Principal/Associate Mechanical Engineer

1 month ago

Ferndown, United Kingdom Hoare Lea Full time

Principal / Associate Mechanical Engineer (Healthcare)

Bournemouth or Reading Office

A fantastic career opportunity has arisen for a creative and driven Principal or Associate Mechanical Engineer to join a leading MEP Consultancy based in Bournemouth or Reading. You will be responsible for meeting with Clients, producing reports, specifications, and drawings, and delivering successful projects from inception to completion.

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.

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 across all sectors.

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

The role

As a Principal / Associate Engineer you will be responsible for supporting and delivering designs for healthcare projects. 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 predominately working on healthcare projects. You will lead the development of initial strategic concepts for projects ensuring solutions are appropriate for the brief and regulatory standards. Taking responsibility for solid technical delivery in your work either alone or part of a team. 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. Looking at new ways of working and taking time out for innovation and research ensuring we keep abreast of our competitors. Creating and maintaining 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.

About you

You should have a relevant degree in Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent qualification and must have, or be working towards chartered status. Have Membership of CIBSE/IMECHE or industry-recognised institution.

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.

Previous healthcare project experience.

You should have an in-depth understanding of modern technical delivery methods, particularly in relation to BIM, and should be competent in designing and reviewing information by others in such environments.

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

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

With previous consultancy 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.

What we are looking for

Suitably qualified Mechanical Engineering, Building Services Engineers degree or equivalent qualification preferable but not essential.  Chartered Engineer status, or working towards submission, to either CIBSE or IMechE, or equivalent. Previous consultancy or contracting experience in some or all of the following: M&E Design & Specification, Surveying & Reporting and Project Management. You will have experience working in a multi-disciplinary environment, with excellent communication skills with 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 in healthcare projects.

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.

Private medical scheme Life Assurance Income protection Car allowance and access to a wide range of lease cars (Principal & Associate) days annual leave, increasing to 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

Hybrid Working – activity-based approach Employee stock purchase plan – a voluntary program which allows eligible employees to purchase Tetra Tech common stock at a % 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

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