ESMU Project Engineer

ESMU Project Engineer

Location: Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

The role

We are looking for an ESMU Project Engineer to join our Design Team. Reporting to the ESMU Engineering Manager, you will play a key role in the design, estimation and project management of bespoke engineered packaged systems, supporting both product development and business growth.

This is a varied and technically challenging position where you will contribute to the development of bespoke and configurable solutions, create and maintain engineering calculation models, and drive continuous improvement across engineering processes. You will take projects from initial customer enquiry and specification through to design release and lifecycle support.

Working closely with internal stakeholders, suppliers and customers, you will have full design and cost authority for bespoke and configurable solutions while ensuring compliance with quality, safety and regulatory requirements.

Key responsibilities

• Design and estimate engineered packaged systems, including heat exchanger, pump and pressure reducing solutions.
• Develop, validate and maintain mathematical models, engineering calculations and configuration tools.
• Utilise engineering and digital tools including Power Platform, MS Excel and simulation/modelling software.
• Create and maintain detailed technical documentation, calculation methods and reports.
• Independently manage assigned engineering projects and tasks from concept to completion.
• Develop project justifications, business cases and project plans.
• Coordinate cross-functional project teams and key stakeholders.
• Size and select Spirax and third-party products, liaising with suppliers as required.
• Manage technical and commercial aspects of contracts with UK and overseas associates.
• Ensure designs comply with relevant legislation, standards and health & safety requirements, including CDM and PER.
• Resolve technical, quality and compliance issues to support customers and internal teams.
• Deliver agreed departmental KPIs and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.

Your skills

Essential

• Recognised engineering qualification or apprenticeship, such as HNC, HND, BEng or equivalent.
• Experience within a steam engineering environment.
• Strong understanding of heat transfer, fluid flow and heat exchanger-based system design.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a methodical approach.
• Experience creating, developing and maintaining mathematical models for engineering applications.
• Ability to utilise simulation and modelling software to develop products and systems.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to build relationships across all levels of the business.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
• Advanced computer literacy, including Microsoft Office and Excel VBA.

Desirable

• Experience of manufacturing processes.
• Familiarity with Spirax sizing and configuration tools.
• Knowledge of continuous improvement methodologies, including Lean principles and 5S.
• Basic programming experience, such as VBA.
• SQL familiarity.
• Basic electrical/control panel knowledge.

Why join us?

This is an excellent opportunity to join a collaborative engineering team where you will be involved in innovative product development, engineering excellence and customer-focused solutions. You'll have the opportunity to take ownership of projects, influence future product offerings and contribute directly to the growth and success of the business.

#LI-Onsite

The Steam Thermal Solutions business is one of three businesses within Spirax Group. Spirax Sarco and Gestra, are our two brands that form Steam Thermal Solutions and are global leaders in the supply of engineered solutions for the design, provision and maintenance of efficient industrial and commercial steam systems. Steam Thermal Solutions has global coverage across 67 operating units (called OpCos), organised into four Divisions: EMEA, APAC, Americas, Gestra.

Spirax Group is a FTSE100 and FTSE4Good multi-national industrial engineering Group with expertise in the control and management of steam, electric thermal solutions, peristaltic pumping and associated fluid technologies.

Our Purpose is to create sustainable value for all our stakeholders as we engineer a more efficient, safer and sustainable world. Our technologies play an essential role in critical industrial processes and industrial equipment across industries as diverse as Food & Beverage, Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology, Power Generation, Semiconductors and Healthcare. With customers in 165 countries, we provide the solutions that sit behind the production of many items used in daily life, from baked beans to mobile phones!

Our Purpose, supported by our inclusive culture and Values, unites us, guides our decisions and inspires us everywhere that we operate. We support our colleagues to make their difference for each other as well as customers, communities, suppliers, our planet and shareholders by creating a truly equitable working environment where everyone feels included.

Benefits

You will receive a competitive salary (and a discretionary bonus), flexible working and excellent benefits including 27 days holiday allowance (before bank holidays), 3 days' paid volunteering leave, comprehensive private healthcare, enhanced pension plan, life assurance, optional participation in a Share Ownership Plan, free onsite parking, flexible benefits, and access to a personal discounts' portal. We also offer a range of additional support and benefits through our Everyone is Included Group Inclusion Plan, detailed below.

Everyone is Included at Spirax Group

We are passionate about creating inclusive and equitable working cultures where everyone can be themselves and achieve their full potential. For us, that means supportive teams and strong relationships where everyone's contribution is valued - across social and cultural backgrounds, ethnicities, ages, genders, gender identities, abilities, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, and everything else that makes us human and unique.

We want everyone to be able to make their difference here, so we will always consider requests for flexible working.

We know that everyone needs some extra help from time to time too, so we have introduced a range of additional benefits through our Group Inclusion Commitments. These include gender-neutral parental leave, 15 days of extra paid caregiver leave, paid time off and support for anyone experiencing pregnancy loss or domestic abuse, menopause-friendly workplace principles and more. Learn more at

We are also a Disability Confident Committed Employer. If you would like to apply using this scheme, please select this option in our application form or notify our recruitment partners.