A respected engineering consultancy with a strong presence across the UK is looking to appoint a Senior Mechanical Engineer to strengthen its Building Services division. Based near the vibrant Spinningfields district, the Manchester office provides a modern and collaborative working environment. The team delivers engineering, planning, and environmental consultancy services to a range of high-profile and technically challenging schemes both across the UK and internationally. Current projects include sustainable commercial developments, advanced healthcare facilities, major residential schemes, and award-winning retail projects.

The Position

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Mechanical Engineer to take on a senior role within a growing MEP team. The successful candidate will be responsible for producing high-quality mechanical building services designs across a range of projects, while also helping to mentor junior staff and supporting the ongoing expansion of the team.

Responsibilities

  • Deliver mechanical building services designs from initial concept through to project completion
  • Assist senior project leaders in maintaining technical quality, programme targets, and cost control
  • Support and mentor graduate and junior engineers within the team
  • Work closely with multidisciplinary teams, clients, contractors, and external consultants
  • Prepare and review technical reports, specifications, calculations, and drawings
  • Contribute to energy-efficient and sustainable engineering solutions
  • Participate in client meetings and assist with business development activities when required
  • Ensure all work complies with relevant regulations, standards, and internal quality procedures

Candidate Profile

  • Degree qualified in Mechanical Engineering or a related engineering discipline
  • Progressing toward Chartered Engineer status or recently chartered
  • Previous experience working within a building services consultancy
  • Demonstrated involvement in the successful delivery of engineering projects
  • Good understanding of UK building regulations and industry guidance
  • Experience working across multiple sectors including commercial, residential, and healthcare
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills
  • Proactive mindset with a collaborative approach to project delivery

What’s Available

  • Competitive salary package with regular salary reviews
  • 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing with length of service
  • Strong focus on professional development and technical training
  • Mentoring support from experienced industry professionals
  • Opportunity to work on varied and prestigious projects
  • Exposure to client-facing responsibilities and business development opportunities
  • Accelerated career progression opportunities for strong performers

 

A well-established engineering and consultancy practice is seeking an experienced Senior Revit Technician to become part of its Building Services team in Manchester. The company provides integrated engineering, environmental, and planning solutions on projects throughout the UK, covering sectors such as commercial, residential, healthcare, education, retail, industrial, and mixed-use developments.

The Opportunity

This position is suited to an experienced MEP Revit professional who can contribute to the development and coordination of detailed BIM models and technical documentation for building services projects. You will support schemes from initial design stages through to project completion, ensuring all models and drawings meet required standards and project objectives.

Working alongside engineers and wider project teams, you will help deliver coordinated and buildable mechanical, electrical, and public health designs while promoting BIM best practice and assisting junior team members in their development.

Main Duties

  • Create and manage detailed Revit models and technical drawings for MEP systems
  • Develop layouts for HVAC, electrical services, pipework, plant areas, and containment systems
  • Collaborate with design engineers to convert technical concepts into coordinated construction-ready models
  • Carry out multidisciplinary coordination and clash detection using BIM software
  • Maintain BIM procedures, templates, and modelling standards across projects
  • Review models and drawings to ensure quality, consistency, and technical accuracy
  • Provide guidance and support to junior technicians within the team
  • Participate in coordination meetings, design reviews, and project discussions

Candidate Requirements

  • Previous experience in a Revit Technician role within the Building Services or MEP sector
  • Strong capability using Revit MEP and AutoCAD software
  • Experience contributing to projects across sectors such as commercial, healthcare, education, residential, industrial, or defence
  • Good technical understanding of building services engineering and construction processes
  • Familiarity with BIM Level 2 workflows and collaborative project delivery
  • Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage deadlines across multiple projects
  • Effective communication and teamwork skills

Advantageous Experience

  • Knowledge of Navisworks or similar coordination software
  • Understanding of ISO 19650 standards
  • Experience working on secure or defence-related projects, or ability to obtain security clearance

Benefits

  • Join a respected multidisciplinary consultancy with a strong industry reputation
  • Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package
  • Genuine opportunities for career growth and progression
  • 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing with service
  • Ongoing training and professional development support
  • Access to mentoring from experienced industry professionals
  • Opportunity to contribute to a wide range of high-profile projects
  • Fast-track advancement opportunities for high-performing individuals

A well-established, multidisciplinary engineering and environmental consultancy with a strong presence across the UK and internationally. The business delivers a wide range of services spanning building services engineering, civil and structural engineering, environmental consulting, and infrastructure design.

