Head Of Mechanical Engineering Passionate about technical excellence and ready to shape the future of mechanical engineering across major water infrastructure projects? In this pivotal leadership role, you will gain strategic influence, professional visibility, and the chance to leave a lasting legacy on Jacobs’ technical excellence agenda. You will shape, develop, and implement technically robust strategies that enable the continued growth and capability of our high-performing, UK-wide Mechanical Engineering teams, whilst playing a key role in the delivery of our UK and European long-term growth strategy. You’ll champion innovation, challenge established ways of working, and ensure consistent, cost-effective delivery across our portfolio of world-class mechanical engineering solutions, exceeding both industry and client expectations. Your remit will include:
Responsibilities
- Develop technical and engineering capabilities, challenge existing practices, and embed innovative ways of working.
- Set and maintain robust discipline governance, including technical standards, assurance processes, and continuous improvement.
- Manage risk, change management, and technical oversight at every stage of delivery.
- Foster a supportive and inclusive culture – mentoring and developing talent to enable both personal and professional growth with clear career pathways.
- Promote knowledge‑sharing, driving consistency and accessibility of guidance, tools, and best practices.
- Support technical teams by helping to resolve complex project, delivery, and assurance challenges.
Qualifications
- Chartered Mechanical Engineer (CEng).
- Demonstrable track record in creating and driving innovation.
- Comfortable mentoring, coaching, and developing colleagues and teams, ensuring growth of capability footprint whilst providing clear and structured career growth.
- Extensive experience delivering mechanical engineering solutions within regulated infrastructure environments, such as the water industry.
- Recognised subject matter expert and technical authority in systems and subsystems such as pumping stations, skid systems, dosing systems, tanks, and treatment processes (preliminary, primary, secondary, tertiary), etc.
- Proven ability to provide technical oversight, resolve complex engineering challenges, and support critical projects.
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