Mechanical Engineer

We’re looking for a Mechanical Engineer to join our Utilities team based at our Mogden Water Treatment works site in Twickenham, the UK's 3rd largest treatment works. Within this role, you can enjoy exposure to an exciting major project, company car or allowance and private healthcare, and even more!


Location: Twickenham, London

Contract: Permanent, full time - talk to us about flexible hours

Salary: competitive salary + subsistence package for those working away from home

Responsibilities

As a Mechanical Engineer, you'll be working in our Utilities team to provide mechanical expertise on projects at our live environment Mogden site, which is a project operating within the water industry. You’ll help implement design solutions the UK’s largest running treatment works, alongside the supply chain, product suppliers, framework suppliers, and designers.


What you’ll be doing:

• Establishing client requirements and helping with the delivery of engineering design solutions.

• Applying technical judgment to investigations, feasibility studies, concept and scheme designs, and the construction support phase of projects.

• Engaging with the supply chain and supporting the contractor procurement process.

• Coordinate with all stakeholders including the client-side, internal and supply chain to ensure project outcomes are achieved, as well as organising shut down methodology in a timely fashion.
  

Who are we looking for?

This Mechanical Engineer role is great for you if have:

• A HND / HNC or equivalent in mechanical engineering

• Good knowledge of package mechanical equipment – such as any or all of the following: pumps, submersibles, air blowers, gas works, holding tanks, washwater systems etc

• If you’ve not worked in the water industry before, then we still want to hear from you if you’ve worked in a process orientated environment.

  
  

We’re all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferable skills are always welcome! So even if you don’t tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat. We want to hear from candidates from all backgrounds and experiences, and we especially encourage those from underrepresented communities to get in touch with us.

If you require any reasonable adjustments during any part of the application process, please get in touch at InclusiveRecruitment@kier.co.uk to discuss and arrange these.

Benefits at Kier

At Kier, we’re proud to be able to offer our fantastic employees a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. Some of our favourites include:

• support in obtaining further qualifications including personal track safety, NVQs and more

• new and enhanced family friendly policies which includes eight weeks paternity, 26 weeks maternity, pregnancy loss leave, surrogacy leave, menopause guidance and more

• green car scheme

• A fantastic matched pensions up to 7.5%

  
  

And so much more! You can read the full details of all our benefits on our website: https://www.kier.co.uk/careers/rewards-benefits

Who is Kier?

As a leading UK infrastructure services, construction and property group, our purpose is to sustainably deliver construction and infrastructure services which are vital to the UK.

Our projects are those that support the local communities we work in, helping them thrive and progress. We take pride in bringing specialist knowledge, sector leading experience and fresh thinking to all that we do.

We are collaborative, trusted and focused, and we will empower you to achieve your career goals, and listen to your thoughts, ideas and challenges.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We’re proud of the steps we’ve taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier’s diversity and inclusion (D&I) initiatives, and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies and initiatives. You can see more about our D&I action plan here.

Closing Date: 16 March 2023

Please note, interviews may take place before the closing date, and we reserve the right to close applications early.