Principal Mechanical Engineer - Water (Engineering and Design)

Manchester, England, United Kingdom

12/13/2024

Job Description

To deliver Mechanical Design & Engineering Services to water sector projects.

Costain have an increased engineering and design workload in water sector to support AMP 8 for multiple clients including United Utilities, Severn Trent, Thames Water and Southern Water. Costain are seeking a Principal Mechanical Engineer – Water to support this increased workload. Work will be located at Costain Offices at Aviator Way, Manchester, with a blended approach to flexible and home working to support wellbeing. We welcome applicants from candidates with experience of working in the water sector but equally are seeking people with experience in other industries and sectors to support interdisciplinary learning and on-site delivery. This is a great opportunity to establish or develop a career in a technically challenging and highly rewarding growing sector which will support the UK’s water sector.

Responsibilities

• To ensure compliance with Company & Client Policy with respect to water sector requirements.
• To complete specific design tasks as delegated by the Project Discipline Engineer or Engineering Manager as appropriate.
• To ensure work packs are delivered in timely and cost effective manner and in line with Company & Clients Project requirements and applicable Company & Client Codes and Standards. Where task forces are mobilised the team members are to be selected through the SQEP process and be familiar in the appropriate field of work.
• To ensure well maintained Quality Assurance, auditable records, and technical files in line with CDM requirements.
• To ensure smooth and efficient liaison with Other Associated Partners and disciplines as required
  
  

Qualifications

Essential

A Principal Mechanical Engineer - Water is an engineer with specific knowledge and experience within their specialist field and discipline. (i.e.SQEP’d–Suitably Qualified Experienced Person).

• A Principal Mechanical Engineer - Water is capable of carrying out Lead Mechanical Engineers roles on a project or group of projects and may support the career development of fellow engineers.
• Proven and significant experience in their discipline or a closely related one.
• Proficiency in the delivery of engineering design across a number of work categories.
  
  

Desirable

Experience in one or more of the following specialist mechanical engineering fields:

• Water treatment
• Waste water treatment
• Biosolids/sludge treatment
• Pumping systems
• Chemical storage and dosing
• Asset condition surveys and reports
  
  

Experience with the following mechanical engineering and design deliverables and activities:

• Process Flow Diagrams
• Plant Layout
• Equipment Specifications and Datasheets
• Pumping system calculations
  
  

Essential

• An appropriate Degree, HNC, HND or equivalent in engineering or related discipline.
  
  

Desirable

Chartered Mechanical Engineer

About Us

Costain helps to improve people’s lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK’s energy, water, transportation and defence markets. We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, decarbonising and delivering increased efficiency. Our vision is to be the UK’s leading smart infrastructure solutions company. We will achieve this by focusing on blue chip clients whose major spending plans are underpinned by strategic national needs, regulatory commitments, legislation or essential performance requirements. We offer our clients leading edge solutions that are digitally optimised through the following five services which cover the whole lifecycle of their assets: future-shaping strategic consultancy; consultancy and advisory; digital technology solutions; asset optimisation and complex programme delivery. Our culture and values underpin everything we do.