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Mechanical/Senior/Principal Mechanical Engineer

Bristol
4 months ago
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My Client is recruiting for Mechanical/Senior/Principal Mechanical Engineer in the Water Sector

My Client are looking to strengthen their engineering team with a Mechanical, Senior and/oir Principal Mechanical Engineer based at their Bristol offices with hybrid working available.

You will report directly to the Regional Discipline Lead and your role will be to provide superior quality Engineering Design services to allow the company to minimise risks and maximise profits on turnkey and engineering services contracts. In order to ensure the above the individual must co-ordinate the design and produce design documents and drawings taking due account of health and safety requirements, specifications and standards pertaining to the contract.

Key responsibilities will include:

Produce design layouts which are cost effective, meet the requirements of the specification and which can be constructed and commissioned effectively. The term 'cost' is to embrace all costs associated with the design and the subsequent construction of the design. To be cost effective the whole out turn cost of the design solution must be considered including design time costs, material costs, erection costs and any impact that the design solution might have on other disciplines.
Ensure that standard practices are utilised where ever possible.
Maintain competitiveness
Provide estimates and feedback for Proposals department
Work to procedures and processes to ensure the continuing development of the department
Assist in developing procedures and processes
Monitor and review the procedures and processes
Write, update and monitor efficient procedures to aid the smooth running of the department.
Ensure co-ordination of designs with all other disciplines internal and external to Company in order to ensure that the design processes carried out on the contract are co-ordinated for the benefit of the contract as a whole.
Maintain files and records throughout the duration of contracts.
Assure customer satisfaction
To work within a culture where satisfying the customer is recognised as the key to achieving other objectives, and that customers include everyone receiving benefit from our processes, whether end users or other departments within the company.
Maintain a personal development plan
Assist in supervising and developing staff
Assist in ensuring a safe working environment for all staff
Reduce waste to a minimum from all departmental activities
Ensure designs take account of environmental issues
Ensure that design takes full regard of all health and safety requirements.
Experience and Qualifications:

Experience in technical delivery of process plant systems on complex water industry engineering projects.
Strong understanding of the principles of water and sewage treatment.
Have experience of managing members of staff in designing relevant discipline aspects of water and sewage treatment plants
Membership of a professional institution / chartered
Relevant discipline Engineering degree
Ability to rationalise designs and produce economic plant layouts
Good general knowledge of all aspects of water treatment, e.g. mechanical engineering, process engineering, electrical engineering and project management
A flexible mind, with the ability to assimilate large amounts of different data at one time
Ability to present technical proposals clearly, confidently and convincingly
Experience of working on design and construct projects using digital design
Computer literacy
Driving license

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