Senior Mechanical Design Engineer Blackburn

4 weeks ago

Blackburn Lancashire, United Kingdom Vital Energi Utilities Ltd Full time

Due to the company’s continuing growth, we require a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer to strengthen the existing Design team.

The opportunity

Due to the company’s continuing growth, we require a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer to strengthen the existing Design team.

Location Head office - Blackburn

About the role

As a result of successful company growth, we are looking for Senior Mechanical Design Engineers to join our design team based from our Blackburn and Glasgow Offices. Our design team interact with all departments and are responsible for delivering innovative solutions. Projects you could be involved with range from energy reduction measures for an existing building to a multi-MW solar farm or a city-wide heat network utilising low carbon heat pumps. We have a diverse and creative design team who have successfully delivered award winning zero carbon solutions. We are proud to say that all of our projects are designed in-house as part of multi-disciplinary engineering team.

Key responsibilities

Reporting to the Principal Design Engineer, this role involves a broad range of detailed design including District Heating systems, energy centre design and HVAC / Building Services design. This will include taking concept designs and producing a fully detailed design for the projects team to install. This will at times include initial project conceptual work, site investigations and surveys, client meetings and input into project submissions and presentations.

Working within a team of different grades of Mechanical Engineers you will be responsible for significant elements of the mechanical design, including energy centre layout, boiler and pump sizing, pressurisation, expansion, water treatment, de-aeration/dirt separation, pipe sizing and flue design. Other key duties involve the writing of specifications for the procurement of systems and equipment. Familiarity with large-scale thermal generating plant such as large shell & tube boilers and CHP engines is essential. Knowledge of heat pump technology and other technologies such as gas turbines would be advantageous.

Along with project accountability, you will be responsible for mechanical engineers of varying levels including Trainee, Graduate and Junior Engineers. This will include allocation of work, reviewing and checking of documentation along with ensuring all projects responsibilities are delivered on time and to programme.

What you will need
  • Lead the design of distributed energy schemes, energy centres, DH networks up to the point of heat delivery.
  • Provide support on larger projects.
  • Appraisal and interpretation of the client’s requirements.
  • Have an awareness of cost implications within design.
  • Effectively deal with design issues and minimise their impact.
  • Ability to design systems in the form of calculations, equipment selection and process operation.
  • Liaising with internal and external designers, customers and Vital Energi’s in-house project teams.
  • Awareness and appreciation of other disciplines including electrical, structural and architectural.
  • Fluency with BIM and the ability to coordinate multi-disciplines with our in0house CAD team.
  • Compliance with CDM requirements and our in in-house design processes.
  • Good understanding of current Building Regulations, industry guidance such as CIBSE, BSRIA, etc, and all pertinent legislation
  • Ability to design systems in the form of schematics, calculations, equipment selection, detailed drawings and BMS control operating strategies.
  • Ensuring compliance with legislation, engineering best practices in line with company procedures.
  • Assistance in specifying the mechanical aspects for tendering works.
  • Work closely with the client to further develop relationships and promote the company.
  • Undertake site inspection reports and providing technical support during construction.
  • Develop commissioning plans and oversee commissioning activities with internal and external commissioning engineers.
Contributory Company Pension Scheme

Non-contributory death-in-service insurance

33 Days Holiday including BH

Flexible working hours patterns

Office based at our Head Office in Blackburn with occasional travel to sites across the UK

If you're interested in this position, please email your CV to our HR department using the button below.

Notice to Agency and Search Firm Representatives:  Vital Energi Utilities Ltd is not accepting unsolicited CVs from agencies and/or search firms for this job posting. CVs submitted to any Vital Energi Utilities Ltd employee by a third party agency and/or search firm without a valid written & signed search agreement, will become the sole property of Vital Energi Utilities Ltd. No fee will be paid if a candidate is hired for this position as a result of an unsolicited agency or search firm referral. Thank you.

Applications will be processed within 28 days of receipt. If you have not heard from us within this time period it will mean that your application has unfortunately been unsuccessful. Thanks you for your interest in Vital Energi.

The company is opposed to all forms of discrimination and will select for employment, training and promotion on the basis of suitability for the job and/ or merit. It is company policy that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment than another on the grounds of sex, race, colour, age, ethnic or national origins, political affiliations, religious beliefs, marital status, physical disability or is disadvantaged by unjustifiable conditions or requirements.

Only applicants who are legally entitled to work in the UK and are currently resident in the UK are invited to apply.

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