Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

Gold Group Ltd
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Job Title: Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

Location: London

Salary: £66,000 pa - We are booking interviews next week! Please call or email for a slot

A Senior Mechanical Design Engineer is sought to join the Design Team. The team undertakes the design of district heating and cooling networks throughout the UK. The team has the capability to design energy centres, pre-insulated buried piping networks, heat pumps and plant room heat exchanger assemblies.

The Senior Mechanical Design Engineer position is characterised by the ownership of projects to develop district networks, including multi-disciplinary design coordination with both internal and external stakeholders. The role includes the technical oversight and management responsibility for a small number of Mechanical and Buried Network Design engineers.

The Role:

So, what will you be doing as a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer?

  • The design of district network schemes and energy centres, including buried piping systems, energy centres, boilers, CHP units, thermal stores, plate heat exchanger assemblies, pumps, chillers, heat pumps and auxiliary systems.
  • Technical oversight of the work of a small number of design engineers.
  • Management responsibility for a small number of design engineers.
  • The use of CAD packages in the creation of engineering drawings.
  • The production of tender scopes, specifications, bills of materials and engineering calculations.
  • Technical support and design coordination with internal and external stakeholders, including business development and project managers, contractors, clients and design consultants.
  • Attendance at project sites for surveys, reviews, key delivery milestones and commissioning.

What are we looking for in our next Senior Mechanical Design Engineer?

  • BEng / BSc Engineering Degree (Building Services, Mechanical, Civil or similar, minimum of a 2:1 standard).
  • A thorough working knowledge of relevant CIBSE Guides, CP1, British Standards, BSRIA, IGEM and other industry authority publications.
  • Experience of site visits and surveys to collect data for creating designs.
  • Experience liaising with both internal and external clients, contractors and suppliers.
  • Experience of guiding, reviewing and authorising the work of fellow design engineers.
  • A working knowledge of the Construction & Design Management Regulations 2015.
  • Experience of writing sub-contractor scopes of supply, specifications and major plant tender documentation.
  • Experience of the detailed design of energy centres, CHP, boilers, chillers, heat pumps and district heating network installations.

My client is keen to get this position filled ASAP, so if you feel you have the skills and desire to provide passion and drive as the next Senior Mechanical Design Engineer, this is the opportunity for you!

So, if you are interested in joining a well-established, renowned, globally recognised organisation working with experts in their field as the next Senior Mechanical Design Engineer, hit that apply button now!

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Seniority level

  • Mid-Senior level

Employment type

  • Full-time

Job function

  • Civil Engineering


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