Known for its collaborative approach, the company works across sectors including healthcare, commercial, residential, transport, and energy. It has built a reputation for delivering technically robust, sustainable solutions on complex, large-scale projects.

With a focus on innovation and low-carbon design, the organisation integrates modern engineering practices and digital tools to support efficient project delivery from concept through to completion. Its teams combine technical expertise with practical experience to meet evolving regulatory, environmental, and client-driven demands.

Role:

 We are seeking an experienced Electrical Building Services Design Engineer to support the delivery of a major hospital project in Manchester. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a high-profile healthcare scheme at a critical design stage.

You will play a key role in the Stage 4 & 5 (Detailed Design & Construction) phases, working as part of a multidisciplinary team to deliver high-quality electrical design solutions.

Responsibilities:

  • Electrical design for healthcare environments, including power, lighting, fire alarms, data/communications, and associated systems
  • Producing and reviewing detailed design drawings, specifications, and calculations
  • Coordinating with internal teams and external stakeholders
  • Supporting technical delivery through to construction stage
  • Ensuring compliance with healthcare standards and regulations

Requirements:

  • Proven experience as an Electrical Building Services Design Engineer
  • Strong background in Stage 4 & 5 design delivery
  • Previous experience on healthcare/hospital projects
  • Proficiency in relevant design software (e.g., Amtech, Dialux/Relux, Revit, AutoCAD)
  • Ability to work both independently and collaboratively

 

A well-established building services consultancy is seeking an experienced Electrical Design Engineer to join its growing team in Manchester.

The Manchester office is currently delivering a diverse range of projects across the built environment, with a strong pipeline of work spanning healthcare, further education, commercial, and residential sectors. With continued growth and a high level of repeat business, the organisation is looking to strengthen its engineering team with talented professionals who can contribute to the successful delivery of high-quality projects.

The Role

As an Electrical Design Engineer, you will play a key role in the design and delivery of electrical building services systems across multiple project stages. You will be responsible for producing and developing design solutions while collaborating with multidisciplinary teams and engaging with clients.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Design and development of electrical building services systems across all project stages
  • Production of detailed design calculations, specifications, and technical documentation
  • Attendance at design team and client meetings, as well as site visits when required
  • Collaboration with internal teams and external consultants to deliver coordinated design solutions
  • Use of industry-standard software including AutoCAD and Revit

Requirements

  • Minimum 3 years’ post-qualification experience within Building Services Engineering
  • Strong technical knowledge of electrical building services design
  • Demonstrable experience working on a range of building projects
  • Experience attending client and design team meetings
  • Proficiency in AutoCAD, with some experience of Revit desirable
  • Excellent communication, IT, and problem-solving skills
  • A proactive and motivated approach, with the ability to bring creative thinking to projects

The Opportunity

This role offers the chance to join a respected consultancy delivering exciting projects across multiple sectors. In return, the successful candidate will receive:

  • A competitive salary
  • An industry-leading benefits package
  • A supportive environment with excellent career development opportunities

Client:

The client is a human-centric and planet-conscious engineering consultancy, delivering intelligent and sustainable solutions to complex design challenges across the built environment, throughout the UK and internationally.

They provide a comprehensive range of engineering and consultancy services, including acoustics, air quality, building services (MEP), fire, lighting, security, and sustainability. Their highly skilled teams combine technical excellence with problem-solving expertise to bring buildings to life, ensuring exceptional design quality and operational performance that meets the needs of the communities they serve.

