Senior Mechanical Engineer, Water

Position: Senior Mechanical Engineer, Water Sector
Company Description

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Job Description

Start here. Grow here.

Are you ready to shape the future of water infrastructure?

We’re looking for a Senior
Mechanical Engineer to join our growing Water Solutions team
, with flexibility to be based out of one of our England & Wales offices.

In this role, you’ll play a key part in delivering multi-billion-pound capital programmes across the UK water sector, contributing to projects ranging from small rural sites to complex, multi-million-pound infrastructure and non-infrastructure schemes in both water and wastewater. These long-term frameworks extend through AMP8 and AMP9
, offering security, variety, and the opportunity to make a real impact in shaping sustainable water solutions.

You will contribute to several major frameworks, including:

Key Programmes You’ll Support:

• Southern Water – £3.7 billion Capital Delivery Programme:
• Strategic Delivery Partner (SDP) Frameworks: Supporting Tier 1 Contractors on:
• Lot 1:
  Non-infrastructure water projects
• Lot 2:
  Non-infrastructure wastewater projects
• Low Complexity Delivery Route & SDP Lot 3 Infrastructure Frameworks: Partnering exclusively with Tier 1 Contractors to deliver high-quality wastewater infrastructure projects.
• South West Water – Engineering Consultancy Services Framework:
• Lot 3 – Multi-Discipline Engineering Design
• Wessex Water – Capital Delivery Partner Framework:
• Lot 2 – Design Consultants

As part of a growing multi-disciplinary team with a long-standing presence in the region, you’ll be joining a group recognised for excellence, having won the IChemE Global Water Award 2023 . You’ll have opportunities to develop your technical career not only through involvement in local projects but also by contributing to flagship initiatives across the UK&I and globally.

With flexible working from our locations, you’ll collaborate across multi-disciplinary teams to deliver innovative and sustainable solutions. As part of AECOM, you’ll engage in impactful projects from inception through to delivery, enhancing the environment and supporting communities.

Here's what you'll do:

• Producing feasibility studies, outline design, detailed design and construction support.
• Producing design drawings, mechanical plant selection and specification.
• Liaising and collaborating with our water and other discipline teams including civil, electrical, process and mechanical engineers nationwide.
• Deliver a high calibre of technical quality, contribute to bids, interface with clients and collaborators in design and planning.
• Deliver to agreed budget, programme and quality along with supporting the preparation of project budget & programme.
• Responsible for the design of mechanical installations typically including municipal water and wastewater pumping stations, screens, grit removal plant, penstocks, valves, odour control systems, pipework etc.
• Site visits to carry out site surveys and the support of liaisons with clients, contractors & suppliers.
• Producing plant layouts, technical specifications, Wimes datasheets, valve schedules, equipment schedules, lifting strategies and P&IDs
• Producing pumping stations designs, headloss calculations and pumping system analysis / pump selection

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