Associate Mechanical Engineer

Associate Mechanical Engineer.

Data Centres and Mission Critical.

Bristol.

Due to our continued growth in the Data Centre and Mission-Critical sector, a fantastic career opportunity has arisen for a creative and driven Associate Mechanical Engineer to join a leading MEP Consultancy. You will be responsible for meeting with Clients, producing reports, specifications, and drawings, and delivering successful projects from inception to completion.

We have a long-standing history in Bristol, having worked on many of the city’s landmark sites. As our second-largest office, Bristol is home to our central functions, more than 100 MEP engineers, and several specialist groups.

About Us

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.

Why Work For Us?

You’ll collaborate with the industry’s best, working with a wide range of built-environment specialists.

You’ll be part of progressive and exciting projects, able to experience innovative schemes.

You’ll advance your career, your way, thanks to our structured Career Paths framework.

The Role

As an Associate Mechanical Engineer you will be responsible for supporting and delivering designs for Data Centre and Mission Critical sector. 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.

What You’ll Be Doing

• You will be working primarily on Data Centre and Mission Critical sector.
• You will be in a Client facing role, attending project meetings and disseminating the brief within the project team. You will need to be of personable nature and a good communicator.
• You will lead the team in developing the initial strategic concepts for projects ensuring solutions are appropriate for the brief and regulatory standards.
• You will manage and prioritise the workload of a project team including specialist groups.
• You will take responsibility for solid technical delivery in your work either alone or part of a team.
• You will host and chair internal project team meetings.
• You will contribute to the professional development of individual team members and identify opportunities.
• You will engage with junior support staff in their day-to-day activities and offer advice and guidance to ensure that they develop their skills and we get the best out of our people.
• You will be financially astute and work with the team leader to help monitor fee expenditure, resource and work delivered.
• You will look at new ways of working and taking time out for innovation and research ensuring we keep abreast of our competitors.
• You will create and maintain a high reputation within the industry, and to ensure adherence to QM and risk control procedures is also a very important part of the role.
• You will report cost and resource requirements to the team leader on a regular basis.

About You

You should have a relevant experience in Mechanical Engineering, and equivalent qualifications. Ideally have an industry recognised membership such as CIBSE/IMECHE/ASHRAE/Uptime Institute.

Experience of working on Data Centre & Mission Critical projects.

You should have excellent technical knowledge in your primary discipline and a thorough understanding of Building Services Engineering and interdisciplinary design through all stages of the design process.

You should have an in-depth understanding of modern technical delivery methods and should be competent in designing and reviewing information by others.

You will have experience working in a multi-disciplinary environment, leading, motivating, and supervising more junior engineers.

With good interpersonal and communication skills you will have proven ability in negotiating positive outcomes, resource planning, motivation and management.

With previous relevant experience, you will appreciate the importance of complementary specialisms such as acoustics, fire engineering and computer modelling in the design of buildings and be adept at analysing and interpreting their impact on your work.

You will have experience working in a multi-disciplinary environment, with excellent communication skills 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.

Our benefits

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.

Core benefits

• Private medical scheme
• Life Assurance
• Income protection
• Electric Car salary sacrifice scheme
• Travel Allowance – electric car scheme
• 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
• Professional membership subscription
• Flexitime

Flexible benefits

• 9-day fortnight – the firm offers all employees the option to work a 9-day fortnight
• 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
• Study Assistance
• 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. There is no obligation to raise this at the application stage but if you wish to do so, you are welcome to. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage

How to apply

To apply simply complete a CV profile and submit your application, or for further information please contact louiescottodiperta@hoarelea.com

Diversity, equity and inclusion

We are committed to being a place where underrepresented individuals and communities are not just included, but where marginalised knowledge and experience is valued, amplified, and harnessed. So, we strongly encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds, including women, people of the Global Majority, LGBTQ+ individuals, disabled people, neurodivergent people, and those from all other underrepresented or marginalised groups. To learn more about our approach to diversity, equity and inclusion, see our

Adjustments and accommodations

If there are adjustments or accommodations that we can put in place to ensure you can participate and give your best at any stage of the recruitment process (whether relating to disability, neurodivergence, or anything else) please let us know.

Flexible working

We are committed to enabling a healthy work-life balance for all employees. So, we welcome applications from candidates seeking flexible working arrangements to suit their particular needs and lifestyle, including part-time, term-time-only, and remote working.

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