Principal Engineer, Building Services Engineering (Mechanical)

Posted 2 February 2026 / Deadline for application 28 February 2026

We are looking for a Principal Engineer to join the existing Mechanical & Electrical Building Services (MEP) team that provides engineering support to several 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.

Rolton is an established, award-winning, professional multi-disciplinary engineering practice with a passion for excellence, innovation and environmental sustainability. Throughout every project, we use our construction and engineering experience and our knowledge of the client’s business to add value. Our multi-disciplinary teams work alongside clients and developers.

The successful candidate will be responsible, under the leadership of the 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 electrical 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:

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

Also, the candidate should be able to:

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• 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
  
• Peer review and check design information prepared by others
  
• Manage a project specific team of engineers
  
• Representing Rolton at meetings
  
• Allocate and manage project specific workload of Graduates, Project Engineers, Senior Engineers and Admin Staff
  
• Manage commercial aspects of projects they are working on including responsibility for management of project income and costs
  
• Manage client relationships on specific projects
  
• Look for additional opportunities within existing and new client relationships
  
• Take responsibility for their own professional and personal development
  
• Input and some responsibility for professional and personal development of team members, Performance and Development Reviews (PDR) and mentoring of staff.
  

We are interested in hearing from established building services engineering candidates who have been working within building services and specifically building services consultancy with at least Ten [10] years post graduate ‘hands on’ design experience. The candidate should be a Chartered Engineer (CEng) with either the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) or the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) and possess a building services/architectural engineering degree and/or master.

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) and ESDL Tas/IES VE. The successful candidate will be 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 high attention to accuracy and detail.

A self-motivated person will have ample opportunity to improve their knowledge, skills, experience and to work with some of the world’s greatest businesses across a wide range of industry sectors. You will be expected to contribute your ideas, add value, play your part and progress in a consultancy that is ‘Engineering the Future’.

We offer an internal mentoring and training program aimed at developing the individual as well as the “Engineer”.

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• Position : Principal Engineer
  
• Location : Peterborough, Higham Ferrers, London or Birmingham
  
• Reporting to: Director/Associate
  
• Reference: PEMEP0408
  

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At Rolton we cultivate an environment where you will be expected to contribute your ideas, add value and play your part in a consultancy that’s at the leading edge, working with globally recognised blue-chip clients.

Our people are supported through professional development and training at every stage of their careers and given the encouragement to achieve their potential.

We offer work experience placements, as well as internal graduate mentoring and training programs aimed at developing individual needs as the “Engineer” with a view to progression to Chartered Engineer (CEng) status or similar.

You’ll have the opportunity to get involved in multi-disciplinary engineering, gain hands on experience in new disciplines to kick-start your career.

The company is fully committed to fair and equal treatment of all employees and applicants; we discriminate on talent and talent alone.