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Mechanical Design Manager – WaterDerby / London / Glasgow / York PermanentOffice/Home Hybrid Working Do you want to be a part of a growing M&E team? Can you collaborate with colleagues across UK and International projects? Are you an experienced Mechanical Engineering Manager working within the UK water sector? Then, this could be the next adventure in your career. Create Solutions that will enable a better tomorrow To further expand our capability in delivering water sector MEP projects, we are looking for an experienced Mechanical Design Manager to join us. You will use your experience to oversee the delivery of our Water projects to time and budget. Your role will be focused on the design environment, which while based in the UK, will involve day-to-day interaction with colleagues across our global hubs. Your key responsibilities will be: Leading and coordinating multi-disciplinary teams to deliver water sector project work to agreed quality, time and budget requirementsUsing your mechanical delivery experience to provide an effective technical gatekeeping role on delivery quality in recognition of client requirements. Ensuring compliance with standards relevant to the UK water industryCommunicating with clients and other stakeholders including ensuring requirements are understood and documented and feeding this back into the project team’s approachEffectively handling project risk using contractual processes and escalating matters as appropriate. Managing scope and change control effectively, professionally challenging requests when the need arisesMentoring team members in mechanical design developmentYour skills. Our team. Together we design the future. The first step to success in this role is that you are eager to collaborate with the people around you, whether they are colleagues, partners, or customers. Developing ties with others is something you do by acting respectfully and delivering on your promises. And you never get set in your ways but keep exploring new insights and ways to improve. On top of that, you’ll have: A degree in mechanical engineeringMembership of a recognised professional institutionChartered Engineer status or equivalentDemonstrable inter-personal Client facing skills and experience leading multi-disciplinary teamsExperience programming design activities with other disciplinesA solid understanding of water-based systems such as pressurised water supply mains, pumping stations and treatment works apparatusExperience with hydraulic modelling of pipe networks, steady state and transient analysis calculationsKnowledgeable on pipe support and stress calculationsBroad experience in mechanical system design for the UK water sector. Experience in developing control philosophiesExperienced in 3D and BIM deliveryKnowledge of relevant Water Industry Specifications (WIMES)Experience of applying CDM2015 regulations to design tasks A place to work and so much moreAt COWI, we work together with our customers to shape a sustainable and liveable world. We do it by applying our knowledge and curiosity – and sometimes even our courage – to create the solutions the world needs today to enable a better tomorrow. We support our customers’ transition towards increased sustainability. We strive to lead by example by embedding environmental management, social responsibility and good governance into our business practices and the options we provide to our customers. We value differences and development and cultivate an environment of belonging and having fun. Because that is what brings out the best in you, at work and at home. With offices primarily located in the Nordic region, the UK, North America and India, we are currently more than 7,500 people who bring their expertise in engineering, architecture, energy and environment into play. What we also offer: To us, a fair reward is more than a competitive salary. We want to take care of our people professionally and personally as well. Some of our benefits include: 28 days’ holiday plus all UK bank and public holidaysFormalised development plans and yearly promotion opportunitiesPrivate health care, for you and your immediate dependentsFlexible and hybrid working conditionsAnnual subscription fees paid for your membership of two Professional InstitutionsGroup personal pension scheme – salary exchangeLife assuranceCycle-to-work scheme Corporate gym membershipOctopus EV scheme Got more questions? If you have any unanswered questions about the role or what we have to offer, please reach out to our Talent Acquisition Specialist Laura Dobson at LADN@COWI.COM. Get to know us even better at our website, www.cowi.com, where you can learn more about our projects, our strategy, what we want to achieve and what life is like at COWI. Equal opportunity employer. COWI provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to ethnicity, colour, religion, gender, national origin, age or disability. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
