Senior Mechanical Engineer

The Vacancy

RemedX, a member of RSK Group, is a UK-based remediation and water treatment contracting and consultancy company. We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Engineer to join our team, ideally based in the North of England.

The Role:

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Mechanical Engineer to join our engineering and maintenance team. Although we are based in Bristol, this role is remote, with national travel across the UK and occasional trips to Ireland and Europe. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in designing, fabricating, and troubleshooting remediation and water treatment plants, ensuring seamless operation and efficiency.

This is a hands-on role that requires expertise in mechanical and process engineering, with a focus on water treatment processes. The ideal candidate will have experience in fabricating mobile/temporary water treatment plants and/or remediation systems, with a strong ability to troubleshoot and repair equipment, including pumps, pipework, and PLCs. A solid understanding of water treatment equipment including the use of lamella clarifiers, filtration vessels, pH correction and pumps is essential.

Key Responsibilities:

• Fabrication & Preparation: Fabricate and assemble bespoke water treatment and remediation systems, ensuring readiness for deployment on various projects.
• Installation & Mobilisation: Lead the setup and commissioning of water treatment plants and remediation systems at project sites across the UK and occasionally abroad.
• Operation & Maintenance: Operate, service, and maintain water treatment plants, ensuring optimal performance, including pH balancing through chemical dosing and/or CO2 injection.
• Troubleshooting & Repairs: Diagnose and repair mechanical and electrical faults, including pumps, pipework, and PLCs.
• Instrumentation Calibration: Conduct routine calibration of pH sensors, total suspended solids (TSS) sensors, and other monitoring instruments.
• Project Support: Collaborate with project managers on system design, installation, and maintenance, ensuring project timelines and quality standards are met.
• Assist with Pricing Works: Work with project managers to ascertain the necessary equipment for projects and assist in pricing works accurately.
• Site Visits & Travel: Work away from home regularly, with occasional overseas assignments. Travel throughout the UK will be required, along with visits to our Bristol yard for fabrication tasks as necessary.

What We're Looking For

• Proven experience in mechanical/process engineering within the remediation or water treatment sector.
• Strong fabrication skills, including welding (electrofusion welding experience is desirable).
• Expertise in hydraulic and pneumatic pump maintenance and troubleshooting .
• Experience with PLC troubleshooting and basic electrical fault finding .
• Basic electrical knowledge, with a preference for candidates who are qualified electricians .
• Knowledge of water treatment systems
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings and process flow diagrams .
• Full clean UK driving licence (essential).
• Right to work in the UK (required)

What We Offer:

• Company Vehicle: Assigned commercial vehicle for work-related travel, which can be taken home.
• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Flexible Benefits Programme: Including the option to buy additional holidays and private healthcare.
• Career Development: Regular training with industry-recognized qualifications and in-house personal development programs.
• Dynamic Work Environment: Opportunity to work on varied and challenging projects across the UK and Europe.

If you're an experienced remediation or water treatment engineer looking for a hands-on role with excellent career development opportunities, we'd love to hear from you.

The RSK Group are an equal opportunity employer

RSK will not accept unsolicited CVs from agencies other than RSK PSL or Secondary agencies.

About Us

RemedX is a contaminated land contracting solutions provider that focusses on specialist soil and groundwater remediation projects. Leading the field in remediation for more than 20 years, we have amassed a portfolio of diverse national and international projects, from supplying complex remediation machinery to large-scale, multidisciplinary fixed-price, risk-quantified contaminated land civil engineering schemes. We have an enviable reputation for providing cost-assured, innovative, technology focussed and value-led solutions to our clients.

We have built long-lasting relationships with regulatory bodies and are regarded as a trusted and competent organisation. Our clients include major petroleum companies, pharmaceutical manufacturers, local UK authorities, manufacturers and major housebuilders. We guide our clients from procuring land through to regulatory sign-off and have skilled personnel to answer anything arising throughout. We design, fabricate, install, operate and maintain in-situ and ex-situ remediation systems in-house using our experienced personnel and high-quality equipment.

RemedX is part of the RSK Group, a leading integrated environmental, engineering, and technical services business providing dynamic, multidisciplinary services to a wide range of sectors. RSK was founded in 1989 and has grown considerably since then.

At RSK, we operate as a group of businesses that work together seamlessly, aiming for growth through diversification. Our strategy helps us build a strong and resilient business, capable of weathering external challenges, while also providing greater value to our clients and more opportunities for our employees.

Since the beginning, our philosophy has remained the same: employ, develop and reward talented individuals. People are crucial to our company, and we recognise that our success hinges on our colleagues' growth. We're committed to preserving RSK's people-first culture, promoting innovation, and fostering a supportive and caring environment for collaboration. At RSK, we want you to be part of our successes and help you reach your career aspirations. We take pride in offering employees fulfilling and challenging careers by promoting ongoing growth and empowering individuals to excel.

We are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace that welcomes individuals from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We firmly believe that embracing and celebrating the diversity in our workforce makes us a stronger and more innovative company.

By providing workplace adjustments, we make it easier for people to confidently explore and pursue our career opportunities and recognise that flexibility is key to fostering a dynamic and thriving workplace. Many of our office-based positions benefit from a flexible working arrangement, allowing our team members to achieve a balance between professional and personal commitments.

We actively encourage applications from candidates of all genders, races, ethnicities, ages, neurotypes, religions or beliefs, sexual orientations, and those with disabilities.

If you're passionate about making a difference, join us as we work together to build a brighter, more equitable, and sustainable future for all. Do you have what it takes?

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Benefits

Life Assurance

Annual Leave Purchase

Cycle to Work Scheme

Discounted Gym Membership

Mental Health Support

Electric Vehicle Salary Sacrifice Scheme