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• Senior Mechanical Engineer

  Shropshire - Shrewsbury

  to £60,000 per annum + benefits

  Permanent

    Client: Innovative, ambitious and rapidly expanding technical asset management consultancy specialising in making existing buildings sustainable. They help landlords and property managers map risk, plan for, and transition portfolios of buildings to net zero carbon as cost effectively as possible. They do this through a unique approach that combines building services engineering with dynamic simulation modelling, energy engineering, and their bespoke data analysis software. They work with blue chip investment funds and property companies. The company currently supports the management of over 1 million m² of predominantly commercial real estate assets and employs more than 20 staff. Their head office is in Shrewsbury, Shropshire and they adopt a hybrid working environment where employees work flexibly, travelling across the UK to visit buildings.   Role: As part of their continuing growth strategy, they are looking to appoint a Senior Building Services Design Engineer, with a strong mechanical bias, to help support their comprehensive range of services for building owners. The role will include the responsibility to deliver the building services designs for principally refurbishment projects, with an emphasis on net zero carbon transition. Additionally, it offers the opportunity to innovate on existing industry processes and help shape our own unique software to support this. With a bias towards mechanical engineering, the successful applicant will have experience in the design of HVAC systems alongside a good general working knowledge of building services within the commercial property sector. They are ideally looking for candidates who are members of either the Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE), Institution of Mechanical Engineering (IMechE) or Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). The Senior Building Services Design Engineer's duties will include, but are not limited to:

  • The ability to conceptualise the best and most efficient way of detailing a design solution with due regard to ESG requirements and client aspirations
  • Assisting in the delivery of all aspects of M&E services refurbishment and new installation projects; working to a programme, budget, and specification to include ongoing monitoring, commissioning and post occupancy evaluation processes
  • Working in client facing environments. Being proficient in problem solving, negotiation and general interactional situations
  • Being able to develop business, gauge and nurture client expectations. Working with the business development/marketing team to promote the business and grow our client-base
  • Giving presentations and writing clear and detailed reports which highlight the practical implications of design(s) and other MEP related requirements.
  • Promoting energy efficiency and other sustainability initiatives
  • Communicating and co-ordinating project works with architects, other engineers, contractors, building managers, tenants and other stakeholders
  • Managing teams of external consultants and contractors
  • Developing and maintaining management systems and procedures for project management tasks
  • Designing the layout of mechanical and electrical distribution circuits
  • Strategizing and delivering quality control, evaluating and making changes where necessary.
  • Making sure that all building services meet health and safety (CDM) and environmental legislation requirements
  • Negotiating contracts with clients

  The right candidate must have the following essential skills:

  • An engineering degree and a minimum of 5 years of engineering experience or a non-cognate graduate with a minimum of 5 years of engineering experience and recognised engineering accreditations (such as CIBSE LCC/LCEA etc.)
  • Membership of CIBSE, IMechE or IET
  • Strong mechanical engineering knowledge
  • AutoCAD M&E
  • An understanding of UK construction contracts and processes
  • An aspiration to deliver engineering excellence with a focus on sustainability within design
  • Strong communication skills, including written and verbal communication.
  • Clear focus on customer relationship management aligned to business value and profit

  It would be beneficial, but not essential, for the right candidate to have:

  • A good working knowledge of electrical engineering and/or public health services
  • An understanding of BIM processes including REVIT, COBIE and IES dynamic simulation modelling
  • Ceng

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• Principal/Associate Mechanical Engineer – Operational Assets

  West Midlands - Birmingham

  to £65,000 per annum + benefits

  Permanent

  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 Principal/Associate Mechanical Engineer to join their Operational Assets team, based in their Birmingham 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.