The client is committed to fostering an inclusive, supportive environment where individuals can realise their full potential. Employees benefit from a culture that promotes wellbeing, professional development, and individuality. Their benefits package includes a 9-day fortnight scheme, thriving community groups, varied social and networking events, structured professional and technical development programmes, private medical cover, an electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme, stock options, and up to 30 days of annual leave.

Their ambition is to empower everyone to develop their knowledge, perform at their best, and enjoy meaningful and rewarding careers.

Role:

The client has an exciting opportunity for a Senior/Principal Electrical Engineer to join their Operational Assets team, based in their Manchester office.

This role is ideally suited to individuals who are passionate about existing buildings, enjoy developing innovative and pragmatic solutions to complex operational challenges, and are motivated by using real-time building data to help drive progress towards net-zero outcomes.

The newly established Operational Assets team brings together property consultants, design engineers, and data-led building performance specialists to deliver a holistic service offering across the full building lifecycle. The team works closely with clients to embed themselves within asset portfolios, developing sustainable roadmaps and supporting projects from concept through implementation and ongoing operation.

With a strong track record across the Residential, Commercial, and Healthcare sectors, the team continues to expand to meet growing market demand. This collaborative, highly skilled group delivers technically robust and commercially valuable outcomes for clients.

Responsibilities:

In this key and varied role, the successful candidate will:

  • Secure new projects and support both existing and new clients, assisting the regional lead with delivery planning and team strategy.
  • Lead work delivery, organisational support, and team growth to support regional and local client requirements.
  • Demonstrate strong leadership, providing guidance, mentorship, and technical supervision to colleagues.
  • Collaborate closely with other teams and discipline leads to ensure efficient project delivery and workload planning.
  • Recruit, train, and develop team members, supporting long-term succession planning and professional growth.
  • Undertake detailed design, technical specification, and site monitoring activities.
  • Monitor commissioning processes and deliver post-occupancy engineering services.
  • Prepare technical documentation including feasibility studies, condition surveys, and investigative reports.
  • Liaise directly with clients, demonstrating strong commercial awareness and project management skills.

The role involves leading small to medium-sized projects, typically valued up to several million pounds, and providing technical support to asset owners, landlords, managing agents, project managers, and end users. The project portfolio is primarily UK-based, with occasional international opportunities.

Operational Assets – Core Service Areas:

The team operates across three primary service streams:

  1. Decarbonisation, Performance Improvement & Energy Reduction – Delivering energy efficiency, building performance enhancement, and net-zero strategies through pragmatic engineering solutions and emerging technologies, from strategic planning to implementation
  2. Design – Specialising in complex existing buildings across all RIBA stages, delivering creative and sustainable design solutions that modernise and enhance building services systems to meet current standards and operational demands
  3. Property Consultancy – Providing technical advisory services to support property management, asset operation, and transactional processes, including:
  • Technical due diligence (vendor and pre-acquisition)
  • Dilapidations surveys
  • Planned preventative maintenance reporting
  • Licences to Alter
  • Maintenance inspections
  • Validation management
  • Asset registers
  • Troubleshooting
  • Energy optimisation surveys
  • EPC assessments

Projects span a diverse range of sectors including Commercial Offices, Retail, Residential, Education, Healthcare, Justice, Defence, Heritage, Industrial, and Technology.

Requirements:

To succeed in this role, candidates will ideally demonstrate:

  • Chartered status or progress towards chartership as a qualified design engineer.
  • Strong experience working on refurbishment and fit-out projects within existing buildings.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Strong knowledge of building data analytics and metering systems.
  • Proven experience in performance specification, detailed design, contract administration, and site supervision.
  • Broad knowledge of building services engineering, with strong expertise in a primary discipline and sound understanding of secondary disciplines.
  • Solid working knowledge of UK and relevant EU regulations, standards, and design guidance.
  • Strong organisational, planning, and time-management skills.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to influence, collaborate, and build long-term client relationships.
  • Demonstrable experience in work-winning and team leadership.

This is an exciting opportunity to build and develop existing clients and projects for a national Mechanical, Electrical and Public Health consultancy servicing projects in the Northern regions of England. Projects will range from £5m-150m in value within sectors which include hotels, commercial, industrial, education and leisure (some of largest MEP projects currently in the UK).

