Engineer, Mechanical
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 23, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 22, 2026. Smiths Group scores B on the Alion truth index.
John Crane, a business of Smiths Group, is a global leader in mission-critical flow control solutions for energy and process industries that enable efficient and sustainable operations. Our products include mechanical seals and systems, couplings, bearings, filtration systems, and predictive digital monitoring technologies.
We have a global network of more than 200 sites in over 50 countries and employ more than 6,000 people worldwide. We partner with our customers to help them keep their operations safe, reduce downtime, improve efficiency, and meet the latest environmental standards.
John Crane is part of Smiths Group. For over 170 years, Smiths has been pioneering progress by engineering for a better future. We serve millions of people every year, helping to create a safer, more efficient, productive, and better-connected world across four global markets: energy, security & defence, space & aerospace, and general industrial. Listed on the London Stock Exchange, Smiths employs approximately 16,000 colleagues in over 50 countries.
Purpose of Role
- Under general supervision perform independent evaluation of designs, procedures and criteria using judgment in making changes and modifications in design, material and/or systems.
- Utilize engineering judgment and responsibility to resolve customer inquiries.
- Troubleshoot by investigating problems to product performance or production difficulties.
Key Activities
- Following standard techniques and procedures, develop mechanical seal designs, determine the proper application of a mechanical seal, determine material to be used in the application and make necessary engineering calculations.
- Aid in the transition of a product from development into production with emphasis on the bills of material.
- Analyse mechanical seal design and component part design, prepare drawings, sketches and specifications required to engineer or modify existing company products to each customer’s needs.
- Determine seal designs for customer.
- Perform and monitor the testing of mechanical seal design.
- Evaluate customer requirements, research the necessary data and determine cost effective material of construction.
- Provide guidance to designer or drafter assigned to complete layout and detail drawings.
- Communicate orally and in writing with customers, sales and company personnel and vendors providing consulting, recommendations and technical assistance.
- Analyse, evaluate and rectify mechanical seal failures internally and externally.
- Meet with customers in plant or at customer’s site to discuss, analyse, and resolve field problems or perform seal installations.
- Conducting failure investigations, producing reports and collaborating with internal and customer personnel to ensure the implementation of improvements
- Providing service, installation, commissioning and trouble shooting of John Crane products.
- Evaluating and analysing John Crane products failures and thereafter, provide technical reports
- Master data creating and updating in SAP.
- Additional duties and responsibilities will vary based upon departmental needs.
- Minimum Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent. Ideally with some experience in the refinery and petro-chemical market will be added advantage.
- Candidates without the necessary qualification but with relevant hands-on experience with rotating equipment will also be considered.
- Must be independent, self-driven, result oriented and a team player
- Have good written and verbal communication, interpersonal and presentation skills
- Possess a driving license of manual transmission.
With colleagues stretching across the globe, we are proud of our diversity. To foster inclusivity, we run employee resource groups (ERGs) to provide a safe space for employees to connect and support each other. Our cross-business ERGs include Veterans, Pride Network, Black Employee Network, Women@Work Network, and Neurodiversity.
Across our company, we recognize excellence, culminating in the Smiths Excellence Awards, our annual celebration of the most extraordinary activities, people, and projects that best showcase our strengths and help drive our business forward. We announce these on our annual Smiths Day, a global celebration of Smiths around our network.
Join us for a great career with competitive compensation and benefits, while helping engineer a better future.
We believe that different perspectives and backgrounds are what make a company flourish. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, economic status, disability, age, or any other legally protected characteristics. We are proud to be an inclusive company with values grounded in equality and ethics, where we celebrate, support, and embrace diversity.
At no time during the hiring process will Smiths Group, nor any of our recruitment partners ever request payment to enable participation - including, but not limited to, interviews or testing. Avoid fraudulent requests by applying jobs directly through our career’s website (Careers - Smiths Group plc)
We believe that different perspectives and backgrounds are what make a company flourish. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, economic status, disability, age, or any other legally protected characteristics. We are proud to be an inclusive company with values grounded in equality and ethics, where we celebrate, support, and embrace diversity.
At no time during the hiring process will Smiths Group, nor any of our recruitment partners ever request payment to enable participation - including, but not limited to, interviews or testing. Avoid fraudulent requests by applying jobs directly through our career’s website (Careers - Smiths Group plc)
We believe that different perspectives and backgrounds are what make a company flourish. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, economic status, disability, age, or any other legally protected characteristics. We are proud to be an inclusive company with values grounded in equality and ethics, where we celebrate, support, and embrace diversity.
At no time during the hiring process will Smiths Group, nor any of our recruitment partners ever request payment to enable participation - including, but not limited to, interviews or testing. Avoid fraudulent requests by applying jobs directly through our career’s website (Careers - Smiths Group plc)
We believe that different perspectives and backgrounds are what make a company flourish. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, economic status, disability, age, or any other legally protected characteristics. We are proud to be an inclusive company with values grounded in equality and ethics, where we celebrate, support, and embrace diversity.
At no time during the hiring process will Smiths Group, nor any of our recruitment partners ever request payment to enable participation - including, but not limited to, interviews or testing. Avoid fraudulent requests by applying jobs directly through our career’s website (Careers - Smiths Group plc)