market-leading benefits, development opportunities, and a commitment to diversity and inclusion.

Benefits

Competitive annual holiday entitlement

Matched pension scheme

Sharesave and Share Incentive Plans

Qualifications

• Working towards professional membership to a relevant institution (ICE, IMechE, IET, or similar).
• Ability to produce designs compliant with relevant design standards.
• Demonstrable understanding of multi-discipline technical/engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Planning and overseeing the execution of tasks assigned, ensuring timely delivery.
• Working with engineers and stakeholders for effective project communication.
• Ensuring designs comply with relevant codes, regulations, and standards.
• Promoting sustainable design solutions and resolving technical challenges.
• Maintaining communication with senior management regarding progress and risks.

Skills

Degree in Mechanical / Civil Engineering

Understanding of water network design

Knowledge of hydraulic design

Experience with industry standard design software

Education

Degree in Mechanical / Civil Engineering

Job description

We're looking for a Mechanical Design Engineerto join our Design team based inGerrards Cross.Kier Design are a top-25engineering consultancy, delivering a wide range of services across all sectors of the built environment, providing construction-focused, innovative and sustainable solutions. We have preferential access to Kier's £11bn+ project pipeline, including mega projects like High Speed 2 and Hinkley Point C, frameworks with电影在线观看 and local government and other public bodies, and a range of other interesting projects in every sector of the built environment.

We believe in building teams around our people, rather than squeezing people into our teams, we want to help you carve out a role in which you'll grow and thrive for many years to come. Offering market-leading development opportunities, supporting our graduates through the early stages of their careers, enabling our people to become professionally qualified, providing management training and qualifications, and supporting ongoing technical development throughout our people's careers. Actively promoting so you can keep pushing and stretching yourself. Withinthis role, you can enjoy competitive annual holiday entitlement with opportunities to buy leave, a fantastic, matched pension scheme, a share in the success you help to create by investing in Kier through our Sharesave and Share Incentive Plans and even more.

Location

Gerrards Cross

Hours

40 hours per week - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us

What will you be responsible for?

As Mechanical Design Engineer, you'll be working within the Mechanical Electrical and Technologyteam, supporting in producing compliant designs for the waste water network. Mainly being involved in working on our Severn TrentWater AMP8 Framework, but shall also require working on schemes for other clients when needed, including (but not limited to) upgrading work at combined sewer overflows (CSOs), sewage treatment sites, pumping stations, screens, etc. There will also be involvement in design for clean water networks.

Your day to day will include:

• Planning,organising, and overseeing the execution of tasks assigned, ensuring they are delivered on time and within budget.
• Working in a team of engineers, designers, and other professionals involved in the project, interacting with clients, designers, daí contractors, and other stakeholders to ensure effective communication and coordination.
• Compliance and quality assurance: Ensuring all designs complywith relevant design codes, regulations, industry standards and Kier Design standards and procedures.
• Promoting and implementing sustainable design solutions where applicable, identifying and resolving technical and logistical challenges during the design and stopping construction phases.
• Maintaining effective and regular communication with senior management on all matters affecting output, progress, cost and risks.

What are we looking for?

This role of Mechanical Design Engineer is great for you if:

• Degree in Mechanical / Civil Engineering, working towards attaining professional membership to a relevant institution (ICE, IMechE, IET, or similar).
• A general understanding of water network design (waste water and/or clean) and can produce designs compliant to the relevant design (BS and/or EN) and client standards, able to carry out and understand hydraulic design and specify correct materials / components as required by the design scope.
• Knowledge in your discipline allied to demonstrable understanding of the role of industry standard design software, working in a multi-discipline technical /engineering team with a track record of driving sustainable performance against challenging business targets.

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.