Our client is looking for someone who can oversea the current northern projects. This would suit an ambitious and outgoing engineer with a proven track record of driving their current business forward. They offer excellent work-life balance, and plenty of progression. With the support, assistance, and guidance from their live offices you will be given the opportunity to further strengthen the team enabling the delivery of exceptional projects.

The role:

  • Maintaining key client relationships
  • Business development/Identify new opportunities/clients and dealing with project tenders
  • Leading and managing the technical development of internal team
  • Coordinate with senior team members to ensure continuous development of junior staff
  • Oversee internal resourcing and work with other internal departments
  • Oversee project delivery from feasibility through to construction stage
  • Ensure projects delivered are profitable and in-line with client brief
  • Project management across multiple sectors
  • Coordinate with internal teams and external – Clients, Architects, Contractors, Consultants etc
  • Oversee technical design throughout project lifecycle
  • Attend client and progress meetings throughout various phases of projects
  • Site inspections reporting back to design team

Experience:

  • 5 + years experience
  • Preferably Chartered or working towards chartership
  • Degree in Engineering or industry related qualification
  • UK Building Services Consultancy experience
  • A good understanding of electrical, mechanical, sustainability and public health aspects
  • Adhering to relevant British Standards/Regs and Codes of Practice
  • Working with partners within the wider business to meet company objectives
  • Managing client relationships and develop new relationships
  • Up to date with Health and Safety and Environment Policy.

Leading global professional services PLC company. As their business grows and continues to develop, they are looking to reinforce the Building Services team with the appointment of an experienced Senior Mechanical Engineer in their Manchester office.

This role will suit an experienced mechanical engineer who is looking to develop and progress in an environment where your efforts and talent are recognised. This is an exciting time for them, and they can offer the right individual the opportunity to work on a diverse range of projects with Blue-Chip Developers in a friendly and vibrant team.

What you’ll be doing:

In this role you will produce detailed design calculations and sketches in accordance with the project requirements and as such a sound knowledge of technical engineering design relevant to the role is required – liaising with both Senior Engineers and Engineering Technicians regarding design and drawing as part of this dynamic team that believes in absolute delivery.

Work will typically be undertaken in conjunction with a Mechanical Associate assisting in the survey, design, specification, and contract administration process of the projects. The work will be a mixture of survey, design work, office-based project administration, and site attendances.

  • Carrying out detailed Mechanical Building Services Design Engineering on new build and refurbishment construction projects.
  • Assist senior staff in feasibility studies, concept, and scheme design stages.
  • Attend design team meetings alongside other staff members.
  • Inspect and report on mechanical building services systems.
  • Undertake Mechanical design work consisting of surveys, design, drawings, and specifications for projects. Work in conjunction with other design team members as required as part of an overall project team. Ensure the design and maintenance of building systems meet legislative and health and safety requirements.
  • Utilise Building Services software for calculations.
  • Produce marked-up drawings for CAD by others or direct CAD design drawings for issue.
  • Select and specify products, equipment, and installation standards relating to Mechanical services suitable for the costing and installation by Contractors.
  • Attend project design meetings, technical meetings, value engineering workshops, and risk workshops as required by the project in conjunction with more senior staff.

Who we’re looking for:

To be successful in this role you will most likely have a degree (or equivalent) in Mechanical Engineering and experience commensurate with the underpinning and knowledge requirements for Incorporated Engineer aligned to either IMechE or CIBSE requirements.

Ability to design principle mechanical systems taken from a concept level of design through to detailed design (BSRIA BG6 Stage 4A) including:

  • Ventilation design
  • Chilled water
  • Comfort Cooling design
  • Domestic hot and cold water systems / Public Health
  • Heating systems
  • Above Ground drainage
  • HVAC control principles
  • Use of  Hevacomp / IES or equivalent
  • Ability to view and interpret drawings in AutoCAD
  • Understanding of Building Regulations Part L compliance associated with the systems above
  • Use of Microsoft Word, Outlook, and Excel