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# Senior Design Engineer

- **Company:** White Recruitment
- **Location:** Milton, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £65,000.0 - £75,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Performance Tuning, PDMS, Systems Integration
- **Published:** September 15, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.collegerecruiter.com/job/2879179837-senior-design-engineer

## About the Role

Strong technical background in refrigeration system and chilled water plant design

Excellent understanding of thermodynamics, heat transfer, refrigeration system design, and modelling

Experience designing and specifying chillers, refrigeration plants, or complex cooling systems

Ability to produce and review engineering calculations, P&IDs, specifications, and technical documentation

Experience working within relevant UKCA, regulatory, and engineering compliance requirements

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Refrigeration Engineering, or a closely related discipline

Strong communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to provide technical leadership across multidisciplinary projects

Chartered Engineer status or progress towards chartership would be advantageous

## Description

Lead the design and development of refrigeration and chilled water systems from initial concept through to commissioning

Act as the technical authority for thermodynamic design, component selection, system integration, and performance optimisation

Produce and review calculations, P&IDs, specifications, technical documentation, and design reports

Provide engineering governance throughout the full project lifecycle and commissioning

Support sales and commercial teams with technical input for bids, proposals, customer discussions, and solution development

Work closely with customers, suppliers, manufacturing, testing, and commissioning teams to ensure successful project delivery

Mentor and provide technical guidance to junior engineers within the refrigeration discipline


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