Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

1 month ago


Glasgow Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom Hays Full time

Your new company

Our client is a high end, well established building services consultancy with multiple offices across the UK. They follow a repeat business model, therefore their focus is on providing high quality services and developing strong working relationships with their clients.


Our client takes pride on being a forward thinking, progressive organisation at the forefront of net-zero, sustainability and smart and energy efficient buildings - they are NABERS accredited.


They operate across a wide variety of sectors, including Arts & Community, Healthcare, Heritage, Education, Industrial, Leisure & hospitality, Mixed Use, Offices, Residential, Retail, Science & Technology. They also avoid working with companies involved in controversial industries, to match their corporate values of sustainability and wider company ethos.


This organisation takes a proactive approach on developing their engineers with a comprehensive career development program, with the aim of developing top talent that will withhold their standard of excellence in every project.


They are seeking an experienced Senior Mechanical Design Engineer to join their expanding Glasgow team. This is a great opportunity to join a well-established organisation that can offer you access and support to aid your career progression. You will be expected to run your own projects, working through the RIBA stages as well as working as part of a larger team. The office has a relaxed, flexible culture and regular social events take place.


Your new role

You'll play a key part in the Mechanical Design team and will have the opportunity to lead projects and mentor junior team members. Your key responsibilities will include:


  • Ensuring an understanding of project briefs.
  • Design and specification of all Mechanical Building Services systems
  • Carry out the production of detailed calculations using industry standard software tools including Hevacomp, IES, HAP, AutoCAD, Revit, Excel, etc.
  • Preparing technical specifications.
  • Collaborate with the BIM team to prepare models and drawings.
  • Representing the organisation at meetings with clients and contractors.
  • Site surveys, inspections and monitor site works.
  • Report and technical note writing.
  • Maintaining complete records and archives to company standards.
  • Adherence to all quality, environmental & governance processes.
  • Managing own workload, updating forward plan of workload regularly and working to time allocations.
  • Managing elements of project delivery and an understanding of budget costings.
  • Reviewing progress, including reporting any anomalies and changes of scope to the project lead.
  • Assist with technical development of junior staff.


What you'll need to succeed

  • Degree qualified, or equivalent qualification, in Building Services Engineering / Mechanical Engineering or related subjects.
  • Chartered Engineer, or working towards CEng with CIBSE or IET.
  • Good level of computer literacy in a range of mechanical digital tools - Hevacomp, IES, HAP, AutoCAD, Revit, etc.
  • Awareness of building physics principles.
  • Experience of working in a design consultancy and/or some experience of working within a contractor design environment is beneficial.
  • Good knowledge of appropriate technical standards.
  • Able to take charge of personal project deliverables, make decisions on developing the discipline design elements, act on own initiative and operate in a pro-active way.
  • Good report writing skills, experience of making presentations to and attending meetings with clients will be useful.
  • Comfortable working within time and cost budgets as agreed at project briefing meetings.


What you'll get in return

  • £60,000 to £66,000 (DOE) - along with regular reviews.
  • Pension scheme
  • Private Healthcare
  • Yearly Bonus
  • Life Assurance
  • 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
  • Option to buy extra days of annual leave (or sell)
  • Hybrid/Flexible working
  • Professional Fees - 1 annual membership paid for you


What you need to do now

If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now. If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.



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