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Mechanical (MEICA) Engineer

On-site in the UK·Full-time·Added today (last checked 29 Oct)

Kier

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Salary
From £39,000 a year

About £2,630 a month after tax.

Work mode
On-site, the UK
Contract
Full-time

Skills

Requirements

What we're looking for

  • A Chartered Engineer or close to obtaining chartership with membership of appropriate Professional Body (IET or IMechE)
  • Fully competent with experience within the water, wastewater or process related industries, including hydraulic design and pumping systems
  • Experienced in problem solving and decision making with detailed knowledge of Safety, Health & Environment requirements
  • Able to understand information and data, patterns, trends and relationships in order to make effective decisions
  • Able to pass the BPSS (Baseline Personnel Security Standard) requirements

Pay & benefits

Visa & relocation

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role

Are you...

The role

We're looking for a Mechanical Engineer (MEICA) to join our Kier Design team based in Nationwide within the water sector. Kier Design, a 750 plus strong design consultancy team, recognised as a Top 30 employer on Glassdoor.

Location

Location: Nationwide
Hours: 40 hours per week - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us.
Salary: starting from £39,000 per year

What will you be responsible for?

As a Mechanical Engineer (MEICA), you'll be working within the MEICA team, supporting them in delivering integrated design solutions for water and wastewater treatment systems. Working on capital and operational projects with water companies across the UK, you'll provide mechanical engineering expertise, ensuring pumping systems and associated mechanical equipment are correctly specified, designed, installed, and commissioned. This role offers the chance to work within a fully integrated design and build delivery model, supporting some of the most significant water infrastructure projects while helping to shape the future of Kier's water sector presence.

Your day to day will include

  • Producing detailed mechanical designs for pumping stations, treatment works, and network assets for both potable water and wastewater applications
  • Preparing mechanical design requirements from client briefs, ensuring full understanding and challenging where necessary
  • Providing support for mechanical design including feasibility studies, outline design, and evaluation of concepts focused on buildability and innovation
  • Ensuring designs comply with UK water industry standards (WIMES), British Standards, Water Regulations, CDM 2015 and client specifications
  • Working collaboratively with civil, electrical and process engineers to ensure integrated, efficient asset design

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.

About Kier

Industry
Construction

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Additional information

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.

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