Engineer, Environmental Engineer

Job Description

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Company Name:
Kier

We’re looking for a Mechanical Engineer to join our MEICA Design team based in Salford / Birmingham / Gerrards Cross / Speke. Kier Design are a top‑25 engineering 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 national and local government and other public bodies, and a range of other interesting projects in every sector of the built environment.

Location:

Salford / Birmingham / Gerrards Cross / Speke

Hours:

40 hours per week – some flexibility on hours available if desired.

As a Mechanical Engineer, you’ll be working within the MEICA team, supporting in designing, delivering, and managing the mechanical aspects of complex infrastructure projects (like water / wastewater), overseeing everything from concept to commissioning, liaising with teams, managing suppliers, ensuring compliance, and handling technical documentation for mechanical systems within these integrated projects, often involving site work, design, and procurement.

• Overall mechanical design, as part of an integrated design solution for industrial and process clients, dealing with process control systems, e.g. water and wastewater treatment systems.
• Preparation of and agreement of mechanical design requirements from the client remit, ensuring it is fully understood, questioning and challenging where necessary, producing detailed mechanical designs including mechanical options for pumping stations, treatment works, and network assets for both potable water and wastewater applications.
• Providing support for mechanical design including feasibility studies, outline design, production and evaluation of concepts, focused on buildability, efficiency, innovation, enabling cost estimates to be developed.
• Undertaking and organising site visits, surveys, inspections, reporting and advising on SHE issues, attending internal and external meetings on Kier’s behalf.
• Complying designs with UK water industry standards (WIMES), British Standards, Water Regulations, CDM 2015 and client specifications.
• Supporting HAZOP, HAZCOM, and constructability reviews, working with civil, electrical and process engineers promoting integrated, efficient asset design.

• Chartered Engineer; membership of appropriate professional body (IET or IMechE).
• Extensive experience within the water, wastewater or process‑related industries, including hydraulic design and pumping systems.
• Experience and detailed knowledge of SHE (Safety, Health & Environment) requirements.
• Ability to work under pressure, making critical decisions.
• Ability to pass the BPSS (Baseline Personnel Security Standard) requirements.

We’re proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs.

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.

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.