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This is a rare chance to for you to step into a newly created role at the forefront of the UK’s most significant water sector transformation in decades. If you’re driven by meaningful engineering challenges and want your work to directly improve the lives of millions, this opportunity puts you right at the heart of it.

You’ll collaborate with major water companies, including United Utilities, Northumbrian Water, Thames Water, Severn Trent Water, and Anglian Water shaping and delivering high‑value, complex Design & Build CAPEX and OPEX programmes. From early‑stage concept to operational handover, you’ll influence every phase, helping set new standards for resilience, sustainability, and innovation.

Your remit will include:

• Mechanical design for critical water and wastewater assets — from pumping stations to treatment plants.
• Value engineering and buildability improvements that make real-world impact.
• Feasibility studies, detailed designs, and commissioning support for major infrastructure.
• High‑quality technical outputs including layouts, specifications, datasheets, and P&IDs.
• Equipment sizing and specification across pumps, blowers, valves, screening, dosing, and odour control systems.
• Site investigations and engagement with clients, contractors, and suppliers.
• Achieve compliance with UK water industry standards, health & safety, and environmental requirements.
• Technical guidance, mentoring, and collaboration within multidisciplinary teams.
• Project planning support including scheduling, risk, change control, and forecasting.
• Early integration of constructability and commissioning into design solutions.

What is in it for you, why apply ????

• Once‑in‑a‑generation investment in UK water infrastructure.
• Opportunity to collaborate with leading UK water companies, securing exposure to national‑scale programmes.
• End‑to‑end project influence — far beyond design alone.
• Career‑defining engineering challenges with real social impact.
• A platform to innovate, challenge convention, and shape future resilience.

You won’t just be part of the sector’s transformation — you’ll be a key part of defining it!

We would be delighted to hear from experienced engineers with a mix of the following skills and experience:

• Degree in Mechanical Engineering.
• Professional Membership: Working toward or holding chartered status (e.g., IMechE or equivalent),
• Strong understanding of mechanical process basrd systems used in sectors such as water/wastewater/effluent/biomass treatment.
• Knowledge of UK water industry standards, H&S, and environmental compliance.
• Robust understanding of current health, safety and welfare legislation
• Experience across the project lifecycle within infrastructure or similar complex environments.
• Familiarity with design tools such as AutoCAD, Revit, or BIM (advantageous).

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