Principal Mechanical Engineer Property Services

3 months ago

Leeds, United Kingdom Hoare Lea Full time

The Role

Your role as a Principal Mechanical Engineer within Hoare Lea will include work winning and delivery from both existing and cultivating new clients and assisting the regional lead in planning the specialist delivery of the Property Services Group.

A particular focus on work delivery, organisational support, and team growth is required to support local and regional clients.

In the Hoare Lea environment, Team Leaders inspire their team in the ownership and delivery of their Projects. Team Leaders also demonstrate strong leadership capabilities providing supervision and guidance to team members and other staff. The Teams work cooperatively with other teams to deliver a wide variety of Projects with Team Leaders meeting regularly to discuss workload and other management issues. Team Leaders help, recruit, train, and develop their team members and their careers to ensure ongoing succession and growth of the Practice.

What You’ll Be Doing

You will be working on a varied portfolio of frameworks and projects that are predominantly UK-based but with some overseas opportunities. You will take the lead and deliver on small projects up to the value of a few £million and provide technical support to end users, Landlords, management agents, project managers, and the like.

The 5 key areas that we work across in Property Services include providing the following services for our clients.

Technical Due Diligence – condition surveys, pre-acquisition surveys, dilapidation surveys, license to alter, and associated reports. Plant Replacement – smaller project works up to £3m, boiler/chiller replacement works, etc, surveys, feasibility reports, design works, construction site duties, project management, and contract administration. Design – Specialising in challenging existing buildings across all RIBA stages. This involves creative and innovative design solutions to enhance and transform existing buildings, ensuring the building services meet current needs and standards. You will be involved in conceptualising and implementing design strategies, working closely with clients and project teams to deliver high-quality and sustainable designs. Maintenance / operational – quarterly inspections of buildings, preventative planned maintenance, asset registers, troubleshooting, energy optimisation, EPCs. Sustainability and Energy Efficiency for Existing Buildings – Focus on projects for existing buildings to reduce carbon energy use and improve the building energy rating. This involves implementing sustainable practices, upgrading building systems for better energy efficiency, and ensuring compliance with environmental standards. You will work on projects that aim to lower energy consumption, enhance indoor environmental quality, and contribute to the overall goal of reducing the carbon footprint of existing structures.

Projects span across all sectors including Commercial Offices, Retail, Residential, Education, Healthcare, MoJ, Defence, Heritage, Industrial, and Technology.


What We Are Looking For

Qualified design engineer (chartered status or working towards). Experience conducting post-occupancy engineering services activities. Mechanical design experience is required along with good site knowledge experience (hands-on). Property knowledge. Experience working on projects in existing buildings (refurbishment and fit-out). Ability to write technical reports i.e: feasibility, issue investigation, condition surveys, etc. Experience getting involved in performance specification work, contract administration, and site duties. Experience in monitoring commissioning and witnessing activities. Experience liaising with clients (commercial and project management awareness). Experience in Building Services collectively (all-rounder). Willingness and ability to undertake own design, specification and site monitoring, etc. Strong technical knowledge in a primary engineering discipline and relevant UK and applicable EU regulations, design guides, etc. Good understanding of the secondary engineering discipline. Manage projects to avoid technical and commercial risk. Excellent written and spoken English skills. Excellent organisational and planning skills to effectively work to timescales and deadlines. Able to develop effective relationships with well-developed interpersonal and influencing skills. Proven track record in work winning and building successful teams.

Our benefits

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 Travel allowance days annual leave, increasing to with the 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 that 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 the offer stage

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