Mechanical Design Engineer

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Amy Lammie

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We're looking for a Mechanical Engineer to join our team based in Liverpool or London.

Location: Liverpool or London
Hours: 40 hours per week - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us.

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

This is an exciting opportunity to undertake mechanical designs for large, complex construction projects. You'll be responsible for ensuring sustainable, compliant, and cost-effective design delivery from concept through to construction, bridging client needs with engineering reality. Working collaboratively with clients and stakeholders, you'll help deliver innovative solutions whilst leading the mechanical design team and integrating different disciplines.

What will you be responsible for?

As a Mechanical Engineer, you'll be working within the Major Projects team, supporting them in delivering high-quality mechanical design solutions for large, complex construction projects. Your day to day will include:

• Providing high quality mechanical designs and specifications that meet client requirements
• Offering high level technical advice in mechanical building services engineering
• Supporting project design meetings, establishing solutions and working closely with colleagues and design team members
• Ensuring all designs comply with relevant building codes, regulations, and industry standards
• Promoting and implementing sustainable design solutions whilst resolving technical challenges

What are we looking for?

This role of Mechanical Engineer is great for you if:

• You hold a Degree in Mechanical Building Services Engineering or Mechanical Engineering and membership of CIBSE or IET
• You're a Chartered Engineer or working towards becoming chartered
• You have experience demonstrating the capability to fulfil complex mechanical design accountabilities
• You possess excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts clearly
• You have experience in applying quality procedures and document control in engineering design

Rewards and benefits

We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

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 initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.

As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

Due to the nature of this role, you will also be required to complete a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service Check (applicants with convictions will be treated on a case-by-case basis. We do not discriminate based on an applicant's conviction history or the details of any convictions disclosed to us). Some roles may also be subject to further pre-employment checks.

We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier.

• Job Description - Major Projects Mechanical Engineer - MET (5).pdf

• Location: Salford. Speke

• Vacancy ID: 12012

• Background check: DBS - Basic

• Closing date: 7 Jan 2027

• Contract type: Permanent

• Working hours: Full Time

• Flexible working: Yes

  Flexible working could include part time, job share, condensed hours, or flexible start/end times.

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