Principal Engineer - Mechanical Design

MWH Treatment Limited; Preston; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm in Preston is seeking a Principal Mechanical Design Engineer to enhance its team. The role involves providing high-quality engineering design services for water and sewage treatment projects, ensuring compliance with health and safety standards. Candidates should possess a relevant engineering degree and significant experience in the field. Flexibility for travel to various sites is essential, with a hybrid working model available.

Qualifications

• Experience managing staff in relevant aspects of water and sewage treatment.
• Ability to present technical proposals clearly and convincingly.
• Flexibility to travel to home office and various sites.

Responsibilities

• Produce cost-effective design layouts for treatment plants.
• Ensure designs meet health and safety requirements.
• Coordinate designs with all other disciplines.

Skills

Strong understanding of water and sewage treatment principles

Ability to rationalise designs

Good knowledge of mechanical engineering

Computer literacy

Education

Relevant discipline Engineering degree

Membership of IMechE (Incorporated or Chartered)

Job description

We are looking to strengthen our engineering team with a Principal Mechanical Design Engineer based in our Hattersley (Manchester) office with hybrid working available, work will primarily be for our United Utilities AMP8 Framework on projects in the North West region.

You will report directly to the Mechanical Regional Discipline Lead (RDL) and your role will be to provide superior quality Engineering Design services to allow the company to minimise risks and maximise profits on turnkey and engineering services contracts. In order to ensure the above the individual must co-ordinate the design and produce design documents and drawings taking due account of health and safety requirements, specifications and standards pertaining to the contract.

Responsibilities

• Produce design layouts which are cost effective, meet the requirements of the specification and which can be constructed and commissioned effectively. The term ‘cost’ is to embrace all costs associated with the design and the subsequent construction of the design. To be cost effective the whole out turn cost of the design solution must be considered including design time costs, material costs, erection costs and any impact that the design solution might have on other disciplines.
• Ensure that standard practices are utilised where ever possible.
• Maintain competitiveness.
• Provide estimates and feedback for Proposals department.
• Work to procedures and processes to ensure the continuing development of the department.
• Assist in developing procedures and processes.
• Monitor and review the procedures and processes.
• Write, update and monitor efficient procedures to aid the smooth running of the department.
• Ensure co-ordination of designs with all other disciplines internal and external to MWHT in order to ensure that the design processes carried out on the contract are co-ordinated for the benefit of the contract as a whole.
• Maintain files and records throughout the duration of contracts.
• Assure customer satisfaction.
• To work within a culture where satisfying the customer is recognised as the key to achieving other objectives, and that customers include everyone receiving benefit from our processes, whether end users or other departments within the company.
• Maintain a personal development plan.
• Assist in supervising and developing staff.
• Assist in ensuring a safe working environment for all staff.
• Reduce waste to a minimum from all departmental activities.
• Ensure designs take account of environmental issues.
• Ensure that design takes full regard of all health and safety requirements.

Qualifications

EssentialA strong understanding of the principles of water and sewage treatment.Have experience of managing members of staff in designing relevant discipline aspects of water and sewage treatment plants.Membership of a professional institution i.e. IMechE and be Incorporated or Chartered.Relevant discipline Engineering degree.Ability to rationalise designs and produce economic plant layouts.Good general knowledge of all aspects of water treatment, e.g. mechanical engineering, process engineering, electrical engineering and project management.A flexible mind, with the ability to assimilate large amounts of different data at one time.Ability to present technical proposals clearly, confidently and convincingly.Computer literacy.Have the ability to travel to the home office and sites, some of our sites are difficult to access through public transport, meaning a full UK driving license is preferredSuccessful candidates will need to be flexible and willing to spend time in other offices and sites, this is particularly important to the United Utilities Framework where the Engineering team are required to work at times in our clients offices, primarily Lingley Mere (Warrington) but also potential the North Hub (Preston).