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• Sustainability Consultant

  London - London Bridge, SE1

  £55,000 - £65,000 per annum + benefits

  Permanent

  Working for an established, innovative Mechanical & Electrical design consultancy that provides full MEP Building Services across all sectors of the property and construction industry. Founded in early 2000, with two UK offices and a team that continues to grow, they are passionate about providing measurable benefits to their clients. Support their clients in delivering a range of sustainability solutions with a considered approach to successfully meet and exceed the client's ambitious targets. They have an exciting opportunity for an aspiring energy/sustainability consultant to join either their Central London or Reading office, to develop the sustainability team supporting the company in its aspiration to drive the growth of this area of the business. They primarily operate within the Residential, Hospitality & Commercial sectors. The ideal candidate would be someone educated to Degree or Masters level in a relevant discipline, with at least five years' experience working in an energy or sustainability related field. Reporting to the project lead, the energy/sustainability consultant's duties will include, but are not limited to:

  • Producing Energy and Sustainability Statements for planning.
  • Undertaking thermal modelling and dynamic simulations within IES to produce BRUKL output document calculations and EPCs.
  • Undertaking BREEAM assessments.
  • Undertaking SAP calculations for residential buildings.
  • Carrying our daylight, sunlight and overheating assessments.

  Key skills: You should possess all the following:

  • Low Carbon Consultant accreditation.
  • Proficiency and experience working within IES, in particular for thermal modelling;
    • Part L compliance calculations
    • Heating and cooling load calculation
    • Energy modelling (TM54)
    • Overheating modelling (TM52 and TM59)
    • Daylighting calculations
  • Proficiency and experience undertaking SAP for Part L compliance
  • Qualified BREEAM assessor, including New Construction, Refurbishment, etc.
  • Experience in producing energy and sustainability statements for planning applications
  • This will require familiarity with current GLA London Plan and London Borough energy/sustainability requirements.
  • Given the collaborative nature of this role, excellent communication skills and experience of using your initiative to overcome challenges are essential.
  • The need to lead workshops and meetings means you should be a confident communicator with superior stakeholder management skills.
  • Candidates should thrive working independently and be expected to pay close attention to detail when reviewing results and evidence.

  Desirable skills:

  • NDEA level 4/5 including production and accreditation for issuing EPCs.
  • Experience in use of One Click LCA software (LCC, Life Cycle Impact).
  • Experience in carrying out Post Occupancy Evaluation.
  • Familiarity with WELL/LEED.
  • On Construction Domestic.
  • ESOS LEAD Assessor.

  

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• Mechanical Design Engineer

  West Midlands - Birmingham

  £43,000 - £53,000 per annum + benefits

  Permanent

  Established, award-winning, professional multi-disciplinary engineering practice with a passion for excellence, innovation and environmental sustainability. Throughout every project, they use their construction and engineering experience and knowledge of their client's business to add value. Their multi-disciplinary teams work alongside clients and developers. They are looking for a Senior Engineer to join the existing MEP team that provides engineering support to a number of Blue-Chip International Brands. Experience within the automotive, commercial/industrial, retail, residential and education sectors are essential with experience with steam and in clean/dry rooms is desirable. The successful candidate will be responsible, under the leadership of the Director/Associate Director, for the project management of medium to large scale projects and individual engineering task(s) for numerous schemes for client's cross sector. This will include the creation, development of and finalising engineering design solutions of mechanical services elements, working with other team members and project teams together with direct liaison with the client and other design team professionals. The candidate shall have experience across the breadth of mechanical building services such as:

  • Foul Drainage Above Ground
  • Hot and Cold Water
  • Compressed Air
  • Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) inc. ISO Clean/Dry Rooms
  • Steam

  Also, the candidate should be able to:

  • Complete survey work and site inspections
  • Undertake design calculations using various methods, from hand calculations to software-based modelling
  • Prepare drawn information
  • Write technical specifications
  • Write technical reports
  • Identify and resolve problems early
  • Exhibit active project risk management
  • Peer review and check design information prepared by others
  • Manage a project specific team of engineers
  • Maintain records and archives to company standards
  • Manage their own workload to meet defined targets and deadlines
  • Allocate and manage project specific workload of Graduates, Project Engineers and Admin staff
  • Manage client relationships on specific project

  The candidate for this position will have a high level of computer literacy a good working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, Autodesk Revit MEP, National Building Specification (NBS), Cymap and ideally EDSL Tas. The successful candidate will be a required to provide support to our other teams and/or offices from time to time. The ability to operate as part of a wider project team within appropriate authority levels and to represent the company with confidence to a variety of clients and outside organisations is expected. The candidate will have the ability to work on their own initiative as well as part of one of our dynamic teams with a high attention to accuracy and detail. They offer an internal mentoring and training program aimed at developing the individual as well as the "Engineer".

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• Senior Mechanical Engineer

  Tyne & Wear - Newcastle

  to £38 per hour (Inside ir35)

  Contract

  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 Newcastle 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

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