Senior / Principal Mechanical Design Engineer

GR Associates
Nottingham
2 months ago
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The client is a multi-disciplinary consulting engineers, providing exciting projects and career pathways for all of it's UK employees. With a long term commitment to growing it's UK business, building upon a highly successful development plan that accounts for both organic growth and future acquisitions, the company is perfectly placed to continue its position as one of the elite engineering consultancies.


Excitingly, the MEP division goes from strength to strength and is looking to make additions to the team nationwide at various levels. The client are keen to attract a talented Senior / Principal level Mechanical Design Engineer to take a leading role across the M&E Division. The appointed candidate will be working remotely as part of a regional, and at times national team, expected to manage project work, undertake detailed design to the required standards and to maintain excellent levels of client service.


Focused strongly on technical delivery and demonstrating excellent understanding of client care, you will be an important part of a close-knit team working on a wide variety of live schemes. There is also the opportunity to get involved in international signature projects if desired.


Key responsibilities

  • To take a key role representing the company on MEP projects leading your own discipline and (for suitably sized projects) also managing engineers of a complimentary discipline
  • Able to work using your own initiative with minimal supervision
  • Complete detailed designs and supervise the work of others in this function
  • Have an ability to inspire confidence both internally and externally, and then use this to strengthen client relationships
  • Manage time on projects to suit deadlines and complete assigned tasks as stipulated by the project lead
  • Co-ordinate tasks so all deadlines are met and allocate resource appropriately

Applications are invited from forward thinking, technically competent Engineers who share a passion for sustainable building design.


Desirable qualifications / experience

  • Being a qualified Mechanical Building Services Engineer having a proven and demonstrable track record in HVAC Design
  • Having a CIBSE / IET / IMechE Engineering Council accredited honours degree, or an HNC in an applicable discipline with commitment to continue with higher education.
  • To be an excellent communicator and possess the ability to make what is complicated, simple
  • An interest in, or experience, using digital and parametric design tools


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