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• Building Services Technician (Multiskilled and Electrical Bias)

  London - South Kensington, SW7

  £51,184 per annum + benefits

  Permanent

  The Role: Working in one of the most iconic and magical Grade 1 listed buildings in the country that stands true to its original purpose of promoting the Arts and Sciences by hosting 390 events a year in their main auditorium and 800 events in other smaller spaces. To work within the Building Services team providing M&E skills and expertise to maintain the fabric of the building and its facilities and services. Working as Duty BST whilst on roster to ensure all M&E services are functioning and to provide any building facility services for the successful staging of more than 100 events . To undertake day-to-day monitoring, maintenance and small mechanical works projects to a high level quality of craftsmanship, and work throughout the building with a flexible and adaptable approach to support the staging of events.  Key Responsibilities:

  • To maintain the mechanical plant services and electrical services ensuring that they are in a safe working condition, comply with safety regulations and are fit for use.
  • To ensure that all domestic services (including the use of equipment and systems with water, electrics and gas) are maintained in a good working order and that repairs or improvements are undertaken to ensure uninterrupted service.
  • To maintain all electrical installations, services and plant in a safe efficient manner, in accordance with current electrical regulations.
  • To ensure all life safety installations are maintained and kept in a good working order, i.e. PA system, fire alarm, secondary lighting; and to carry out first line response / repairs to these systems.
  • To be fully conversant with the 17th Edition IEE Wiring Regulations and on site guide.
  • To be competent and conversant with all types of modern electrical installation systems, have an ability to carry out fault diagnosis, and have a good working knowledge of electrical equipment to undertake repairs.
  • To undertake occasional Portable Appliance Testing.
  • To maintain the heating, ventilation and air conditioning plant and systems ensuring that all air handling units, chillers, fan coil units are kept in good working order.
  • To carry out any pipe work installations and repairs as requested ensuring that all work complies with current regulations.
  • To carry out daily plant room checks, to monitor and check the Building Maintenance System (BMS) – Trend 963 and ensure that any malfunction or issues of concern are noted and acted upon, and reporting to senior colleagues as required.
  • To attend to plumbing requirements including the unblocking of toilets and any remedial work that is required.
  • To carry out basic maintenance check on the stage lift working with your BST colleagues and liaising with external lift contractors when required.
  • To attend site in an emergency as requested by the management team to assist with the building facility or services.
  • To ensure the workshop, workbenches and stores for equipment are kept in a clean and tidy manner, that all equipment is properly put away, without blocking any access areas and that stock levels are maintained at an appropriate level, informing the M and E Services Manager of any stock or equipment parts requirements for ordering. Place orders on the purchase order system for all approved purchases.
  • To undertake the PPM on all mechanical, domestic, and heating systems are requested.
  • Embrace the Sustainability Policy and work to meet its objectives, putting sustainability at the forefront of all decisions.
  • Develop a good understanding of the Hall’s Health and Safety guidelines and your responsibilities within these. Promote a safe working environment and foster the non-blame culture, adhering to any Health & Safety requirements, flagging any conflicts that may arise with Health and Safety and working towards finding effective solutions.
  • To undertake any other duties as reasonably requested by the Management including the Building Services Manager, Deputy Building Services Manager, Facilities Manager and Director of Operations.

  Person Specification:

  • Have undertaken an apprenticeship with completion of City and Guilds or other relevant courses (e.g. 236 part 1 and 2, electricity at work regulations, 17th edition - wiring regulations, 2391- electrical test/inspection) or at least level 2 NVQ, with a good all round knowledge and experience of working with electrical and mechanical building systems.
  • Be able to undertake installation, testing and inspection of M&E services, systems and equipment with an ability to work on pumps and motors, inverters, plumbing and HVAC systems, gas fired burners, low temperature hot water systems and if possible steam boilers.
  • Have considerable experience in a complex and large public entertainment venue, responding to a helpdesk system and BMS-generated alarms.
  • Hold a CSCS Certificate
  • Be capable of fault finding, testing and inspecting electrical circuits and equipment, identifying solutions and where possible working to rectify systems to a safe working condition, which is often to tight deadlines particularly just prior to the commencement of a show.
  • Be computer literate to include a reasonable knowledge of Word, Excel and Outlook. Building Services Technicians are required to complete a duty log report for show duty shifts.
  • Have an understanding of energy management and environmental control measures and be able to offer creative solutions for improvement of building services systems.
  • Have a flexible adaptable approach, ability to work constructively within a team with good communication skills, to be clear and concise and capable of remaining calm during potentially stressful situations.
  • Have a ‘hands on and can do’ approach to work.
  • Undertake their work with due diligence and with a thorough understanding of health and safety processes, particularly in relation to restricted access and high hazard areas, as well as the need for permits to work for certain Building Services activities.

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