Senior Mechanical Engineer – Water Sector

Are you an experienced Mechanical Engineer with a passion for creating sustainable solutions?

Join Stantec and help us tackle the urgent climate, environmental, and efficiency challenges facing our communities!

At the start of AMP 8, we are seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer to join our Water team in the South of England. This role can be based at our offices in Brighton, Ashford, Kings Hill or Southampton and you will grow our reputation within the local community and Water Business, by providing mechanical design services for a range of projects.

We are excited by our growth prospects, and this is a good opportunity to join an experienced team who will provide you with plenty of support and opportunities for career progression. You will be involved in the whole project life cycle from feasibility and optioneering through to detailed design and construction support including site surveys and investigations. You will hold responsibility for working and liaising with project managers, technical leaders, design engineers, clients, supply chain partners, contractors, planners and other stakeholders to achieve positive outcomes for the projects and community. You will help mentor and guide less experienced members within the team.

For more information on our Water teams, please see Stantec Water

About You

• Provide mechanical design services for water projects across feasibility, optioneering, detailed design and construction support, including site surveys and investigations.
• Collaborate with project managers, technical leads, design engineers, clients, supply chain partners, contractors and planners to deliver positive project and community outcomes.
• Mentor and guide less experienced team members.
• Produce technical outputs such as design specifications, sizing and design of pumping systems and aeration systems, schedules and reports. Contribute to collaborative planning reviews and design solutions.
• Provide engineering input for design outputs in collaboration with other disciplines, such as General Arrangement Drawings, 3D models and Piping & Instrumentation Diagrams.

• Experienced Mechanical Engineer with a Degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related subject. Ideally Chartered (or on route to Chartership) or Incorporated, with experience in mechanical design.
• Experience producing technical outputs such as design specifications, sizing and designing pumping and aeration systems, schedules and reports; familiarity with collaborative planning reviews and design of solutions.
• Ability to contribute to design outputs in collaboration with other disciplines (GA drawings, 3D models, P&IDs).
• Experience in the Water sector is an advantage but not essential; candidates with energy, infrastructure or environmental sector experience are also of interest.

• Our People Culture: we're a close-knit team with a friendly, collaborative environment.
• Awards: Stantec recognized with multiple industry awards including International Consulting Firm of the Year and Best Place to Work – Large Consulting Firms (2024 NCE awards), and top sustainability rankings.
• Great Benefits: Competitive salary, pension, holidays, private medical insurance, gym discounts, and more.
• Flexible working arrangements.
• Opportunities to work on great projects across sectors in the UK & Ireland.
• Industry-leading training and development, plus paid professional subscriptions.

To hear what some of our employees say about life at Stantec, please click on My Stantec Stories.

The Stantec community unites more than 31,000 employees in more than 450 locations across 6 continents. We have been working with our clients and communities in the UK for over 150 years. We plan, design, deliver and manage the development and infrastructure needed to support the creation of sustainable, healthy and prosperous communities.

Our teams provide effective and relevant solutions, translating our clients’ vision into valued consents, deliverable plans for projects and programmes, and efficient designs for delivery, based on technical excellence and deep market insights. We deal with today’s challenges, but also keep a fairer, better tomorrow in sight, looking at how we deliver clean growth, support radical changes in our economy and meet the needs of future communities.

Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibits discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment.

Building an inspired, inclusive work environment that attracts, supports, and develops world–class talent is a crucial key to our success. If you are excited by this role but worry that your experience doesn’t exactly align, we encourage you to apply.

At Stantec we want you to perform your best at every stage of the recruitment process and are committed to ensuring it is accessible to all. If you need any support or require adjustments to be made then please contact careers.UK& we will talk to you about how we can support you.

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