EICA Design Engineer

Description

Join Trant Engineering and help shape the delivery of complex, high-impact projects.

Trant Engineering is a leading EPC contractor with a strong reputation for delivering innovative engineering solutions across the UK and internationally. With over 1,000 employees and a £150m turnover, we’re growing—and now looking for an experienced EICA Design Engineer to play a key role in our project delivery teams.

Electrical

Southampton

• Applies broad knowledge of EICA engineering principles and practices within a specific discipline.
• Independently evaluates, selects, and adapts standard techniques, procedures, and criteria for conventional projects with few complex features.
• Contributes to multidisciplinary teams and acquires general knowledge of related fields.
• Demonstrates sound judgment in adapting methods for non-routine aspects of assignments.
• Acknowledges and applies concepts of sustainability to engineering projects.

• Designs complete projects, systems, components, or processes.
• Prepares comprehensive EICA specifications, drawings, and project documentation.
• Designs and conducts site investigations; analyzes and interprets survey data.
• Formulates and solves engineering problems using standard and adapted methods.
• Oversees moderate projects or contributes to specific parts of large-scale projects.

• Applies leadership and teamwork skills to plan, execute, and manage scopes, schedules, and budgets.
• Contributes to project meetings and presents specific aspects of engineering assignments.
• Develops an awareness of change management practices and commercial impact of decisions, incorporating this into design activities.

• Assigns tasks to and directs junior members of project team (technical and non-technical staff).
• Interprets, organizes, executes, and coordinates detailed aspects of engineering work.
• Mentors direct reports and less experienced staff by providing guidance, explaining professional responsibilities, and reviewing work outputs.
• Receives general direction on key objectives and guidance on unconventional or complex problems when necessary.

• Communicates effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Demonstrates empathy, critical listening, and conflict management skills.
• Advocates professionalism and respectful inclusion.

• Upholds and promotes the Company’s Core Values – Care, Trust, Respect and Sustainability.

• Higher Education (NVQ+)

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related discipline (Master’s preferred).
• Membership of a Professional Engineering Institution
• CSCS Card or SHEA Water Qualification
• EUSR Water Hygiene Qualification

• Typically 3–5 years of relevant engineering experience, including project design and coordination.

At Trant Engineering, we deliver complex, high-value engineering and construction projects across the UK. From process and water treatment to energy infrastructure upgrades, we play a key role in delivering and protecting critical national infrastructure – shaping the systems that communities and industries rely on every day.

Our teams design and deliver full EPC solutions, combining technical excellence with practical, hands-on delivery. We offer end-to-end capabilities – from concept and design through to manufacturing, construction and commissioning utilising a continually evolving in-house expertise. This means you’ll work on projects that are varied, challenging and genuinely impactful.

Our multi-disciplinary teams bring together specialists in civil, mechanical, electrical,…