M Group Ltd
Lead Mechanical Engineer
Lead Mechanical Engineer at M Group Ltd, based in Batley, Yorkshire. This is a permanent role.
- Pay
- Not given by the employer
- Hours and contract
- Permanent · On site
- Location
- Batley, Yorkshire
- Closing date
- Sector
- Mechanical Engineer
Reference 642846144360484272
About the role
Where will you be working?
We help our clients safeguard the water supply, improve environmental performance and manage demand for future generations. We enhance and extend asset life, ensuring compliance with water quality and environmental standards. We're problem solvers with over 140 years of combined experience in engineering and infrastructure.
This role will be within our Water and wastewater capital project delivery team. Our teams deliver large-scale capital programmes aimed at keeping water infrastructure resilient for the long-term while protecting the environment.
Want to be a part of it?
What will you be doing?
You'll lead mechanical design delivery for water and wastewater projects across Yorkshire Water's asset base. You'll manage discipline workload, mentor engineers, and coordinate both internal and external designers. You'll oversee calculations, equipment selection, layouts, specifications and technical schedules for pumps, screens, valves, pipework and associated plant. You'll review and check design outputs for quality, safety and compliance, coordinate civil, electrical and process interfaces, resolve technical queries, and support procurement, construction and commissioning. You'll manage design risks and changes, and deliver complete mechanical design packages to agreed programmes.
What you'll bring
- Do you hold a degree, HNC/HND or equivalent in Mechanical Engineering? This is essential
- Have you delivered substantial mechanical design projects in water or wastewater? Desirable
- Proven experience checking designs and managing deliverables.
- Strong knowledge of mechanical calculations, equipment selection and specifications.
- Are you progressing towards Chartered status, or already chartered?
What's in it for you?
We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include;
- Matched or contributory pension scheme
- Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
- Employee assistance programme
- My Rewards portal, access to 1000's of retail discounts
- Life assurance
- Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes
- Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave
- Reward and recognition scheme
In addition, this role offers;
- Company car and fuel card with a range of EV and hybrid vehicles to choose
- My Car Choice our salary sacrifice EV/ Hybrid car scheme
Health Care Cash Plan, giving you the ability to claim back medical expenses for things like dental, eyecare and physiotherapy and much more! - Private Healthcare - single cover
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Discretionary bonus scheme
About us
We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. We are one of the Top 100 UK companies activelysupporting and recruiting veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs.
Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours.
- We're responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet
- We're open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations
- We're together and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts
- We're ambitious and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life
Whether you're a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development. It's an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.
Please note: Occasionally, job adverts might be closed before the stated closing date. Do apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered.
For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3rd party background checks as part of the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding.
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Reference: 642846144360484272 · Posted 2 days ago · Closes 28 Nov 2026 · Listed via M Group Ltd
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