Development Engineer - Mechanical

Location: Cheltenham, UK (Hybrid working) Benefits: 27 days holiday plus Wellbeing day, Private Medical Insurance, Bonus scheme, Sharescheme, Enhanced pension plan, Life assurance, Discount scheme.

Role Overview

We are hiring a Mechanical Development Engineer to design and support high-integrity industrial steam and fluid control products. You’ll work across the full product lifecycle, ensuring compliance with quality, cost, and delivery standards.

Your Objectives And Responsibilities Will Focus On…

• Delivering design work for new products, updates, and field support.
• Ensuring designs meet technical, cost, and compliance targets.
• Conducting feasibility studies and select optimal solutions.
• Adapting local designs for global compliance.
• Evaluating and integrate supplier components.
• Leading structured root cause analysis and resolution.
• Supporting technical reviews and problem-solving.
• Maintaining drawings, BOMs, and technical documentation.
• Applying simulation and validation tools (e.g., FEA, CFD).
• Preparing specifications for testing and manufacturing.
  
  

Your Previous Experience Is Likely To Include….

• Mechanical/electromechanical design for steam or fluid systems.
• Experience with valves, regulators, flowmeters, and similar equipment.
• Use of simulation, prototyping, and validation in design.
• Knowledge of compliance standards and production integration.
• Supplier evaluation and quality assurance experience.
• Contributions to engineering best practices and standardization.
  
  

To be successful in this role you will…

• Demonstrate Company Core Values at all times.
• Possess strong CAD skills (3D and 2D).
• Be proficient in FEA, CFD, and simulation tools.
• Be familiar with PED, MD, ASME 31.3, and ASME BPV standards.
• Be analytical, detail-oriented, and innovative.
• Possess effective communication skills.
• Demonstrate knowledge of manufacturing, materials, and testing processes.
  
  

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 https://www.spiraxgroup.com/en/life-at-spirax/our-inclusive-group/our-inclusion-commitments .

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.