Associate Mechanical Engineer

Description

What if you could do the kind of work the world needs?

At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives. You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you.

To find out more about our Building Services Mechanical & Electrical business click on the following link and discover what awaits you at WSP:

A little more about your role…

• Meeting the requirements of an 'Associate Director' grade and have a proven track record in both leading projects for your discipline and for an overall project team. Be able to demonstrate where your personal input has led to the commission being won or successfully delivered.
• Work in a joint leadership capacity within a mechanical, electrical and public health (MEP) discipline team, providing design and technical advice with a multidisciplinary approach on a wide range of projects.
• Able to work using your own initiative with minimal supervision on all technical aspects of their discipline or have specific specialist experience applicable to the role.
• Able to work under the clear direction of the client and interpret the needs of the project as a whole to meet the full delivery needs.
• Supervise the completion of detailed designs and supervise the work of others in this function.
• Consider the feasibility of the project specific to the discipline and lead the overall feasibility study for the project.
• Take responsibility for and direct others in the production of detailed and performance specification for the discipline subject to review by colleagues prior to issue.
• Reviewing design programmes and ensuring that sufficient resource is available to complete the works

Your Team

• You will work closely with likeminded individuals on exciting and challenging projects.
• The Building Services team in the Northern Region (Split across Manchester, Leeds, Edinburgh and Glasgow) consists of more than 50 mechanical, electrical, and public health engineers.
• We make extraordinary efforts to attract, develop, engage and retain the best professionals in our fields of expertise because this is what makes us great.
• We put the highest ethical standards at the centre of all we do and is inherent in our offering.
• We are humble and act with moral and intellectual integrity, keep our word, treat everyone with respect, support our colleagues, and embrace diversity.
• We care about individuals and their progress and offer the most fulfilling career development for our professionals

What we will be looking for you to demonstrate…

• Cross sector building services design experience 
• Having an understanding of the UK and European regulations applicable to the discipline and how to demonstrate this in project execution.
• Have working understanding of latest mechanical design software packages to allow the allocation / direction of work on projects.
• Have an ability to sketch and communicate technical detail graphically and effectively.
• Have a detailed understanding of the Part L regulations applicable to the discipline and how to demonstrate this through calculation
• Must be able to obtain UK vetting level of Security Check (SC)

Mechanical Design Skills:

• Working knowledge of Hevacomp
• U value calculations
• Heat loss & gain calculations
• Pipe sizing (LTHW, CHW, HWS, CWS etc), Pump sizing, Duct sizing, Fan sizing
• Psychrometrics
• Control valve sizing & authority
• Thermal modelling
• BMS Systems

Qualifications

• CIBSE/ IET/IMechE Engineering Council accredited honours degree or specific experience that will lead to Chartership
• IES or TAS training applied to the discipline
• RevitMEP training applied to the discipline or other 3D design software to allow the allocation / direction of work on projects.
• Achieved or working towards IEng or CEng status
• BEng/Bsc/MEng in applicable engineering discipline

Don't quite meet all the criteria? Apply, and we can see how your experience aligns to this role and other opportunities within the team.

Imagine a better future for you and a better future for us all. 

Join our close-knit community of talented individuals who share your passion for making a positive impact. Our global team includes more than 69,000 employees, working together to make a difference in communities both close to home and around the world.  

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