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Location

Scotland | United Kingdom

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Job description

We are WSP - Join us and make your career future ready!

In today’s world it’s important to work for a company that has clear purpose, giving back to communities and supporting what is truly important in the world.

When considering a career move it’s vital to work for a business that is aligned to your values and goals, a place where you can belong. See what WSP stands for in 2024 and beyond…

To find out more about our Water business click on the following link and discover what awaits you at WSP: Water Resilience | Stronger Together | WSP

As the demand for our expertise continues to grow, an opportunity has arisen for a Senior Mechanical Engineer to join our Water Engineering teams located in Birmingham, Manchester, Newcastle or Glasgow.

Working within various multidisciplinary project design teams, you will take a key role in the delivery of the mechanical engineering design content on a range of challenging projects in water engineering. These projects include water, wastewater and effluent treatment facilities throughout the UK and occasionally overseas. You will contribute to the project design from feasibility and optioneering through to the production of detailed designs for procurement and construction and review of supplier proposals. 

Your new role, what's involved?

As a Senior Mechanical Engineer, you will work within project teams helping us deliver effective and professional services for a range of varied and high-profile clients.

Key responsibilities include:

• Preparation of mechanical design deliverables including calculations, reports, specifications, datasheets, drawings, schedules and procurement documentation.
• Checking technical deliverables produced by others.
• Providing technical guidance, coaching and technical supervision of junior staff
• Working collaboratively with other disciplines on multi-disciplinary projects delivering work to time, cost and quality expectations.
• Managing mechanical input to projects to meet time, cost and quality criteria.
• Providing input to proposals, work scope, work schedule and budgets
• Liaison with the Client (internal or external) ensuring that their needs are met
• Ensuring HSSE and Quality Assurance systems and procedures are followed.

YOUR TEAM

You will join an established UK team of experienced mechanical engineers comprising grades from technician to Associate Director.

Whatever level of experience you bring, we are here to support and motivate you to deliver high quality designs for our clients and, in doing so, develop you to your potential.

We'd love to hear from you if you have:

Essential:

• Significant experience in delivering mechanical engineering design aspects of infrastructure projects, including taking the lead mechanical engineering role on a project or significant task.
• The ability to work mainly unsupervised in the preparation and/or review of mechanical design package deliverables such as technical specifications, calculations, reports, datasheets, schedules, and procurement documentation.
• Good technical understanding of mechanical principles and familiarity with the design of waste water and water treatment processes equipment and pumping systems
• Good understanding of ‘technical excellence’, practice of self-checking, and experience of providing effective technical review of the work of others.
• The ability to work accurately and flexibly, integrating your work with other discipline areas whilst managing your own /your team’s work to tight programme and budget constraints.
• Be able to communicate clearly in the English language; both verbally and in the production of high-quality written documentation using MS Office applications.
• A confident Client-facing manner. Adopting a diligent, confident, collaborative and highly motivated approach when working as part of a Client’s team, together with WSP colleagues, or independently.
• Be able to travel and visit operational works and construction sites as required, to act in a safe manner, and to asset survey, inspect, and witness test mechanical equipment and
• A commitment to team goals, embrace collaboration at all levels in the business and embrace safety as a non-negotiable priority.

• You should be in possession of a valid UK driving license. 

What's in it for you?

• Work-life balance?

WSP recognises that work is only one part of your life and making time for other things is important – whether that’s for your families, friends, or yourself.

Our hybrid working policy allows the flexibility to work from the comfort of your own home as well as collaborating in our contemporary offices across the UK.

• Inclusivity & Diversity?

We want our people to achieve rewarding careers, bringing their whole selves to work. We celebrate integrity and treat people with respect, supporting each other and embracing diversity to create a culture of inclusion and belonging at WSP.

Our employee resource groups VIBE (LGBTQ+ employees), CREED (Championing Racial Equality and Ethnic Diversity) and our Gender Balance Group, in tandem with WSP’s Neurodiverse Community Group, WSP Connect Group (visible and non-visible disabilities) help us promote the right environment for you to reach your full potential.

• Health & Wellbeing?

We are committed to supporting our people, giving you the tools to make improvements to your health and wellbeing through our Thrive programme.

Med24 gives you and your family unrestricted telephone access to an NHS doctor where you can call day or night or have a face-to-face video consultation.

• Flex your time?

For improved work life balance, WSP offers the “WSP Hour” which enables you to take one hour per day to do as you wish and make up the time earlier or later that day. We also offer part time and flexible working arrangements plus the option to flex your bank holiday entitlement to suit you.

• Your development?

We appreciate that development and training is important to you and that’s why we have a supportive environment that invests in your development, whether that’s chartership, training or mentoring.

Apply now and be the future of WSP!

#WeAreWSP

Here at WSP we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity. As a Disability Confident leader, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria, please let us know if you require any workplace adjustments in support of your application.

Please note WSP reserves the right to close the vacancy before the advertised closing date.

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