Senior Mechanical Design Engineer (Buiding Services)

Our Client was founded close to 40 years ago and is the UK’s largest Local Authority Trading Company. They operate as a commercial group that delivers public-sector services through joint-venture partnerships with councils and organisations across England and Wales.

This national award-winning property consultancy delivers high profile, inspiring developments to a range of public and private sector clients across the UK. The Leeds City Council contract represents a highly successful long term joint venture, promoting sustainability and innovation across a range of property services.

A fantastic new opportunity has arisen for a Senior Mechanical Engineer to join the team on a permanent basis. As a Senior Mechanical Engineer you will be responsible for the design and management of mechanical (HVAC) services for all construction projects across a variety of building works.

Your role will be to design and manage mechanical services including producing budget estimates, drawings, detailed service specifications, tender documentation and undertaking full contract administration duties on mechanical led projects. You will be required to promote continuous improvement and deliver demonstrable high quality products and services which embrace quality standards.

Main Responsibilities:

• Carry out the design and management of all types of mechanical services projects including producing budget estimates, drawings, detailed service specifications, tender documentation and undertaking full contract administration duties on mechanical led projects.
• Promote the use of renewable technologies.
• Deliver mechanical projects in full in accordance with client’s brief and professional standards.
• Champion and embed a genuine multidisciplinary approach to project delivery.
• Schedule and coordinate resources, liaising with colleagues, commissioners and clients as required.
• Continually monitor the profitability of projects, ensuring they are delivered within agreed professional fees and proactively taking corrective action where required.
• Where required carry out condition surveys, dilapidation or specific surveys to provide information for stock condition/asset management system and/or to aid asset appraisal.
• Promote and manage the competitive, efficient and effective delivery of mechanical services installations and energy management services to clients.

Desirable skills / qualifications / experience:

• Have professional membership of the Chartered Institute of Building Service Engineers, or be working or prepared to work towards Chartered status.
• Have previous management/ supervisory experience.
• Hold Membership of the Engineering Council
• Have a Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in an Mechanical Engineering related discipline
• Hold a current site card or is prepared to immediately attain.
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office Suite
• Have experience of successfully project managing alteration and refurbishment projects from inception through to final account - including surveying.
• Working Knowledge of Standard forms of Building Service’s Contracts
• Driving Licence as frequent travel to sites.

An enhanced DBS check will be required, paid by the employer

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