Overview

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The opportunity exists for an experienced engineer to join AFRY’s Energy Division within the expanding Thermal and Renewable Energy team in the UK.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership across design, analysis, and problem-solving for engineering projects.
• Deliver and review high-quality design outputs, reports, and documentation.
• Support construction through site inspections, testing, and risk mitigation.
• Contribute to business development and represent the company professionally.
• Mentor junior engineers and continuously develop technical expertise.

Qualifications

• You hold a minimum 2:1 degree in mechanical or chemical engineering.
• Chartered Engineer status.
• Relevant industry experience.

Additional Candidate Requirements

• Experience of one or more of the following would be an advantage but not essential:
• Recognised Project Management training;
• Previous experience of providing consulting services in a multi-disciplinary engineering environment;
• Commercial awareness and contract knowledge (e.g. IChemE or FIDIC);
• Design experience gained from concept development and detailed engineering;
• Practical experience gained from construction, commissioning, and testing;
• Thermal power plant experience such as biomass, waste-to-energy, gas-fired plants, etc.;
• Energy transition technologies such as carbon capture, green hydrogen, green ammonia, power to X, etc.;
• Knowledge of software for thermal modelling of water/steam cycles (e.g. SteamPro).

What we can offer

• Exciting and challenging projects.
• Personal development opportunities (e.g., technical expert, project management).
• Friendly working atmosphere in a multidisciplinary and international team with a lot of personal responsibility.
• Helping to shape a sustainable future.

Additional Information

Available office locations for this position are London, Oxford, Horsham or Manchester. We are flexible on the office location; please indicate your preference in your covering letter. We value a healthy work-life balance and are committed to wellbeing. We offer flexible working arrangements, including part-time and hybrid working.

We offer an excellent range of benefits, including 25 days holiday, private medical insurance, life assurance and a pension scheme. We also offer enhanced maternity and paternity pay with 16 weeks of full pay for both parents, plus family support options such as back-up childcare support and return-to-work coaching.

We are excited to receive your application; please ensure your cover letter explains how you are a great fit for this role and confirms your right to work in the UK, as this role does not include sponsorship for a Skilled Worker visa.

Should you be successful you will be invited for a telephone interview, followed by a virtual face-to-face interview. To assess skills in practice, this will be accompanied by analytical reasoning exercises.

At AFRY, we engineer change in everything we do. Change happens when brave ideas come together. We are actively looking for qualified candidates to join our inclusive and diverse teams across the globe to accelerate the transition towards a sustainable future.