Mechanical Design Engineer

True Engineers
Cambridge
4 months ago
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Intermediate Mechanical Design Engineer - Building Services / MEP Design

NR Cambridge – Hybrid & Flexible Working

£35k - £50k - DOE

Mechanical Design Engineer / Building Services Design / Intermediate Mechanical Engineer

Benefits Include

  • Enhanced sickness/maternity/paternity pay schemes
  • Generous Annual Leave entitlement with the opportunity to buy and sell leave
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Electrical vehicle scheme
  • Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)


Culture

This is a great opportunity to work on some interesting projects and develop and utilise your mechanical design skills with a company who offers an environment where you’ll always feel like an integral part of the team - trusted, depended on and treated as an individual from day one.

This intermediate mechanical engineer role is to be part of a building services design team delivering innovative and creative solutions. Project types range from healthcare, education, residential, commercial, industrial, pharmaceutical, zero carbon and public sector.

The culture of this consultancy is both supportive and collaborative, bringing together the very best elements of working for a large company, such as interesting projects of all scales yet maintaining a close knit team


Responsibilities

  • As an Intermediate Mechanical Engineer, you will be a vital part of the team and have a high degree of autonomy for your experience level, combined with support as needed.
  • Working as part of a larger team on certain projects
  • Attending meeting with clients and other construction professionals.
  • Helping generate repeat business through customer care of existing clients
  • Working on a variety of technically challenging and interesting projects across varied sectors
  • Producing drawings and specifications
  • Producing calculations or guiding others to complete them


Experience & Qualifications

  • Ideally a degree in Mechanical or Building Services Engineering, or HNC / HND with relevant design experience.
  • A desire to become chartered
  • Minimum of 1-3 years’ experience of design in building services, post qualification completion
  • Experience of design software
  • Knowledge of British and European Standards, Building Regulations documents etc.
  • An enthusiasm to continue professional development.

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