Principal Design Engineer - Mechanical

Our purpose is taking care of life’s essentials, but we’re also big on making a difference, not just because we should but because we care.

AMP8, our next five-year regulatory period, will see us launch our biggest and most complex investment programme of almost £13bn, of which £6bn will be delivered through our capital programme.

This is more than double the size of the AMP7 capital programme and is an opportunity to drive real change.

Our new Plug and Play approach will be a collection of common parts that can be connected in different ways and work together (like rigs or tanks). They can be mixed and matched to create a whole range of different products.

Picture this as your ready-made catalogue of standard products. You can simply select the parts you need and then they arrive ready to go all in one.

This new innovative approach will help to combat the challenges of waste and water infrastructure, flooding and water quality. Be a part of something bringing benefits to our communities, health outcomes and environment.

Our Plug & Play methodology will enable us to build smarter, faster, safer, greener and more affordable projects.

It could be the biggest challenge of your career. If you want to do more because you care, we’d love to talk to you.

We are looking for a Principal Design Engineer - Mechanical to work within our Plug & Play team, truly delivering for the future.

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW

Do you have experience working within a mechanical design engineer role? Are you a Principal Engineer looking for a new challenge? Do you like working in a fast paced and challenging environment?

You will be part of a team creating innovative plug and play design and oversee the production of many types of complex systems and equipment. The Principal Design Engineer – Mechanical will lead on all technical aspects of opportunity assessment, feasibility, concept development and design for a variety of new infrastructure product and delivery process development projects.

You will be responsible for design & specifications from the concept and optioneering stage through to the outline and detailed design stage co-ordinating multi-discipline design input to support where necessary.

You will expect to deliver projects to programme, within budget, to the correct quality standard & be part of developing the future design team!

Within this role you will:

Agree design assessment and design completion milestones with Project Managers.
Lead opportunity assessment, feasibility, concept development and design phases of NDP projects within area(s) of expertise. Demonstrate understanding of cost drivers and opportunities to save time and money in solutions.
Ensure that data is collected and validated to define the problem.
Detailed appraisal and feasibility of conceptual designs to create innovative and efficient TOTEX solutions which resolve the business problem (liaising with appropriate internal and external experts, ensuring design standards and assurance processes are followed).
Undertake early pro-active risk management and ensuring risk registers are owned and maintained throughout the design feasibility and design processes.
Ensure Health and Safety are built into the lifecycle of the design.
Understand and review potential delivery and operational risks e.g. H&S, environmental, commissioning, maintenance.
Contribute to the early development of commissioning plans.
Determine the appropriate solution (and costing, liaising with commercial) providing input to relevant papers and governance forums.
Ensure design standards and processes are followed.
Work with the supply chain to exploit opportunities and seek innovation. Share best practice and seek to integrate into standards.
Contribute to post project reviews, appraise the delivered solution and capture learnings.
Approve/accept designs from internal or external designers respectively.
Ensure the delivery of appropriate designs and specifications to document the solution for subsequent delivery
Ensure that third party designs are constructively reviewed and validated to meet the requirements of the solution.
Ensure that appropriate support is provided to the wider CCS business so that the solution understood and adopted appropriately.
Ensure the delivered solution is reviewed, benefit appraised and learnings are captured and shared with appropriate design standard bodies (and learnings embedded).
Coach and develop the team to build capability & create a high performing team.

You’ll be ensuring that appropriate expert controls engineering advice is provided to the project team so that the standard solution has an effective handshake between Severn Trent Product Team and Site Design Teams to enable proper installation of products on site!

WHAT YOU’LL BRING TO THE ROLE

Of course, it’s important that we attract the right skill sets, and those with the right experience but we value character, positivity and a caring attitude in equal weight.

We want people who show up and roll their sleeves up. Restless spirits who are ready to be part of something bigger, who care, who really care... because when you really care, you’ll go above and beyond. When you really care you don’t just talk about it, you do more.

We would be looking for someone who has:

Engineering experience within an R&D environment, probably with a background including mechanical, manufacturing or industrial product engineering.

Extensive experience of developing new and innovative design solutions to a wide range of engineering problems.

Be able to demonstrate experience of proving the reliability and effectiveness of new solutions through robust test procedures.

Proven innovation of design to assist with the development of innovative solutions in the delivery of projects.

Experience of working to standards, codes and design manuals.

Strong coaching skills and experience of building capability within a Design team.

Extensive experience of influencing a disparate set of stakeholders to deliver design objectives.
Degree or equivalent in a mechanical discipline.

We welcome people from all walks of life and celebrate individuality as we know diverse minds, experiences and backgrounds help us to learn and better serve our communities. We employ thousands of people from across our community who really care about what they do. Because that is how we do what we do.

And when it comes to inclusion, we’re making sure we keep up the progress with our wonderful working groups – LGBTQ+, Women in Operations & STEM, Disability and Ethnicity, who help us do just that.

We do more because we care.

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU

Working here isn’t just a job. You can build a career at Severn Trent. We’ll reward you for it, too. We have a range of benefits that recognise great work, and award-winning training to help you reach your potential. And we’ll also help you play your part in looking after the environment and the communities where we live.

With that in mind, here are just some of our favourite's perks that you’ll get being part of the Seven Trent family:

28 days holiday + bank holidays (and the ability to buy/ sell up to 5 days per year)
Annual bonus scheme (of up to £2,250, which is subject to eligibility)
Leading pension scheme – we will double your contribution (up to 15% when you contribute 7.5%)
Sharesave – the chance to buy Severn Trent Plc shares at a discounted rate
Dedicated training and development with our Academy
Electric vehicle scheme and retail offers
Family friendly policies
Two paid volunteering days per year

WHATS NEXT?

We can’t wait to hear from you.

Before you apply, you’ll need an updated copy of your CV and about five minutes to spare.

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