Senior Mechanical Engineer

3 months ago

Edinburgh, United Kingdom HAYS Full time
Senior Mechanical engineer role, salary up to £55K

Your new companyOur 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.

They operate across a wide variety of sectors, including Healthcare, Heritage, Education, Industrial, Leisure, Offices, Residential, Retail, and more. 

This organisation takes a proactive approach to 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 growing Edinburgh team. This is a great opportunity to join a well-established organisation that can offer you access and support to aid your learning and development, while working in exciting projects. 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 roleYou'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
  • £45,000 to £55,000 (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 nowIf 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 # 4600370

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