This is a career changing opportunity for a Principal/Associate Mechanical Engineer to work with an innovative MEP design consultancy where you will be given complete autonomy over design and financial aspects of projects, and a realistic opportunity to progress. The company was established in 2002 and is an independent Mechanical & Electrical design consultancy that provides the full range of MEP Building Services. Boasting an impressive client list in the hospitality, commercial, finance, retail, and residential sectors, the company operate on projects across the UK, Ireland, & Mainland Europe. The Senior leadership are actively involved in day-to-day client delivery, and the entire teams professional and personable approach focuses on offering clients first class solutions and bespoke services that exceed expectations and provide measurable benefits. You will be joining a first-class team of dedicated technical specialists that operate in a collaborative atmosphere working alongside the UK’s leading architects, designers, and contractors. They are now looking to bring additional expertise to the mechanical team with the appointment of a Principal/Associate Mechanical Engineer. The main responsibilities are in the areas of project delivery and support of the group management. You should be commercially aware, be able to develop and maintain client relationships, provide technical expertise, provide support to less experienced engineers, ensure quality standards, and adopt and promote the company ethos. Requirements:
Overview: International, independent, multi-disciplinary consultancy delivering engineering, sustainability and design excellence across the built environment. With a strong global presence spanning the UK, Europe, the Middle East, Asia-Pacific and Australia, they work with some of the world’s leading architects, developers and asset owners to create buildings and infrastructure that are innovative, resilient and future-ready. This client is an award-winning global consultancy that has been named Building’s Engineering Consultant of the Year in 2024, 2022 and 2021. They are at the forefront of the industry, priding themselves on an exemplary track record of designing innovative and sustainable projects. Sustainability runs through everything they do, and their people are empowered to drive change and decarbonise the built environment. By the end of this decade, they have set an ambitious goal to only work on projects that meet their zero carbon design criteria, a commitment they have called their Zero Carbon Design 2030 goal. They need engineers who share this passion for sustainability and thrive in designing energy efficient buildings and communities. Their Building Services team are a source of world leading expertise and offer a pro-active and collaborative approach to skill development, and professional excellence. The Role: This is an excellent opportunity for skilled electrical engineer to join their team in Birmingham and play a key role in ensuring the successful delivery of innovative electrical design solutions for some of the most exciting building projects in the UK and internationally. Working across a variety of sectors including Government, Critical Systems, Healthcare, Workplace and Residential, you will work in a team of expert engineers and technicians and work closely with colleagues of various disciplines to help manage the delivery of technically-excellent, profitable projects for high profile public and private clients. You’ll have the opportunity over time to assume greater levels of responsibility and autonomy as your professional skills develop and with accredited professional development programmes from CIBSE and IET, you’ll be fully supported towards achieving chartership. You will be working in a team that work collaboratively, have a high-performance culture and believe that each member is vital to the team, office and business. Working with the team leaders areas of development will be agreed targeted, providing exposure to facets of engineering that will help you develop your skill set. Qualifications: Educated to degree level in Electrical or Building Services Engineering (MEng or BEng or equivalent), and having gained relevant experience within a consultancy environment (design and coordination of electrical distribution and power generation, lighting, security systems etc), you should be well versed in the use of relevant design software including ProDesign (Amtech) and ideally, Revit and Dialux. You have proven ability in producing low energy design solutions, carrying out site inspections and surveys, detail design development, and crucially – you have a passion for creative and intuitive design. Given the collaborative and client focused nature of this role, excellent communication skills and experience of using your initiative to overcome challenges are essential. A professional that has a collaborative outlook, helping themselves and team to deliver.
The Client: MEP consulting engineers established for more than 95 years, with 600 specialists worldwide. They create healthy, sustainable, smart and future-proof solutions in airports, real estate, health care, life sciences, electronics and data centres. They are offering more than a job, they offer a career in an inspiring, knowledge-intensive working environment among highly skilled professionals. The Role: As a Public Health Engineer, you will work within various market sectors, with a focus of high performing buildings such as hospitals, commercial buildings, laboratories, airports, and data centres. Your contribution will be expected in all phases of the project including feasibility, design, execution, and in-use. You will be expected to handle multiple projects concurrently. Reporting to directly to the Directors of these sectors, you will be responsible for designing Public Health Services across every stage of the project lifecycle, from the initial brief through to design, commissioning, and final sign off. You will participate in design teams to provide innovative engineering solutions. As a design team member, you will hold regular meetings to inform and advise clients. This will require excellent interpersonal and conversational skills, making the complex simple. Keeping up with new developments in your field of expertise is a must for this role. If there is insufficient knowledge or new developments arise, it is expected that you will gain knowledge by research, contacts with suppliers, etc. As an international firm, their teams and clients are based in the UK and around the world. Your role will see you providing Public Health systems design and consultancy within the UK engineering team, and to UK-based clients, but also collaborating as part of the firm-wide consultancy team that extends throughout their national office network, and potentially working with international clients on overseas projects. Requirements: You should be able to produce designs, drawings, schematics, diagrams, project survey, design reports and specifications and risk assessments for: