Principal Mechanical Engineer

7 days ago


Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom Hoare Lea Full time
Senior or Principal Mechanical Engineer Bristol or Cardiff

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior or Principal Mechanical Engineer to join our Bristol or Cardiff office, and work as part of the largest independent consulting engineering firm of its kind.

You will join a talented, dynamic, and diverse team of designers, engineers, and technical specialists with a unique working culture.

Our team is large enough to work on large national and international schemes yet agile enough to allow significant talent growth and career progression.

As a Senior Mechanical Engineer/ Principal Mechanical Engineer, you will work alongside experienced engineers to develop and deliver coordinated, collaborative, innovative and technically excellent design solutions that respond to our clients brief and vision.

By creating and embracing a unique culture we ensure we remain leaders in our field enjoying what we do, having fun and achieve the best results by delivering a consistent, high-quality service for our clients.

Working for a firm with strong social values you will have the opportunity to use your engineering skills to support the role we have in society in meeting the needs of the industry, the environment, the communities in which we live and work, and improving the quality of life for generations to come.

Hoare Lea is an award-winning engineering consultancy with a creative team of engineers, designers and technical specialists. We provide innovative solutions to complex engineering and design challenges for buildings.

Irrespective of the scale or complexity of a project, we provide a full range of MEP, environmental and sustainability services, bringing buildings to life and ensuring that they perform in operation as well as they look.

Hoare Lea has joined Tetra Tech's High Performance Buildings Group, a global alliance of MEP firms.

You'll be part of progressive and exciting projects, able to experience innovative schemes across all sectors.

As a Senior or Principal Mechanical Engineer, you will support and deliver designs for various project types and sizes.

You will work within a multidisciplinary team of engineers and support staff delivering a consistent high-quality service for clients, ensuring that repeat and new business opportunities are developed, and profitability is achieved.

The role is instrumental in helping to continue to grow and develop a team of technically competent engineers within this high-performing sector, as well as seeking new opportunities to develop the business.

You will be working on a varied portfolio of projects both in the UK and Internationally.
Designing mechanical engineering systems at the highest level using the latest software design packages.

You will be able to lead mechanical services design on large projects and take overall lead on small to medium-sized projects within the office.

Projects span a cross-section of sectors including Education, Science and Research, Healthcare, Leisure, Residential, Commercial, Defence and high-end mixed-use developments.

You will lead the development of initial strategic concepts for projects ensuring solutions are appropriate for the brief and regulatory standards.

Take responsibility for solid technical delivery in your work either alone or as part of a team.

Engage with junior support staff in their day-to-day activities and offer advice and guidance to ensure that they develop their skills and that we get the best out of our people.

You will be financially astute and work with the team leader to help monitor fee expenditure, resources and work delivered.

Creating and maintaining a high reputation within the local industry and ensuring adherence to QM and risk control procedures is also a very important part of the role.

Degree or equivalent qualification in Mechanical Engineering, Architectural Engineering or Building Services Engineering or equivalent qualification.

You will have experience working in a multi-disciplinary environment, with excellent communication skills with both internal and external clients, and a team-based work approach, you will appreciate that holistic working is central to good design, and you will have experience across a range of projects.

To reward your hard work and commitment we offer both core and flexible benefits, a competitive salary and industry leading training and development to support you throughout your career.

Private medical scheme
Life Assurance
Travel Allowance (principal) – electric car scheme (senior)
25 days annual leave, increasing to 30 with length of service
Contributory pension scheme
Employee Assistance Programme
Enhanced Paternity, Maternity & Shared Parental Leave
Season Ticket Loans
Flexible benefits

~Hybrid Working – activity-based approach
~ Employee stock purchase plan – a voluntary program which allows eligible employees to purchase Tetra Tech common stock at a 15% discount
~ Holiday buy & sell up to 5 days
~ Cycle to work scheme
~ Employee Referral Scheme
~ Sabbatical Leave
~ Other flexible benefits include gym and retail discounts, travel & dental insurance and GAYE (Give as you Earn)
~ Flexible working - We're happy to discuss flexible working. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage

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That's why we particularly welcome applications from women, global ethnic majority, neurodiverse and disabled candidates, as they are under-represented within leadership roles at Hoare Lea

If you have a disability that might affect your performance at any stage of the recruitment process, please let us know about any help or reasonable adjustments as soon possible before any interview or assessment.



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