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With over 1,000 employees and a £150m turnover, we’re growing-and now looking for an experienced Mechanical Design Engineer to play a key role in our project delivery teams.\nThe Role\nAs a Mechanical Design Engineer you would be applying advanced engineering principles and practices to design, manage, and deliver projects of moderate complexity. This position requires independent judgment, technical expertise, and leadership skills to oversee scopes, schedules, and budgets while ensuring compliance with professional standards and sustainability principles. The role includes mentoring junior staff, coordinating multidisciplinary teams, and maintaining effective communication with stakeholders.\nWhat You’ll Be Doing\nGeneral Characteristics\nApplies broad knowledge of engineering principles and practices within a specific discipline.\nIndependently evaluates, selects, and adapts standard techniques, procedures, and criteria for conventional projects with few complex features.\nContributes to multidisciplinary teams and acquires general knowledge of related fields.\nDemonstrates sound judgment in adapting methods for non-routine aspects of assignments.\nAcknowledges and applies concepts of sustainability to engineering projects. \nTechnological Responsibilities\nDesigns complete projects, systems, components, or processes.\nPrepares comprehensive specifications, drawings, and project documentation.\nDesigns and conducts site investigations; analyses and interprets survey data.\nFormulates and solves engineering problems using standard and adapted methods.\nOversees moderate projects or contributes to specific parts of large-scale projects.\nSchedule, Project & Task Management\nApplies leadership and teamwork skills to plan, execute, and manage scopes, schedules, and budgets.\nContributes to project meetings and presents specific aspects of engineering assignments.\nDevelops an awareness of change management practices and commercial impact of decisions, incorporating this into design activities. \n Management, Supervision & Guidance\nAssigns tasks to and directs junior members of project team (technical and non-technical staff).\nInterprets, organizes, executes, and coordinates detailed aspects of engineering work.\nMentors direct reports and less experienced staff by providing guidance, explaining professional responsibilities, and reviewing work outputs.\nReceives general direction on key objectives and guidance on unconventional or complex problems when necessary.\nCommunication, Teamwork & Leadership\nCommunicates effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences.\nDemonstrates empathy, critical listening, and conflict management skills.\nAdvocates professionalism and respectful inclusion.\nCore Values\nUpholds and promotes the Company’s Core Values - Care, Trust, Respect and Sustainability.\nWhat We’re Looking For\n Essential\nHigher Education (NVQ+)\n Desirable\nBachelor’s degree in Engineering or related discipline (Master’s preferred). \nMembership of a Professional Engineering Institution\nCSCS Card or SHEA Water Qualification\nEUSR Water Hygiene Qualification\n Experience\nTypically 3-5 years of relevant engineering experience, including project design and coordination.\nWhy Join Trant?\nAt Trant Engineering, we deliver complex, high-value engineering and construction projects across the UK. From process and water treatment to energy infrastructure upgrades, we play a key role in delivering and protecting critical national infrastructure - shaping the systems that communities and industries rely on every day.\nOur teams design and deliver full EPC solutions, combining technical excellence with practical, hands-on delivery. We offer end-to-end capabilities - from concept and design through to manufacturing, construction and commissioning utilising a continually evolving in-house expertise. This means you’ll work on projects that are varied, challenging and genuinely impactful.\nOur multi-disciplinary teams bring together specialists in civil, mechanical, electrical, process, instrumentation, and control & automation engineering, alongside our in-house manufacturing of control panels, MCCs, PLCs and SCADA systems. With over 1,000 people and a strong, growing pipeline of work, it’s an exciting time to join Trant. We are committed to helping our people succeed through our Career Development Association, providing structured support, mentoring and clear pathways to help you reach your full potential.\nWhether you’re starting out or looking to take your next career step, Trant offers the chance to develop, progress and make a real difference.\nOur company benefits package includes.\nCompetitive salary.\nCompany car or car allowance (some levels).\nMentored support within our ‘Career Development Association’, to work towards chartership.\n24 days holiday (increasing with service) + 8 bank holidays.\nOptions to buy additional holiday via salary sacrifice.\nCompany Pension Scheme.\nFlexible working based on a ‘core hours’ system.\n1 x Professional Membership paid annually.\nHybrid working.\nEmployee Assistance Program.\nFree onsite parking.\nBike to Work Scheme.\nDiscretionary annual bonus.\nReady to take the next step in your career? 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