| Job Title: | Principal Mechanical Engineer |
| Contract Type: | Permanent |
| Region: | London |
| Location: | London |
| Salary: | £60000.00 - £65000.00 per annum + Benefits package |
| REF: | BBBH5561_1582822812 |
| Job Published: | 9 months ago |
Principal Mechanical engineer position to work on a number of high-profile data centre projects with a high-profile MEP consultancy in central London.
I am working in partnership with a well-known consultancy who have been established for over 40 years and employ well over 500 staff across the globe, with a network of offices in the UK, Europe, Middle East, North Africa, Asia and Australia. They have worked on an impressive list of projects across a variety of sectors including commercial, retail, mission critical, luxury hotels, residential, healthcare and education.
They have an established mission critical specialist design team in London and have recently secured some hugely important and impressive projects within the data centre arena, this has driven the requirement to secure the addition of a mechanical engineer with experience of data centre projects
Applicants will have completed a degree in building services or mechanical engineers and have achieved chartered status or have made considerable progress in applying for chartership.
The successful candidate will possess excellent understanding of mechanical building services as well as knowledge of standard practices in the design and delivery of mission critical projects, including latest ASRAE guidelines and Uptime Institute TIER ratings, be responsible for concept and detailed design, project budget, project quality management, apply company guidelines and standards across the portfolio of projects, production of project reports.
The candidate will already be operating at a Senior – Principal Engineer level within an engineering, construction or property environment, and will have a demonstrable track record in the design and delivery of data centre projects.
This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced mechanical design engineer to join a market leading data centre provider working on an engaging and technically challenging portfolio of projects and who can offer a realistic and achievable career progression path.
As a result of an increasing workload our client who pride themselves as an innovator, are now looking to add an established Associate Director of Mechanical bias to their MEP Design Studio. You will be presented with an enviable portfolio of complex projects in the UK and Overseas.
You will need to demonstrate the ability to think beyond your own discipline and work within a collaborative multi-disciplinary studio ensuring that complex problems are solved efficiently and effectively.
My client has been established since the early 90's and has growth from a fledgling London practice to a global leader in environmental design. The ethos of the business is to design buildings that will tread more lightly on the planet and take huge pride in doing so. They do this by promoting a working environment which is collaborative and ideas of today are put into motion - to ensure high performance, sustainable and award-winning buildings.
This is evident through the number of awards on multiple projects that are awarded on a yearly basis including; RIBA London Award, RIBA Building of the Year, RIBA South Award, Sustainability Award and many more to the collection.
You will be supporting the continued success of the business by joining as a member of the executive management group, which plays a vital role in the development, implementation and achievement of the organisation's strategic vision and direction.
At this level will need to be able to demonstrate that you are capable of dedicating a large part of your time to focus heavily on client's needs ensuring the best technical and cost effective solutions are delivered by the project teams. On the other hand, you will also need to maintain this from an internal perspective, this includes managing and allocating internal business resources to meet the needs of clients but also internal stakeholders and inspiring and nurturing the talented engineers within the practice.
In return of receiving a very competitive salary along with a comprehensive benefits package, you will have the opportunity to work on some of the most of complex projects in the UK and overseas within an environment that is unrivalled to any other London based practice.
I am currently seeking an intermediate level mechanical design engineer with the ability to run their own projects, carrying out full detailed design for a practice based in Hertfordshire.
The Practice has participated in many projects over 60 years involving the renovation of Historic Buildings, Pharmaceutical Buildings, Healthcare Facilities, Residential Developments and Educational Buildings including the world famous Colleges of Cambridge, and the University of Cambridge.
My client offers an excellent package, salary + paid overtime, pension, and various CPD opportunities.
Responsibilities:
Capable of managing a portfolio of projects including works at both planning and detailed design stages.
Communicate clearly and effectively with the internal management of the company from Graduate to Director Level.
Externally you will be required to liaise with Clients, Architects and contractors.
Working within a team of engineers and to ensure effective delivery of projects.
Completion of various calculations for system sizing.
Liaising directly with Clients, Architects and Contractors on projects to ensure we meet client needs.
Liaise with senior members of staff to ensure that targets are met.
Building Services Design from Conceptualisation through to Practical Completion.
Required Qualifications/Experience:
Building Services Consultancy Experience.
BEng / HND in relevant discipline.
Experience in completion of ventilation, heating, cooling and water sizing.
Knowledge of AutoCAD software.
On site/off the tools experience would also be an advantage.
I am currently recruiting on behalf of multi-disciplinary client who are looking for support in their mechanical team. They are looking to bring on board an experienced and appropriately qualified Mechanical Design Engineer (HVAC) on a part time basis (3 days a week).
The Role:
The Mechanical Engineer will play a key part in the Building Services Design team and will be involved in working closely with clients, other design team members in the design, management, and delivery of projects. The current projects are heavily involved with the rail sector (stations, platforms, bridges etc….) and you must have Network rail experience.
This will be an ongoing contract and you will focus on successful project delivery whilst managing several concurrent projects. The contractor will be required to carry out detailed design, statutory compliance audits, calculations, attend design, programme, and site meetings.
You will possess the ability to clearly communicate Mechanical design concepts to clients, contractors and other design team members, producing detailed calculations, proactively ensuring coordination of mechanical systems with other disciplines and building structure, HVAC design, and performance design associated with specialist services.
A long-term, part time contract for the right person. Please get in touch if you are interested in the role.
