Mechanical Engineer

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We are seeking a Mechanical Engineer to work within one of the @One Alliance’s four business units. Your work will bolster our mechanical engineering capabilities in the alliance team and provide fresh ideas and perspectives on our ways of working. As we enter AMP8, our most ambitious Asset Management Period yet, we are tackling nature‑based, sustainable solutions such as wetlands and urban drainage schemes.

We are setting global benchmarks in environmental infrastructure and empowering our people with exceptional career growth opportunities.

Peterborough

• Lead the preparation and analysis of key mechanical options, for review and agreement with the client and key project stakeholders, ensuring risks and gaps are mitigated while upholding the Project Basis of Design.
• Conduct design calculations to facilitate sizing of mechanical, hydraulic, power generating and building services equipment.
• Liaise with the supply chain to ensure the latest technologies are assessed and understood as part of the optioneering process.
• Collaborate with the design team to develop 3D models and solutions.
• Oversee the outputs for processes including P&IDs, data sheets, HAZID and HAZOP studies, and mechanical input into commissioning plans, including proposed performance tests.
• Support the team in driving excellence in Health & Safety, demonstrating applied knowledge and skills to produce safe designs and meet CDM Regulations and standards.
• Identify and promote opportunities to meet the project’s digital, sustainability, innovation and people objectives.

• A degree in Mechanical Engineering.
• Extensive practical mechanical design experience in a similar environment.
• Proven track record of designing hydraulic and mechanical systems and products.
• A good understanding of modular build and construction processes and procedures.
• Strong collaborative and teamwork skills.
• Courage to try new things and work differently to safely deliver.

• Place Based Thinking – delivers large and complex projects across the @One Alliance, managing stations and treatment centres such as Whitlingham, Flag Fen and others.
• Water – provides strategic support across the clean water network, working on hydraulic resilience and infrastructure planning.
• Water Recycling (East and West) – responsible for the collection, conveyance and treatment of wastewater across an extensive network, ensuring safe and sustainable discharge.
• Additional units may offer specialised opportunities aligned to your skills, experience and interests.

• Smart working – staggered start and finish times with up to 40% remote working where roles allow.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rated).
• Family friendly policies: 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partner leave.
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and more.

Balfour Beatty’s Highways business delivers major schemes including motorway upgrade programmes and regional investment works for National Highways. We work safely, reduce carbon emissions and add social value to the communities within which we operate.

We believe that diversity and inclusion are essential for a successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing an inclusive culture where everyone can thrive. We encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists. We are a Disability Confident Employer, committed to removing barriers for people with disabilities and long‑term health conditions.

We continually seek to improve our resourcing process and ensure it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have feedback on the process, please contact candidate recruit

Mid‑Senior level

Full‑time

Construction

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