Building Performance Engineer

5 months ago


Birmingham, United Kingdom Arup Full time

Role - Building Performance Engineer

Location - Birmingham / Nottingham

Joining Arup

Arup’s purpose, shared values and collaborative approach has set us apart for over 75 years, guiding how we shape a better world.

Arup’s mechanical engineers provide simple and elegant solutions that enhance the long-term value of properties. Our experience encompasses passive and energy-efficient solutions that contribute to , and appraisal and for better performing services in existing buildings.

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The Opportunity

Based in the Midlands across two centres in Birmingham and Nottingham, our multi-disciplinary team offers a wide range of skills and services on projects based, locally, nationally, and internationally. As part of this team our building services engineers help our clients and collaborators work toward their sustainability targets. This includes developing estate wide net zero roadmaps, creating low/zero carbon building designs and carrying out advanced energy modelling for accreditations such as Nabers Design for Performance.

We are seeking a person to join our Birmingham team, who is passionate about the transition to net zero, as a member of our team you will be given the opportunity to work on a diverse range of projects supporting both local, national and global clients. The successful candidate will become part of our building engineering team with a focus on decarbonising existing client buildings/building portfolio’s and working with design teams in developing net zero carbon solutions for new build projects. This will involve a mixture of working both independently on stand-alone net zero carbon commissions and as part of our multidisciplinary building design teams, developing low energy design approaches.

At Arup, you belong to an extraordinary collective – in which we encourage individuality to thrive. Our strength comes from how we respect, share and connect our diverse experiences, perspectives and ideas.

You will have the opportunity do socially useful work that has meaning – to Arup, to your career, to our members and to the clients and communities we serve. 

Is this role right for you?

As a Building Performance Engineer with a net zero carbon focus, you will be carrying out reviews of existing buildings/sites to identify potential decarbonisation opportunities. You will be authoring and checking decarbonisation plans for existing buildings and decarbonisation approaches/net zero carbon roadmaps. You will be formulating energy strategy approaches for new build projects/developments with support from other Arup specialists, identifying appropriate energy modelling approaches and Interpreting energy modelling results.

In this role you will be expected to have a high level of understanding with regards to MEP building services systems across a range of building sectors, their associated energy consumption and the key factors/interventions that affect them. You will work closely with the energy modelling team where required to help quantify the impact of energy saving solutions on projects. If you have a broad appreciation of mechanical and electrical building services systems across a range of building sectors and a real interest in Net Zero Carbon, we want to hear from you. 

Requirements:

BEng, Meng or MSC in Building Services Engineering, energy or related field.Good appreciation of UKGBC, LETI & CIBSE publications and net zero approaches.Familiar with the building energy modelling process and how this can be implemented effectively on projects. A background in contributing to design notes, reports and general correspondence.Knowledgeable of key considerations at different building design stages, construction & in-use.

What we offer you

At Arup, we care about each member’s success, so we can grow together.

Guided by our values, we provide an attractive total reward package that recognises the contribution of each of our members to our shared success. As well as competitive, fair and equitable pay, we offer a career in which all of our members can belong, grow and thrive – through benefits that support health and wellbeing, a wide range of learning opportunities and many possibilities to have an impact through the work they do.

We are owned in trust on behalf of our members, giving us the freedom, with personal responsibility, to set our own direction and choose work that aligns with our purpose and adds to Arup’s legacy. Our members collaborate on ambitious projects to deliver remarkable outcomes for our clients and communities. Profit Share is a key part of our reward, enabling members to share in the results of our collective efforts.

We also provide Private medical insurance, Life assurance, Accident insurance and Income protection cover. In addition, you’ll have access to flexible benefits to help you look after all aspects of your wellbeing and give you the freedom and flexibility to find the best solutions for you, your family, and your individual needs.



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